Using industrial robots to introduce curved folds into sheet metal.
Lecture at the London Knowledge Lab on Tuesday 9th February: Curved Folding: from Craft to ROBOFOLD®
[Last night's episode of the Bartlett International Lecture Series got us thinking, of course - thanks to Gramazio & Kohler whose work with industrial robots at ETH (as mentioned below) was a sight to behold...]
A discussion of Cedric Price's Fun Palace at the Geological Society on 22nd March 2010:
This new series invites critics to propose and make a case for what they believe to be London’s most significant and important building. A panel of respondents will debate and discuss the chosen building, and encourage the audience to share their own views.
Hans Ulrich Obrist is the Co-Director for Exhibitions and Programmes at the Serpentine Gallery. He has curated over 200 exhibitions and his recent publications include Formulas for Now, which invites contributors from the fields of art, science, mathematics, music, architecture and literature to express their understanding of contemporary life.
The unrealised Fun Palace (1961–74) was planned as a multi-purpose complex for theatre and cultural projects, addressing the urgent need to connect different disciplines and practitioners in a world of ever-changing parameters.
Tickets can be booked here.
Fernand Fonssagrives' work is reminiscent of the optical scanning technologies which we used at the beginning of this year to map the body.
Unsung hero of American fashion photography, cohort of Alexey Brodovitch, exhibiting at the Michael Hoppen Gallery until 6th March 2010.
Graffiti Research Lab have been developing an eye-tracking system based on open source software and off-the-shelf hardware. It is has been used to enable paralysed graffiti writer Tony Quan to create public artworks again, from his hospital bed, using some components of the Projection Bombing kit.
Decode is an exhibition of interactive artworks at the Victoria and Albert Museum until April 11th. It's a small show, but dense, high calibre, and well-presented. Most of it was working too!
Some favourites:
Fabrica - Exquisite Clock
Radiohead - House of Cards (touch screen version is on show)
Ryoji Ikeda - data.scan
Random International - Audience
Ross Phillips - Videogrid
If you have a free afternoon (or several) why not try following these steps to make your own...
Wahoo!!!
Imagine: Anish Kapoor to watch on the iPlayer.
Last night's lecture from Mike Webb, as part of the Bartlett International Lecture Series was truly something else.
Check michaelspiderwebb on Flickr for a flavour...
Reasearchers at the University of Toronto are developing an intuitive 3D sketching interface to bridge the gap between intuitive drawing and manufacture.
ILoveSketch is not yet available, however everybody can experiment with Rhonda Forever by signing up to their beta programme.