In response to reality… Ron Mueck and Adel abdessemed
Ronald “Ron” Mueck (b. 1958 in Melbourne, Australia)
Adel Abdessemed (b. 1971 in Constantine, Algeria)
In Defense of Failure
Joseph Beuys (b. 1921 in Krefeld, Germany, d. 1986)
Jean Tinguely (b. 1925 in Fribourg, Switzerland, d. 30 August 1991 in Bern)
- Chaos I [1971]
- Self Portrait
- Tinguely Museum @ Basel
Roman Signer (b. 1938 in Appenzell, Switzerland)
- Helikopter [1994]
- Schweben in einer Kiste (Hovering in a Box) [1999]
- 56 Klein Helicopter (56 Small Helicopters) [2008]
Paul Demarinis (b. 1948 in USA)
- List of Works
- The Messenger (1998)
- Videos on YouTube
Laurie Rosenwald (b. 1955 in NYC)
Francis Alys (b. 1959 in Belgium)
Pierre Huyghe (b. 1962 in Paris, France)
- Pierre Huyghe on Art21
- “Untitled” @ Documenta 13 [2012]
- Time Keeper [1999]
Christof Büchel (b. B1966 asel, Switzerland)
- Training Ground for Democracy: New York Times, Time [2007]
- Büchel @ Hauser & Wirth Gallery
Peter Flemming (b. 1967 in Halifax, Canada)
- Manual [1998/2006]
Gedi Sibony (b. 1973 in NYC)
Luke Loeffler (b. 197x in Okalahoma, USA)
- Brain Blur [2012]
- Sound of Vapor [ 2011]
David Bithell (b. 1976 in San Diego, USA)
- A View of the Santa Rosa Mountains as seen from the Borrego Badlands [1999]
John Peña (b. ? in Washington, USA)
- Untitled Cloud Series [2012]
- Wooden Cow [2009]
- Letters to the Ocean [2003-present]
Jeremy Hutchison (b. ? in London, UK)
- Err [2011]
Knowbotic Research (established 1991 by Yvonne Wilhelm, Christian Hübler and Alexander Tuchacek)
- on Wikipedia
- Opaque Presence [2011]
Kanta Horio (b. 197x in Hiroshima, Japan)
- Mysterious Computing 0.1b ([2008]
Rafael Siboni (b. 1981 in Paris, France)
- Untitled (La Vallee von Uexkull) (2009)
- L’Obstacle (Sony DSR 11) (2010)
Dash MacDonald (b. 1983 in Wendover, England)
- In Your Hands [2007]
Artists, Ropes, Knots
Knot-making references:
- http://www.animatedknots.com/
- iPhone app: Grog Knotts
Artists:
- Tehching Hsieh, text from original DVD
Origami and Folding
TOOLS
- Trimble SketchUp: user-friendly 3D design environment, download the non-Pro version for free
- Grasshopper (parametric design) and Kangaroo (“Live Physics engine for interactive simulation, optimization and form-finding directly within Grasshopper) for Rhino
- Tomohiro Tochi: mathematician and origami expert, makes three simple and powerful programs for modeling origami folding
- Pepakura Designer: affordable commercial application for creating folding patterns from 3d models
BOOKS
- Check-out Ali’s ORIGAMI Books wish-list on Amazon
ARCHIVES OF 3D MODEL
- Google’s 3D warehouse: Many user-contributed models of everyday and strange objects; all in SketchUp format
- Thingiverse: More user-contributed 3d models; primarily geared towards 3d-printing
DIGITAL FABRICATION AND ORIGAMI (advanced applications)
- CurvedFolding: “a place where we can work together towards an open CAD standard, initially based on a quad-mesh geometry, for representing and modelling curved folding geometries…and show what we have crafted in paper, modelled in CAD and then fabricated”
- LiveComponents-NY: Blog by Seoul-based architect Hyoung-gul Kook; wide range advanced Rhino/Grasshopper-folding-related work; shares step-by-step tutorials on how to re-make GH definitions
- Space Symmetry Structure: Blog by London-based architect Daniel Piker; wide orange of advanced Grasshopper and Kangaroo definitions for attractors, origami, etc.
OTHER
- RoboFold: Design house focusing on CNC-folded metal and more
- Brian Chan: “the maker of anything” including a range of origami projects
- ShadowFolds: documents the work of origami master Chris Palmer
- Interactive Rings Tessellation: rings-type origami tessellation
- Paulo Taborda Barreto: extended Origami art
- Brief History of Curved Folding by Erik and Martin Demaine
- Christy Oates: Folding lamps, furniture and more