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Jeff Watson is an artist, designer, and Assistant Professor of Interactive Media and Games at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts.
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Tag Archives: antikythera mechanism
The Antikythera Mechanism in Lego
Filmmaker John Pavlus: This is a 2000-year-old analog computing device reconstructed out of Lego. It predicts solar and lunar eclipses, accurate to within two hours — all using plastic gears. Andy Carol, its designer, builds mechanical computers out of Lego … Continue reading
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Code and Materiality: Strandbeest and mechanical computing
Johanna Drucker’s discussion of code and materiality (”Code is not an immaterial ideal“) got me thinking about Theo Jansen’s Strandbeest project… Continue reading
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