PressPausePlay

The digital revolution of the last decade has unleashed creativity and talent of people in an unprecedented way, unleashing unlimited creative opportunites.

But does democratized culture mean better art, film, music and literature or is true talent instead flooded and drowned in the vast digital ocean of mass culture? Is it cultural democracy or mediocrity?

This is the question addressed by PressPausePlay, a documentary film containing interviews with some of the world’s most influential creators of the digital era.

Download full movie in 720P or 1080P, in normal or interactive version from the link below:

http://www.presspauseplay.com/

Enjoy!

Burning Man Art Grants 2012 Submission: Black Rock Market by Luka Kreze

Above is my submission for 2012 Burning Man Art Grants.

Black Rock Market is an inflatable structure made entirely out of thick polyethylene membrane which is dug into the sand. After it is inflated from underneath it emerges from the ground creating a spectacular event to watch. It uses sand as an anchor, hence no additional support is required. Sand is used for shading as well (membrane is covered with a sticky material in areas where shading is required and so sand sticks to the membrane, creating very beautiful natural shading)

Market provides fresh vegetables to the visitors (grown in the greenhouse area) and other refrigerated food (refrigerated in sand refrigerators which use evaporative cooling and are hung from the ceiling). All this in exchange for goods which the visitors bring. These are stored in a storage area in order to be sold next year to buy seeds and to cover the expenses of running a market.

There is also a communal area in the central courtyard and a hanging net above it for relaxation.

I hope you enjoy the project!

Colourscape Festival by Cwmni Colourscape and Eye Music Trust

Below is an amazing reference for anyone looking either at inflatable structures, light, colours, acoustics, performing arts etc. The Project  is entitled “Colourscape” and is organised several times a year by Eye Music Trust while actual spaces are designed and built by the renowned artistic partnership of Peter Jones and Lynne Dickens (see video below).

By linking music, colour, light, space and movement the festival aims to give new dimensions to public perception and new understanding of contemporary music and performing arts. Even though exterior of the building (especially from aerial view) is not particularly aesthetically pleasing, the effect of sunlight and colours is unbelievable while you are inside. Also, pay attention to how cleverly they solved the issue of entering an inflatable building.

Another quite recent similar example (on a larger scale though) is Anish Kapoor’s “Leviathan” in Grand Palais, Paris (see pictures below).

Above: ”COLOURSCAPE” by Cwmni Colourscape

 

 Above: ”LEVIATHAN” by Anish Kapoor

 

Branching structures in Grasshopper / help

Hey guys.

Quick question…

Does anyone know how to do branching structures without having to repeat and copy everything for every level of branches? I’ve been trying to find a way but no luck. There must be a solution where you can just by pulling a slider adjust the number of levels, while the proportions of one unit (four branches) stay the same… Would be much easier and faster to test how strong a structure with multiple levels is compared to one with only one or two…

Below are three pictures, first one shows the entire Grasshopper screen, second one just one component (piped line with set directions) and the third one the result.

Really hope someone can help me.

I hope your work is going great.

Thanks in advance,

Luka

 

Andrew Kudless: P-Wall

Andrew Kudless (a.k.a. Matsys) demonstrates the parametric  techniques used to design the P-Wall and the building techniques used to actually physically create it. The project as such and especially it’s form might be interesting to anyone who is fascinated by Frei Otto’s pneumatic structures.

Photograph of the P-Wall taken from the MATSYS website