Brooklyn Research worked with Brittany Nelson on her piece "everything but the signature is me", modifying an existing Smith Corona typewriter from the late 1960s to automatically type a textual piece created by the artist. The piece was shown at Brittany Nelson's exhibition at Patron Gallery from February 5th to March 30th 2024. From Patron [...]
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Narcissus is a piece created by Mika Tajima at the grounds of the Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine in 2022. From the Website: The three-dimensional permanent installation “Echo” on the shrine grounds is a meditation sculpture that employs an energy cycle in which solar energy and black-light, named “Narcissus (Dazaifu)” are absorbed to charge phosphorescent pigments that [...]
New Humans II was a piece showcased during Mika Tajima's solo exhibition entitled "Spectral" at Taro Nasu gallery in Tokyo. From Taro Nasu (text by Howie Chen): Mika Tajima’s exhibition titled Spectral features sculptures and paintings that visualize transitional, contingent states of being to evoke a world in which entities and organisms body forth into the realm [...]
Chef Mike borrows its composition from Norman Rockwell’s 1942 painting of a Thanksgiving feast, Freedom from Want. In Rockwell’s original, a large turkey is being presented by a proud matriarch to a crowded table of eager guests across several generations. In Juliano-Villani’s Chef Mike, the idyllic meal is interrupted by a microwave which has been [...]
Images courtesy the artist and JTT Gallery Jamian Juliano-Villani's 1-800-SPANKME consists of a fully functional X-Acto electric pencil sharpener. The piece was modified so that as soon as someone starts sharpening a pencil the machine will also play the introductory audio of the call line of the piece's name. See video for an earlier [...]
Generative algorithm using machine learning (GAN, T-SNE) and fluid simulation (Navier Stokes), user profile data caches (DNA, fitness, and dating), Ferrofluid, custom electromagnet matrix, custom PCB control system, computer, steel, elastomer, wood, aluminum courtesy the artist, TARO NASU, Ishikawa Foundation and with support from Cornell Tech, \Art In New Humans, emergent gatherings of synthetic [...]
Brooklyn Research worked with Shire and Edelman to create a public interactive installation that would allow users to take a picture of their pupil and exhibit it’s properties to a larger animated display. Brooklyn Research modified an existing headset, optics system, and camera to be able to take focused pictures of a users’ eye with [...]
Brooklyn Research worked with Google to conceptualize, design, and develop to create a unique badge for events held in honor International Women's Day and Women Techmakers. After sketching a series of designs, Brooklyn Research created a simple mobile app and badge printer which allowed attendees to create a badge of themselves rendered into ASCII art [...]
Brooklyn Research collaborated with Hush in the Light Forest installation at the Instagram lobby in San Francisco. The space engages guests in both exploration and content creation. We celebrate content on Instagram’s platform as three-dimensional audio-visual experiences that also become a photogenic environment – an infinite loop. Brooklyn Research worked on the interaction portion of [...]
