28 March 2009

robots

Tanaka Karakuri's masterpiece, made around 1840s, Mojikaki Ningyo (writing doll):


Qrio robot throwing a ball:

link to watch others performances by Qrio


Asimo conducting Detroit's Symphony:

(she need a toilet)



WF-4RII playing flute:


and this Toyota android playing violin like a robot:


25 March 2009

using the spare energy to make music (part1)

















That is the scheme of the project I've been working on.
I know that is an unreadable, so I will write it in here to help you to understand.

USING MY SPARE ENERGY TO MAKE MUSIC

ROTINE
home + cooking + traveling from one place to another + sleep :ll

People have: brain and muscles.

-brain controls muscles
-brain can think of others things instead of muscles
-brain is stronger than muscles
-If I have brain I have muscles
-If I have a lot of muscles, I probably have a small brain
-I have energy coming form my brain to move my muscles and play an instrument
-But if I don't have enough energy or I can't connect each other, can I still use that power to play?
-So if I have brain but not muscles, can I still make a sound?
-Or if I have something to do, but I want to make music, can I merge them together?

SOURCE OF POWER
friction car
hula-hoops
on grandma's chair
scratch card
milkshake
kiss
weight

SPACE TO PROPAGATE THE SOUND
basically there are 3 scales:
between the ears / on the hands / above the head
[showed different spaces and how the sound works on them]

16 March 2009

following the carnaval, have a look on this picture! 
fantasy
...at the end is always fun.