Crazy "Sand Beast" wind-driven art monsters attack!

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10-11-2007, 04:51 PM
Orphic Seth

Crazy "Sand Beast" wind-driven art monsters attack!

Apologies if repeat. I looked, didn't see anything, but I'm retarded sometimes.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/bryantpark/...nd_beasts.html
10-11-2007, 05:09 PM
Art Shirk

Very cool. How awesome would it be if those things just randomly roamed the deserts of the world?
10-11-2007, 05:31 PM
rip

Those are very cool living sculptures that guy is making. They are like very simple computers in some aspects. They know how to stay between the water and the dunes, and they know when its going to storm to hunker down and stay put.

Check this for more info

http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/162
10-11-2007, 07:13 PM
Cliff Huckable

Cool. (But definitely "art lite", if art at all.)
10-11-2007, 07:57 PM
leroy jenkins

Imagine what it would be like, having not seen this, to see one of this just cruising around the desert on its own.
10-12-2007, 06:35 AM
flatNshallow

Quote:

Originally Posted by leroy jenkins

Imagine what it would be like, having not seen this, to see one of this just cruising around the desert on its own.

That would be enough to get me to lay off the hard stuff.:eek:
10-12-2007, 07:38 AM
snowsprite

This is amazingly cool...I showed my kid and he loved it!

Thanks for posting it
:)
Sprite
10-12-2007, 11:07 AM
Steepdeepnlong

Quote:

Originally Posted by leroy jenkins

Imagine what it would be like, if you were 'shrooming, having not seen this, to see one of this just cruising around the desert on its own.

Fixed it for you.
10-12-2007, 11:12 AM
neck beard

The bitch spins clockwise for Theo.
10-12-2007, 11:27 AM
Tippster

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cliff Huckable

Cool. (But definitely "art lite", if art at all.)

It begs the question: What do you consider "art?"
10-12-2007, 11:37 AM
splat

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tippster

It begs the question: What do you consider "art?"

Indeed, please define 'art'.

It's like a Bud Lite?
10-12-2007, 03:02 PM
Steepdeepnlong

Art is defineable only by the one perceiving the piece. Their is art in painting, music, even cooking and engineering; the latter being where I think these machines can be categorized - engineering art.

When I watched the vid, I was moved by the ingenuity and dedication involved in much the same way I am moved by a painting or photograph that would be considered art in a more traditional sense.

I think those machines are amazing, and beautiful in their own artistic sense. (However, they do not "know" how to stay away from waves. They are not sentient. Yet.;)
10-12-2007, 03:22 PM
gregm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hohes

The bitch spins clockwise for Theo.

lolz

..............
10-13-2007, 04:13 PM
Cliff Huckable

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tippster

It begs the question: What do you consider "art?"

Good question.
10-13-2007, 05:48 PM
Chainsaw_Willie

Sure it's art. Just like a 1947 Rolls Royce Silver Wraith could be considered art. It's also an engineering exercise.

And, it's damned cool to boot.