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Rainbow Wakeboarding for Red Bull Illume

April 11th, 2013 | Robot, Space

Red Bull Illume is an action photography contest that occurs once every three years. Patrick Rochon recently captured 3 wakeboarders with LED’s attached to their boards to create this incredible light painting effect. Snap! Orlando came up with the concept and fabricated the boards. Here’s a quote from the Illume site about the project:

“The shoot… …included many challenges in preparation. It’s hard enough to shoot high-speed action in the dark – add in the tasks of outfitting the boards with the waterproof LCD light systems to staging the cameras, lighting and athletes in proper position to secure the shot, and you have yourself a serious photographic mission.

Some of the most inspired by the project were the athletes themselves.
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” says Errington, the 24-year-old wakeboarder at the top of his game.

For Rochon, the set-up and planning were extensive, but the motivation while shooting was simple: “Focus on the art, the creativity, and the beauty,” said Rochon, mid-shoot. Fortunately for him, he knew he could rely on the riders to offer performances worthy of the occasion. “I’m really impressed by the athletes,” he added. “They are so fluid in the water, and they understand naturally what we are trying to do here.””

These wakeboarding photographs are reminscent of Jacob Sutton’s Snow Surfer and also the Neon Surfing from Bondi Beach.

The Red Bull Illume competition has produced some pretty amazing results over the years. Here are the Top 10 Winners from the 2010 competition (click photos to enlarge):

Close-Up 2010: Nathan Smith (AUS)

Energy: Stuart Gibson (AUS)

experimental: Daniel Grund (GER)

Illumination: Chris Burkard (USA)

Culture: Vincent Perraud (FRA)

New Creativity: Eric Berger (CAN)

Playground: Tim Korbmacher (GER)

Sequence: Miguel Lopez Virgen (MEX)

Spirit: Adam Kokot (POL)

Wings: Marcel Lämmerhirt (AUT)

The Illumination shot from Chris Burkard won the 2010 competition, and I must say that I think it is one of the most beautiful photographs I’ve ever seen. It features surfer Peter Mendia riding waves off Chile’s West Coast.

Submissions to Red Bull Illume are open until April 30th, 2013. Visit this site to enter.

-RSB

[via Colossal]

Balloon Tank from Hans Hemmert

March 24th, 2013 | Robot

I recently stumbled across this sculpture made back in 2007 by Hans Hemmert, a Berlin-based artist. It is called “German Panther.” In time, the balloons slowly deflated into nothingness, and apparently, local children were allowed to destroy the remnants. I assume this was, in some way, a political statement…

It would have been quite interesting to see the movement of the balloons in person. The tank was originally shown at the Staedtische Galerie in Germany, but unfortunately, this piece will only live on in cyberspace.

Hemmert also made this interesting balloon church, maybe in reference to the fragility of organized religion? Or the absurdity of it?

Find more from Hans Hemmert here.

-RSB

Robot Buddha from Wang Zi Won

March 22nd, 2013 | Robot

Wang Zi Won from Seoul, Korea envisions a future when humans and robots merge into cyborgs. I tend to agree with him, and I discussed my thoughts on the issue early last year. The work above represents a spiritual role in our Cyborg future. Shin Seung-Ho (via Colossal) discussed the artist’s philosophy here:

“The artist considers it important to escape from human bondage in order to achieve harmony between men and machines. He thinks this harmony can be achieved through the process of religious practices and spiritual enlightenment. In Buddhism, the Bodhisattva of Compassion helps people attain enlightenment, Arhat is a spiritual practitioner of asceticism, and Buddha is a being who reaches the highest level of enlightenment. Through them, the artist intends to follow the path of enlightenment, breaking away from anxiety, agony, and pain. The artist has no intention to emphasize religious connotations through these Buddhist icons but to reflect his own or our own existence between utopia and dystopia.”

I’m curious to see the role religion takes in our future. Organized religion, at least, seems to be slowly disappearing in favor of philosophy and logic, but as long as the greatest questions remain unanswered, I think it will always play a part.

Here’s a video showing some of the art in action:

-RSB

The Ethiopian Caterpillar

March 15th, 2013 | Robot

The Ethiopian Caterpillar is an Automaton Mechanical Robot created by Swiss watchmaker Henri Maillardet in 1820. It is covered in rare gold, ornate jewels, and pearls and was sold at Sotheby’s Geneva auction room in 2010 for $415,215 to an Asian buyer.

Here’s a write-up on the mechanism from the Oddment Emporium:

“The body is realistically designed to represent a caterpillar comprising eleven jointed ring segments, framed by seed pearls, and decorated with translucent red enamel over an engine-turned ground, studded overall with gold-set rubies, turquoise, emeralds,and diamonds. The underside is decorated with champlevé black enamel. When the automaton movement is engaged, the caterpillar crawls realistically, its body moving up and down simulating the undulations of a caterpillar by means of a set of gilt-metal knurled wheels. The automata work is composed of a barrel, cam and two leavers all working together to create the crawling motion.”

Maillardet, it is believed, was one of the only people creating animal automatons in the early 1800s. The creation date puts the age of this caterpillar at almost 200 years. We’ve been making robots for a long time!

-RSB

Levitating Wireless Computer Mouse

March 14th, 2013 | Robot

Russian-based design studio, Kibardindesign, is working on this fascinating Levitating Mouse called “The Bat”. It works through the power of magnetism.

If you spend countless hours each day at the computer, you might be at risk for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, an extremely painful and annoying condition caused by entrapment of the median nerve at the wrist. The hope is that the levitating mouse could prevent this condition from ever forming by improving hand posture.
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The project is currently in the testing period, but I hope to try it out when it’s released.

-RSB

[via Design Milk]

Pop Culture Astronaut Paintings from Scott Listfield

March 4th, 2013 | Robot, Space

ROBOT – 2011 – 12×9 inches – Oil on Canvas

Alien Crossing – 2012 – 9×12 inches – Oil on Canvas

Boom – 2010 – 12×9 inches – Oil on Canvas

Lost Highway – 2012 – 18×24 inches – Oil on Canvas

They Come – 2010 – 12×9 inches – Oil on Canvas

Life Unaquatic – 2012 – 12×24 inches – Oil on Canvas

Scott Listfield is an artist from Boston, Mass who created these wonderful paintings featuring a lone astronaut roaming a land of “pop culture icons, corporate logos, and tongue-in-cheek science fiction references.” The lonely astronaut theme reminded me of work by Dominik Smialowski or Jeremy Geddes, but these are very different, both aesthetically and conceptually.

The astronaut is certainly out of his comfort zone in these paintings. He’s surrounded by the material world, and even without facial expressions, you get the idea that this Earth is not his home anymore.
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Find a whole lot more at his website.

-RSB

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Balloon Tank from Hans Hemmert

Robot Buddha from Wang Zi Won

The Ethiopian Caterpillar

Levitating Wireless Computer Mouse

Pop Culture Astronaut Paintings from Scott Listfield