Kinetic Sculpture

From www.artcom.de:

The Kinetic Sculpture is a metaphorical translation of the process of form-finding in art and design. 714 metal spheres, hanging from thin steel wires attached to individually-controlled stepper motors and covering the area of six square meters, animate a seven minute long mechatronic narrative. In the beginning, moving chaotically, then evolving to several competing forms that eventually resolve to the finished object, the Kinetic Sculpture creates an artistic visualisation of the process of form-finding in different variations.
Technology: 714 metal spheres, individually controllable with millimetre
accuracy; cable winches with individual high-precision
motors for each sphere; software for defining animation
paths and controlling motion.

Guizado - "Punx"

Seriously insane but awesome music here. This is new, crazy jazz from Sao Paulo, Brazil, inspired by the bustling metropolis and with a unique feel. Last.fm says "In Guizado, the musician searches (and thinks) his own stamp on a mixture of harmonic inks of his instrument with the textures found in experiments with several electronic paraphernalia." This album is at times jarring, with bursts of electronic noise and glitches, but also beautiful and melodic at times.

The track "Coloridos" is a good example of this, a simple guitar part coming in over a glitchy electronic beat, followed by a beautifully simple and elegant trumpet line. This album really is pretty fucking cool, I listened to it tons when I first copped it, definitely a non-traditional work but as mentioned has enough melody and funk to keep the repeat button going. Standout tracks to me were "Coloridos", "Orbitas", and "Rinkisha" (ROCKS OUT by the end of that one man), sick stuff...

dont sleep on this!
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