Electric Dreams: Art and Technology Before the Internet exhibition book
edited by Val Ravaglia

https://archive.neural.it/init/default/show/3333

#neuralarchive #neuralmag #electricdreams #tatemodern #opart #electricart #cyberart #computerart #electronicart #mediaarthistory #videoart #creativetechnology #onlineart #netart #artandtechnology #arttech #artandtech #kineticart #kineticartwork #kineticsculpture #kineticinstallation #generativeart #genart #audiovisualart #interactiveart #mediainstallation #mediaart #mediaarts #mediaartist #transmedia

Made a trick door under the stairs to get to the basement. Regular door wouldn’t work. Odd size, nothing square, tight space. Used an old window weight from the house and a lever and pulleys to counter balance the door lift, so it will open with finger pressure. Fun and funky, but it works!

#DIY
#woodart
#oldhouse
#kineticart
#whimsy

https://youtube.com/shorts/cruwRVZKY4g?si=SxMs91JJiRbKkkqC

https://pixelfed.de/p/nikohendrickx/929375002767728790

New installation Thermal Promise (Thermiekbelofte): a wheeled aluminium body linking figure, cage, weight, screen images and real air currents—lift as an offer, always conditional on what you carry and what the wind allows.

Full context: https://www.nikohendrickx.be/mindcaging/

Short video: https://makertube.net/w/3KBqHxkoU6AACeGLLMRKcg

#installationart #sculpture #kineticart #newmediaart

Finished at last: all videos are now on MakerTube, and my website shows only video stills. Calmer to browse—more laid-back for the eyes and the mind.

Pictured: The Turning Dog (2019) — a small wire dog on a turntable. Spin the disc and magnetic balls fall and latch on at random, reshaping the dog each time.

Watch: https://makertube.net/a/nikohendrickx/video-channels

Browse: https://www.nikohendrickx.be/english/

#ContemporaryArt #VideoArt #Sculpture #KineticArt #InteractiveArt #StudioNotes #WebsiteUpdate #SlowLooking

I/Another, don’t think, just move by Angelina Kozhevnikova

https://neural.it/2026/01/ianother-dont-think-just-move/

#ianother #artreview #neuralmag #neuralmagazine #newmediaart #interaction #humaninteraction #robot #robotart #robotics #artrobots #wearabletech #interactiondesign #interactivedesign #interactiveinstallation #interactiveart #physicalcomputing #cybernetics #interactiveexperience #kineticart #kineticartwork #kineticsculpture #kineticinstallation #artandtechnology #arttech #artandtech #newmediaart #machineart #creativetechnology #experiencedesign

(First on https://kaka.farm/posts/2026/01/08/yaakov-agam-maker-of-the-tel-aviv-fire-and-water-fountain-wins-israel-prize-for-his-plastic-art.html.)

Israeli artist Yaakov Agam wins Israel Prize for his kinetic plastic art.

I didn't know anything about him, just love his kinetic cake-shaped Tel-Aviv Fire And Water Fountain.

#art #fireandwaterfountain #israel #israelprize #kineticart #telaviv #yaakovagam

Die Arbeit „Kinetic Fart (Bewegungspfad Ungestüm)” markiert am Eingang der Ausstellung „Endrohr Apokalypse” den Anfang.
Engelartige Boten schweben im Raum und erzeugen eine liturgische Stimmung zwischen himmlischen Weihrauchwolken und irdischen Auto-Duftbäumen. Als unwegige Beweger fungieren diese programmierten Raumerfrischer wie Zwischenwesen, die zugleich an sakrale Rauchzeichen und an die aromatisierte Gegenwart des Autointerieurs erinnern.
In ihrer schwebenden Unbestimmtheit knüpfen sie an den archetypischen Startpunkt für Ordnungssysteme an, über dem die Frage nach der Stellung des Menschen im Kosmos zwischen Duftwolke, Auspuffästhetik und ritueller Atmosphäre schwebt.

Noch bis zum 18.Januar 2026 in der Ausstellung „Endrohr Apokalypse” im Kunstverein Ingolstadt

#endrohrapokalypse #KunstvereinIngolstadt #olsen #kineticart

Theo Jansen still at it with full force... (life goals!)

Strandbeest evolution 2025
https://youtube.com/watch?v=ANhA94ZqnEQ

...and obligatory re-sharing of some pics of our joint generative design workshop in 2013, incl. Theo's graveyard of older Strandbeests and mechanisms:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/toxi/albums/72157633305609130/

Also remembering that already back then he was very worried about the manufacturer discontinuing the specific pipes used as raw materials for these creatures and therefore bought several kilometers of piping as reserve in advance, to future proof his project and not having to potentially recalculate/recalibrate all the designs...

#TheoJansen #Strandbeest #KineticArt #GenerativeArt #GeneticAlgorithm

#PSA Since I've just been asked again if I could use more topic-specific accounts and not mix my photography with other topics — Unfortunately, nope! I'm on a single user managed instance and cannot create new accounts on this server nor do I want to create an account for every single topic I'm interested in or posting about. However, you can filter my posts by hashtags, which I'm trying to use consistently (also for my own purposes)...

Hashtags can be browsed individually, subscribed to (via Mastodon) or even syndicated via RSS, e.g.

Browse:
http://mastodon.thi.ng/@toxi/tagged/LandscapePhotography

RSS:
http://mastodon.thi.ng/@toxi/tagged/LandscapePhotography.rss

My most commonly used tags are:

Photography:
#LandscapePhotography #NaturePhotography #NoirCountry (my B&W photos) #POV #Hiking

Open source projects:
#ThingUmbrella #ZigThing #GenArtAPI #TypeScript #Ziglang #WASM #WebAssembly #Forth #OpenSource #ProgLang

Art:
#Art #GenerativeArt #AlgorithmicArt #ProceduralArt #KineticArt #Exhibition

Music:
#Music4Coding

AI relatated:
#AI #LLM

Education/research:
#Edu #Research

Hope that helps!