Himanshu Khatri is ambitiously working on a new display that will be an alternative to LCD or Plasma that we currently use today. It’s called "Aquaplay", and it uses rising bubbles to project a 3D image in front of the user. The instillation currently is heavy, uses a lot of water, and has limited viewing angles at it’s current stages. However, some are hopeful for this new type of display that will contrast the LCD powerhouse. If Aquaplay becomes a resourceful way to present images it can be useful to artist who are looking for a new and edgy way to display digital or 3D models. It can be the sculpture of the future for artists. In a gallery it can be changed to multiple different pieces to fit a theme.
My last post will be on this quick link I saw- "Artbots, the Robot Talent Show." I had to look at this... After reading the description on the website I was a little confused. From my knowledge of robots and computers, robots cannot be creative, yet. Alas, it's about "robotic art and art making robots." There are eleven artists who build robots and they program these robots to create art, I think. These artists are Ranjit Bhatnagar, Alex Braidwood, Ivan Henriques, Katie Koepfinger, Burcum Turkmen, Korinna Lindinger, Logos, Alexander Reben, Dustyn Roberts, Ben Leduc Mills, and Shahar Zaks. I'm assuming that they to give the art a look of free will. However, even the random tasks we give to computers, and robots today run on set algorithms. The most intelligent computer we can build today is about as smart as a cricket. I think this robot art has strange yet interesting application. The non-randomness is and free will to make art is what is holding me back allowing it to be a true art form.
http://www.artbots.org/2011/
Growing up I remember seeing commercials for the incredibly popular toy Tickle-Me-Elmo. I couldn't help, but be disturbed, impressed, repressed, emotional, and stunned at the same time when I peered over Kelly Heaton's multimedia instillation "Live Pelt." I was ultimately drawn in by my memory of this doll and viewing it in such a radical way is very striking to the senses. In one of her art pieces she has arranged to have 64 Tickle-Me-Elmo dolls transformed into a woman's coat. It provides full body vibration and can be substituted for a lover. The artist developed eight different art pieces in the instillation to describe "Live Pelt." Each with it's own twisted antics. The Trapper, The Industrialist, The Taxidermist, The Alchemist, The Sociopath, The Debutante, and The Fashionista are all different stages or characters who have their pass at each Elmo doll on their way to becoming part of the coat. Heaton's "Live Pelt" has creatively reused the retro Tickle-Me-Elmo doll, and just as some people who owned them in the 90s are getting a little older and will view the art.
