Interactions - July/August 2014

visitors were able to choreograph the lighting in real time using physical gestures on their mobile devices. Vivid beams of light were projected across a massive scale as the result of small movements on spectators’ phones.

http://www.unnumberedsparks.
com
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=npjTmG-TBHQ
Janet Echelman and Aaron Koblin
→ artstudio@echelman.com

2. Weird
Faces Vending
Machine

The Weird Faces Vending Machine
is an installation that generates
an infinite number of weird faces
that look like my hand-drawn
faces. It thereby questions the
dominating ways in which value is
generated from art in the gallery
context. Instead of placing an
artificially limited number of
prints in the gallery space for the
sole purpose of generating value
and fake exclusivity, a vending
machine is installed that sells
a potentially infinite number
of unique computer-generated
prints. The name from the credit
card is used by the machine to
talk to the buyer and walk him/
her through the purchasing
process. In addition, the name
is used to write a personalized
dedication message on the back of
the print in my own handwriting.

A unique art print and a personal dedication from the artist for only three dollars? Sounds like a good deal!

http://www.mokafolio.de/
works/Weird-Faces-Vending-
Machine
https://vimeo.com/67189255
http://www.wired.com/2013/12/
this-vending-machine-will-make-
art-for-3/
Matthias Dörfelt, UCLA

→ hi@mokafolio.de

3. Skies
Painted with
Unnumbered
Sparks

Studio Echelman installed its largest, most interactive sculpture installation to date at the TED Conference’s 30th anniversary. The monumental aerial sculpture spanned 745 feet between a 24-story skyscraper and the Vancouver Convention Center.

The sculpture was presented with an original interactive work created in collaboration with artist Aaron Koblin, creative director of the Data Arts team in Google’s Creative Lab. At night the sculpture came to life as