Mirror, Mirror

PSaltyDS writes "A friend forwarded this to me... don't know where he got it from. Daniel Rozin, Director Of Research and adjunct professor at ITP, Tisch School Of The Arts, NYU, and owner of SmoothWare Design, has built a Mirror-like display as an art project out of shiny balls. This seems to be a refinement of a 1999 Wooden Mirror project that is also pretty cool."

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That's some pretty legitimate art

[192939495969798999]

Having an art-technology degree myself, I can say that this is some seriously cool art. I would like to see a show where there were a number of different materialed mirror machines.. cool! :)

monochrome super pixelly display?

[ddd2k]

its like deja vu all over again....

Now this is interesting...

[grasshoppa]

This is an interesting application of current technology in facinating ways.

I think we're getting to a point where advancements in technology itself will slow down, but the creativity behind it will fuel new inventions for years to come. /ramble

Sense of being in a room with it.

[mattkime]

This just isn't something that is communicated well over the web.

Over time, it tends to serve a function more like having a small waterfall in the room - it adds a sense of life.

At first when people see it, they do the usual thing of walking up to it and moving back and forth in front of it. (Dance! Dance!) The entertainment value in this is quite small and wears off quickly.

Yet when people stop looking at it and live with it there is still the background noise and movement which serves to soften the environment and make it feel more alive. I find this to be the most satisfying part of the piece.

Nice to see geeks branching out

[whatch durrin]

It's always nice to see technology applied to art.

Ok, so it's not cutting edge stuff, but it sure does beat some of the dry, mundane applications we engineers use technology for on a daily basis.

On the other hand, engineers sometimes get more of an emotion from opening a control cabinet and seeing all the components neatly laid out, the wires nicely routed through ductwork, and little blinky LEDs. Not that I would, but...