Drawings featured in Issue 7 of Shift
Alex Dodge’s drawings are featured throughout the latest issue of Shift: Graduate Journal of Visual and Material Culture. Shift is an initiative that was created in 2008 by Founding Editors Susan Cahill and Sarah E.K. Smith at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. Re-envisioned as a mobile, inter-university project since 2010, this annual online refereed journal […]
Alex Dodge on Brooklyn Research | The Michael Robinson Show AM970
Brooklyn Research co-founder, Alex Dodge, interviewed on the Michael Robinson show AM970 on April 19th. Listen to the podcast: https://soundcloud.com/wnym-tmrs/the-michael-s-robinson-show-4-19-14#t=5:45
Art4d | If technology is human
Interview by Kritika Baubusya original article Alex Dodge’s generative series brings together a relationship among art and design, as well as machine and mankind. art4d: You come from a family of artists. Your brother is also an artist isn’t he? What were the visual art influences that you had when you were growing up? Alex […]
Designboom | interactive textiles – symbiosisO: voxel at tribeca issey miyake
By Jenny db original article – April, 2012 symbiosisO: voxel interactive textile installation tribeca issey miyake, new york, USA on now through april 28th, 2012 the collaboration of hungarian designer eszter ozsvald, estonian textiles developer kärt ojavee, and american interaction artist alex dodge, ‘symbiosisO: voxel’ is an interactive textile installation, on exhibition at new york’s […]
Surface | SURFACE CELEBRATES THE SYMBIOSISO: VOXEL OPENING WITH TRIBECA ISSEY MIYAKE
By THE EDITORS On April 4, Surface and ISSEY MIYAKE USA Corp. held a party for the opening of the SymbiosisO: Voxel interactive installation at the brand’s New York flagship tribeca ISSEY MIYAKE. Sipping cocktails from local distillery White Pike Whiskey and nibbling on sweets from Lady M Confections, guests marveled at the electronic silk-and-ink […]
Coolhunting.com | SymbiosisO: Voxel Thermochromic interactive grids invade Issey Miyake’s Tribeca location
By Greg Stefano and James Thorne original article – April, 2012 A bright blue interactive installation has taken over the walls of Issey Miyake’s Tribeca storefront. Composed of grids of hexagonal pads or “voxels”, Symbiosis0: Voxel responds to body heat or “artifacts” left by users who touch its textile surface. Accompanying the physical responsiveness of […]
Printeresting | Alex Dodge
by Amze Emmons original article We’ve written about Alex Dodge‘s work since the early days of this blog, one reason is the way he produces visually stunning imagery within a very rigorous internal logic. His latest editions are no less compelling, strange, and beautiful. This artist statement provides some insight into this latest body of […]
ABC | El hombre que se mueve por impulsos eléctricos
by Neoteo (ABC.es / Madrid) original article – December, 2010 Un equipo científico consigue transferir de forma automática los movimientos del brazo de un individuo a una segunda persona Leer la actividad eléctrica generada por los músculos del cuerpo humano no es un problema hoy en día, pero, ¿pueden esos impulsos ser transferidos al cuerpo […]
Gizmodo | Real-Life Human Puppets
by Matt Buchanan original article – December, 2010 Mind control. The thought that somebody else could control everything you do is kind of creepy. Even in a crude form, as you can see in little experiment from four ITP students, called Human Puppets. [ITP]
The Outlook Magazine | 梦语人
by Pinko Chao original article – October, 2010 “你的眼睛疲倦了，累了，闭上你的眼睛……” 上世纪末，一位神经科医生在维也纳议会街上的小诊所里，解救了数以百计的被幻觉绑架的人，你一定猜到了，这位医生是弗洛伊德。就在之后的十几年间，那本无人不知无人不晓的惊世骇俗之作《梦的解析》面世。 梦，让人又爱又恨的东西。它可能是你不愿面对的潜意识的映射，也可能是人类发展的催化剂。卡梅隆用少时的梦境创造了《阿凡达》，而纽约艺术家Alex Dodge则试图将当今炙手可热的社交媒体移植到梦的深处。 这并不是件容易的事情，正如苏联曾联合本国精英开发时间机器一样，想在梦里实现种种属于现实范畴的事情，必要联合高科技的力量。于是Alex Dodge找到了布鲁克林的高科技设计团队Gernerative一同造梦。 他们设计了一系列概念性的服饰原型，希望让人以安静的方式参与到非积极的交互之中。例如名为“梦语人”（sleep talker）的头套就可以让两个或多个用户在相似的睡眠状态中互动，或将某个人的无意识体验广播到一个专门的社交网络中，简而言之，就是让你在梦中也能玩社交。这个安置了复杂程序的头套可以监测使用者的脑电波、心跳频率和环境音效等，混合各种实时视听数据，使用户在睡梦中对话。失眠的人也不再孤单，旁听他人谈话或许可以缓解痛苦，说不定能更快入梦。你只需通过类似地理方位、信号过滤、谈话内容与搜索难易度为特征的分析工具找到“梦语人小组”（dream clusters）即可。 在科技大举进军的今天，现实和虚拟的界限越来越模糊。在享受科技带来的便利的同时，我们也会不由得产生这样的疑虑：“我不知道哪个世界更真实。”（撰文_pinko）