Wired Nextfest 2008 Exhibits

I really like the exhibit Art of Play by Erik Natzke. His use of flash is also really creative and something that you don't usually see. His works are really abstract and show a lot of movemet, and its amazing to see the whole process he does and the finished project. If you look at his photostream on flickr it shows all of his works. My favorite one is called "Trbt" which is the one i posted above. I love the colors and movement it shows.

Brainball is another exhibit that I find really interesting. I've never heard o something that can detect brainwaves and stress. To play the game you need two players, the players sit across each other at a table with a ball between them. The headbands monitor stress, and the computer that the stress data is sent to controls the ball, and directs it away from the stress. So whichever player has the least stress the ball then rolls away from. I think its a really creative to turn it into a game.

The ckBot from the University of Pennsylvania was another one of my favorites. The robot can be broken into pieces and it will reassemble itself back together using infrared and cameras. It seems kind of creepy, as if it had a mind of its own but I think its amazing that they have the technology to create a robot that can even put itself back together.


The erasable paper is another brilliant idea, not only will it reduce the amount of paper that will have to be recycled, but it will also help people use less because you can just reuse the paper that you don't need anymore. I am wondering how much more it will cost to create this paper though.

the importance of music

The real time music in the blacksmith movie scene was important and used because it showed the type of music and the technology available at the time that the film was created. It was important because it was the first movie to ever add sound.

first class

Post your first feelings of the class in it and post who you are, describing yourself and telling me what you expect from this class

I thought that the first class seemed really interesting. I liked watching the different excerpts from the videos and seeing the different types of art portrayed in each. I think this class will be really fun, and the projects that we are going to do seem really interesting, especially the photocopying one. My expectations from the class are to learn new ways of creating art by using computers and technology, which is something that I have never explored doing before.
I'm from New Hampshire and previously went to art school in Miami. I really like all aspects of art and expression and am most likely going to switch my major to art history but I'm still undecided, and trying to figure out what I want to do.