"Cloud" digital sculpture


Chris writes in with this AMAZING project -
London based Troika has been commissioned by Artwise Curators to create a signature piece at the entrance of the new British Airways luxury lounges in Heathrow Terminal 5. 'Cloud' is a five meter long digital sculpture whose surface is covered with 4638 flip-dots that can be individually addressed by a computer to animate the entire skin of the sculpture. It's really amazing and shots a lot of the technical process"Cloud" digital sculpture - Link.
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Jan 24, 2008 11:00 AM
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| Posted by: BruceR on January 24, 2008 at 1:12 PM |
I saw cloud and sculpture and thought of this ..
http://www.lusas.com/case/civil/gormley.html
| Posted by: samurai1200 on January 24, 2008 at 1:53 PM |
The funny and ironic thing is that most people will look at the sculpture and say "wow, that's neat" and forget about it 5 minutes later... on the flipside its gotta be a major pain in the ass to have all 4600+ dots be individually addressable. so, is it worth it?
| Posted by: Jon on January 24, 2008 at 2:08 PM |
Samurai1200, it doesn't make sense to look at sculpture from a practical point of view.
I'm certain it's 'a major pain in the ass' to take care of the David.
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