My Modern Metropolis

All Blog Posts Tagged 'Chris' (5)

Hot Wheels Gone Mad Sculpture



Can you imagine seeing this in person? It's Chris Burden's crazy kinetic sculpture, Metropolis II, filmed in 2009 at the artist's studio in Topanga, California.



In 2006, he and a team of eight studio assistants, including an engineer, began Metropolis II which includes 1,200 custom-designed cars and 18 lanes; 13 toy trains and tracks; and, dotting the landscape, buildings made of wood block, tiles, Legos and Lincoln Logs. It is still a work in… Continue

Added by alice on November 22, 2010 at 10:00am — 4 Comments

Skinput = Body + Touchscreen Interface (Plus video)

Skinput is like a whole new way of controlling things me thinks. It could become part of a skin-based interface that effectively turns your body into a touchscreen. Developed by Chris Harrison from Carnegie Mellon University, and Desney Tan and Dan Morris of Microsoft Research. More details here.…

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Added by Amy Wong on March 8, 2010 at 5:14pm — 3 Comments

Who's the Funniest Person in 2008?

Whether they were on the big screen or on the boob tube, no doubt that these eight got us ROFL'ing this year.



Who do you think was the funniest person in 2008?



Jack Black - He was the voice of our second most favorite panda bear this year in "Kung Fu Panda" and I know one of our friends from across the pond loves him...but do you?

Chris Rock… Continue

Added by alice on December 14, 2008 at 9:30pm — 5 Comments

THE WEEKEND EXPERIENCE - ART+CULTURE: Chris Lipomi: LA

Opening Reception September 26th, 6pm-9pm: Chinatown

Chris Lipomi was born in Miami, Florida, and currently lives and works in LA. On his pieces, Chris uses one of my favorite mediums - acrylic and oil on canvas. His show will be at the Mesler&Hug Gallery in Chinatown through October 11th, with the artist's reception on September 26th from… Continue

Added by Eugene on September 24, 2008 at 11:00am — 2 Comments

Music Videos Made from Google Results - Someone Else by Chris Blake (VIDEO)

Musician Chris Blake found an easy way to make a low-budget music video for his song ‘Someone Else’: by simply Googling the words “biggest regrets.” He compiled the very interesting search results into the music…

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Added by PANDA JU on September 15, 2008 at 10:25pm — 1 Comment

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