Snarky McFuckButtons
MY pal CTP, who runs the smashing Kineticworld blog and is the organizer of the Applied Kinetic Arts group is world famous for making fantastic buttons. If you hang out in West Oakland long enough you are sure to run into someone wearing one of his buttons. In the past […]
I’m still trying to process this …
Yes, it’s the MONKEY PHONE CALL!! Someone claims I’m not worthy of receiving one.
The Neuron Chamber — Axon Samples
Well, in addition to this chamber there is also the sculpture of the Neurons inside it. Here are some images of some of the concepts we are working on for the axon of the neurons. The copper tubes will carry the ball chain for the of the electrical effect and […]
The Neuron Chamber — Fabracation Extravaganza
Hello all my fine friends. We’ve been hard at work fabricating the chamber of The Neuron Chamber and I’ve got some photos to prove it. For this piece, since it was so exquisitely designed in Solidworks and we are on a tight time line I’ve had a majority of the […]
Make a Mad, Mad, Mad Neuron
So here I am making this sculpture of neurons in an observation chamber and I keep spitting out these technical terms: axon, dendrites, cell body … to describe different components of the sculpture and no one who is working with me has any idea what I am saying. So for […]
Almost Scientific Photo Sighted In The Wild
It’s been pointed out to me that Goth Magazines recent post on the Steampunk Treehouse featured an Almost Scientific photo! I believe that photo came from the Coachella install set which can be found here.
Torpedo Rooms
These are dope. Makes me wish I had made the ends of The Neuron Chamber hinged.
The Neuron Chamber — Hemispheres, Pentagon and Axon
One of the most curious moments in my artistic process is when I switch from thinking about the piece in terms of the clean CAD work and begin to deal with the messy, real world materials that are really going to make it up. I once saw an interview with […]
The Neuron Chamber — Spike/Arc Puller Proof Of Concept
As I mentioned in the original post describing The Neuron Chamber one of the core elements is a completely original, technically challenging, electric/kinetic effect that we are developing specifically for this project. The goal is to pull an electric arc though an complex, horizontal curve. Think of it as horizontal […]
The Neuron Chamber — Final CAD Drawings
So the project is a go. I got the offical word at the end of last week that The Neuron Chamber is going to be at The Crucibles Fire Arts Festivle. Also, they have provided some generous funding. The final CAD work is locked in and almost all the parts […]
The Neuron Chamber — CAD Drawings
Well I bet you are getting tired of reading about the Steampunk Treehouse and The Dihemispheric Chronaether Agitator, huh? Well you are in luck because it’s looking like I am going to be starting work on a new project that I hinted about a few days ago. The new piece […]
Problem Solved!
Almost Scientific has returned to its former glory!
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Some of you may notice that there are several videos missing from blog posts and everything looks a bit different. I know what you’re thinking — I like the old look better as well. But there was some massive formatting issue that was causing problems that made me remove videos […]
Oh, Aleister Crowley, You’re Still A Naughty Boy Even When You Get Back From Hell
Oh, Aleister Crowley — there you go again. Back from the dead, summoned by some Trinity Collage scientists doing some experiment every likely told him not to do, roaming around in fine purple suits and getting naughty with the ladies …. will you ever quit you old beast you? Oh, […]
This Happend In My Neighberhood
God I love my city …. From Laughing Squid: These guys made a giant boulder made of LEGO blocks and had it chase their friend dressed as Indiana Jones down 19th Street on Potrero Hill in San Francisco. Just a block away form the San Francisco headquarters of Almost Scientific