An exhibition that explores the evolving relationship between technologies of communication and their users; A project by the programmer / designer Jürg Lehni and the graphic designer Alex Rich,
and involves a variety of interactive and non-interactive devices for writing and drawing.”
The two images below are the project Viktor.
“The centrepiece of the exhibition is Viktor, a large wall-drawing machine that is controlled by an adapted version of ordinary design software and powered by small industrial motors.”
The image below is the Dots on Demand project.
Will be going to the Ryan Gander talk tonight at the ICA too, looking forward to that.
I know I am a little late in posting this, and the exhibition isn’t up any more, but I thought I would share some of the pictures taken from the exhibition which was held at the Sasoon gallery in Peckham, London.
Varvara’s group piece was probably the best one there, especially for interactivity. The group wrote down a bunch of secrets, marker penned them onto “HELLO MY SECRET IS” stickers, put them inside a brown envelope which had a number on the front. Also inside the envelope was sheet of paper explaining the idea behind their project, with the number secret they got and a finger print of who’s secret it was. All these envelopes were hung in a big grid and as people entered the exhibition they were asked to pick a secret. Participants were then asked to put the secret onto themselves and were photographed with a polaroid which was then put in the place the envelope once stood.
I stumbled across this extremely intelligent [chess] machine today whilst doing some research. It’s very captivating watching the machine calculate all the possible moves each player could make whilst displaying them in an exceptionally beautiful graphic form.
“The goal of the piece is not to make an expert chess playing program but to lay bare the complex thinking that underlies all strategic thought.”
Thinking Machine is created by Martin Wattenberg. Visit the site and have a play yourself.
