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Terranaut II (2006) Posted by: sethweiner
Video duration: 216 seconds A Blood Parrot fish explores terra firma from within a robotic vehicle that tracks the fish's location within the vessel and steers the vehicle accordingly Related: fish, robotic, seth, terranaut, vehicle, weiner |
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Rowing Machine with Corona Discharge Posted by: sethweiner
Video duration: 95 seconds The rowing machine is connected to a generator so that pulling the oars generates 15,000 volts feeding into a vacuum-pumped pickle jar. Saint Elmo's fire is generated by the corona discharge within the pickle jar. Related: art, corona, discharge, elmos, fire, installation, interactive, machine, rowing, saint, science, seth, weiner |
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The Fortunate Islands Posted by: sethweiner
Video duration: 71 seconds Temporary public art installation in Thomas Paine Park. A security booth is transformed into an aviary for canaries depicted via video feed from captivity. Surveillance monitors are perched like birds on synthetic tree branches. Related: art, booth, canaries, installation, public, security, seth, weiner |
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Hermitage Posted by: sethweiner
Video duration: 81 seconds Full scale reproduction of the Unabomber's cabin installed at Exit Art for The Building Show. A computer synthesized voice reads "Life Without Principle" by Henry David Thoreau. The audio is fed to transducers mounted beneath the floorboards. The cabin literally resonates with the words of Thoreau. Related: art, cabin, exit, installation, kaczynski, seth, thoreau, unabomber, weiner |
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Subtext Machine Posted by: sethweiner
Video duration: 216 seconds A robot re-enacts the typing of a love letter from Franz Kafka to Felize Bauer, in which Kafka makes reference to typing the letter on a typewriter and expresses the impact the new writing device has on his train of thought. Related: kafka, machine, robot, seth, subtext, typewriter, weiner |
