Burning Man is still a couple weeks away, but that means it's crunch time for Black Rock artists.
Self-taught sculptor Charlie Gadeken likes to play with fire, as evidenced by his blazing body of blowtorch artwork. But for his latest piece, Aurora, the San Francisco-based kinetic wizard has chosen LEDs to light up a massive tree that's programmed to mutate colors from day to night.
Aperion is a "14-foot-tall singing Tesla sculpture." It creates electrical arcs about four feet long. The coils can be controlled by theremins played by attendees.
Stanford's Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics and Lively Arts teamed up with the Thingamajigs group to host demonstrations by the Bay Area instrument-building community. The artists showcased some of their projects in White Plaza on Sunday afternoon.
Charles Gadeken presents APERION at the DIY Musical Instrument Tailgate Party, with special guest Trimpin, part of TRIMPIN@Stanford!
Trimpin@Stanford
Sound artist and musical inventor Trimpin makes a series of intensive visits to campus this season, to meet and collaborate with students, faculty and the campus community in preparation for his new work the Gurs Zyklus. Trimpin also co-teaches a course in interactive instrument design in collaboration with faculty at CCRMA and the Sculpture department this winter.
Footage of Spike and Nous from Beyond Wonderland 2010 featured in Beyond Wonderland 2011 Official Trailer.
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Gio Rios, 16, and Tatiana Aragon, 15, stand in each other's arms watching Charles Gadeken's "Nous" sculpture at the Beyond Wonderland festival.
The Fall Festival of Fire, a new annual event from the municipality, will take place on Saturday at Alderney Landing. The festival will feature the first fire sculpture seen in Atlantic Canada – a sculpture of a wildflower from San Francisco’s Charles A. Gadeken.