Today is moving day for HC2, as we are busy relocating our headquarters to a new and improved location. Thankfully we took the time to write a few posts so we’ve got you covered over the next few days thanks to the magic of scheduled publishing. When we came across the Electroboutique of Shulgin and Chernyshev, we were taken aback by Urgent!, which is a physical info-sculpture that displays news stories from the Internet in real time. Multiple snake-like LED display weave in and out a garbage bin displaying the RSS feeds from various news channels. The news is seemingly thrown away into the giant recycle bin in order to be updated at the next moment. Metaphorically, the piece represents digital data, an endless flow of information that is updated one second, then obsolete and trashed immediately after.
The Way I See It! is another amazing selection from this series. Bringing pop- and op-art together with modern psychedelic, interactive art, it proposes completely new ways of creative communication. It allows the user to turn their home or office into a colorful party. The over-sized pair of glasses has an built in MP3 player and speakers, allowing the audience to play their favorite music and dance. An image of the viewer is displayed inside the lens sections of the sculpture on LCD screens. The experience allows the view to star in and create their own music video.
