Art Machine Organizations
- Amorphic Robot Works
- Department of Spontaneous Combustion
- Flaming Lotus Girls
- Interprative Arson
- Kinetica Artfair
- KineticWorld
- Kinetic Steam Works
- Laikingland
- La Machine
- Life Size Mouse Trap
- Lightning On Demand
- Materials Beliefs
- Mutoid Waste Company
- Omega Recoil
- OmniCircus (link NSFW)
- Robochrist Industries
- The Shadow Robot Company
- Seemen
- Stronghold Productions
- Survival Research Labs
- SWARM
- Therm
Art Machines: The Artists
- Aaron Geman
- Arthur Ganson
- Bastiaan Maris
- Brett Goldstone
- Carl Pisaturo
- Chip Flynn
- Choe U Ram
- Christopher Palmer (CTP)
- Daniel Chadwick
- D.A. Therrien
- Douglas Irving Repetto
- Geo Homsy
- Giles Walker
- Gordon Monohan
- Ira Sherman
- Jason Bruges
- Jean Tinguely
- Jim Whiting
- Joanna Peacock
- Jonathan Foote
- Jon Sarriugarte
- Jud Turner
- Just Merrit
- Kevin Binkert
- Liz Cohen
- Louise Bourgeois
- Lynn Hershman
- Mark Galt
- Martin Richman
- Matt Heckert
- Michael Christian
- Michael Prados
- Ned Kahn
- Nemo Gould
- Nicolas Anatol Baginsky
- Niki de Saint Phalle
- Norman Tuck
- Paul Demarinis
- Paul Friedlander
- Reuben Margolin
- Rosanna Scimeca
- Sam Buxton
- Sputniko (Crowbot Jenny)
- Tim Lewis
- Trimpin
- Twenty Seven Gears
- Ward Fleming
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The Shadow Robot Company, With NASA As A Client
Big congrats to The Shadow Robot Company, who snagged NASA as a client and got a nice feature just published about them — Guardian UK reports, Some people dream of climbing Mount Everest; Richard Greenhill dreams of a general-purpose robot … Continue reading
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Momoyo Torimitsu’s Miyata Jiro
Artist Momoyo Torimitsu‘s (website sound alert) Japanese businessman crawling robot “Miyata Jiro” isn’t brand new, but the discovery of the video of her running her creepy art machine live on the streets in downtown Syndey, Australia last year is too … Continue reading
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Jeremy Mayer’s Typewriter Sculptures
As frustrating as Jeremy Mayer‘s website is to navigate and the annoyances of automatic browser resize found there, none of it diminishes the cool, beautiful aesthetic of his work. Mayer makes people and animals purely out of old typewriters, and … Continue reading
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a visit to 40% off : an art show for the new economy
Last night I went to 40% off: an art show for the new economy by SF Media Labs in Oakland — I’d written a column about the Instructables troublemakers who’d created The Joydick (interview: San Francisco Chronicle), but there was … Continue reading
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SWARM speaks: an autonomous orb interview
Image by Scott Beale / Laughing Squid. If you’ve been to events such as Maker Faire, you’ve likely seen the gorgeous shiny metal, somewhat ominous looking autonomous orbs rolling about seemingly of their own volition — known as SWARM. The … Continue reading
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a real taste of Carl Pisaturo’s work
Pisaturo’s Area 2881. A little over a week ago, Wired ran a short but very pleasant piece on the work of enigmatic art machine madman Carl Pisaturo. A local (San Francisco) artist, he seems to be on the trajectory of … Continue reading
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animation: Andrew Huang’s “Doll Face”
Poetic and full of bio-mechanical longing, Andrew Huang’s animated short “Doll Face” is a must-watch for art machine fans. It’s a nice momentary mental sidetrack if you’re working on your own art machines, and it’s pleasing to know the film … Continue reading
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in London, do not miss: Kinetica Art Fair 2009
Image of moth-eating Carnivorous Domestic Entertainment Robot (lamp) by Materials Beliefs. This sounds like the machine art event of the year, and while plane fares to London are at an all-time low… the Kinetica Art Fair 2009, the UK’s first … Continue reading
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soft biology, sharp machinery: Jud Turner
Jud Turner’s “TriloTemporalis” (January, 2009) Seen at Make, sculptor Jud Turner‘s unfortunately non-functional yet gorgeous skeletal “Bio-Cycle” led me to explore more in his galleries, chock full of what he deems blending biological hallucinations with hard steel, and his love … Continue reading
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