A piano, played by clouds and sky

We can reinvent the instruments we already have; we can try to steer a pathway to something new. Or we can sometimes imagine a known instrument in a new context. This new short film covers a robotic piano that’s got an unusual angle. Using image analysis, those mechanical fingers transpose patterns of cloud and sky […]

The mash-up of an 808 and the US elections no one asked for

I’d wager at this point 100% of you would rather think about drum machines than the American elections. But somewhere, vintage voting machines – they of the hole punch and hanging chads – await retirement. Here, they get a second lease on life. Instead of gloomily voting for Trump or accidentally for Pat Buchanan, they […]

Peter Kirn - October 14, 2016

Simulacra, a Video Installation Revealed Through Magnifying Glasses

It’s easy to forget that all video is illusion, a matter of perspective. In 2013’s Simulacra, Germany-based artist Karina Smigla-Bobinski, images seem to merge directly from light in the eyes of the viewer, pulled from space into being by magnifying glasses suspended from the ceiling. Even an element as basic as focus, then, is game […]

Peter Kirn - January 2, 2014

Robots, Mimicking Bees, Cover a Room in a Drawn, Unbroken Line

Peter Kirn - January 14, 2013

In Black Droplets, the Monochrome LCD Transformed Into Medium

Peter Kirn - October 8, 2012

Dot, a Winner-less Video Game, Sports Spare, Lovely Retro Audiovisual Art

Peter Kirn - October 14, 2011

sktch, with Artist-Created, Generative Brushes, Comes to iPad

Peter Kirn - July 19, 2011

On Toys, Music and Visuals, and Code: Thicket’s Creators Talk iOS Artmaking

- December 27, 2010

Interactive Art in Your Browser, Mozilla's Open Web Apps Vision, and Your Butt

Peter Kirn - October 26, 2010

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