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Andrew Zolty under the artist name BREAKFAST has created quite a few stunning kinetic artworks with flipdisks. Just one example: https://theartistbreakfast.com

by lgrebe 5mo ago

Andrew Zolty under the artist name BREAKFAST has created quite a few stunning kinetic artworks with flipdisks. Just one example: https://theartistbreakfast.com/works/traverse https://theartistbreakfast.com/works/traverse Also created a larger more sculpted derivative the „brixel“ a rotating brick as pixel. Eg https://theartistbreakfast.com/works/oceans https://theartistbreakfast.com/works/oceans

fiatpandas 5mo ago
This is the product they commercialized: https://flipdisc.co/ https://flipdisc.co/ Last I heard a number of years ago it’s around $2000/sq ft. Around the same price scale as mid range LED wall modules.
rendaw 5mo ago
> "Oceans" is a kinetic sculpture that embodies the dynamism of the world's oceans within the arid landscape of Las Vegas. Crafted from 483 motorized elements known as "Brixels," this piece mimics the movement of the sea's surface. The sculpture is alive with the pulse of the planet's waters, ... All I can see are bars of gold.
- mcphage 5mo ago
  I agree... it's gorgeous, but it's missing the ocean's colors.
- breakfastny 5mo ago
  BREAKFAST (AKA Zolty) here. The “ocean” aspect of the piece is in how it moves and the real-time API data that drives the wave-like motion. It grabs live tide data from a different coastal city each minute and changes based on that. The gold and marble bricks took inspiration from the Fontainebleau art deco style of their original Miami hotel (this piece lives in their Vegas location). Here’s a clip of it moving (doesn’t read so well as a static image): https://theartistbreakfast.com/works/oceans https://theartistbreakfast.com/works/oceans
  - johanvts 5mo ago
    Can someone explain the “Fontainebleau art deco style”? I have been to Fountainbleau and I remember it as much older renaissance style architecture and geometric/baroque gardens.
  - rendaw 5mo ago
    Whoah! Sorry, I was half joking, half of me gets the metaphor, but the other me is seeing a wall of bricks of gold in a Las Vegas casino and gets another metaphor. Either way it's beautiful!
nancyminusone 5mo ago
Interesting, that "fade away" effect looks almost exactly like what I see when I get a migraine aura.

by lgrebe 5mo ago

fiatpandas 5mo ago

This is the product they commercialized: https://flipdisc.co/ https://flipdisc.co/ Last I heard a number of years ago it’s around $2000/sq ft. Around the same price scale as mid range LED wall modules.

rendaw 5mo ago

> "Oceans" is a kinetic sculpture that embodies the dynamism of the world's oceans within the arid landscape of Las Vegas. Crafted from 483 motorized elements known as "Brixels," this piece mimics the movement of the sea's surface. The sculpture is alive with the pulse of the planet's waters, ... All I can see are bars of gold.

mcphage 5mo ago
I agree... it's gorgeous, but it's missing the ocean's colors.
breakfastny 5mo ago
BREAKFAST (AKA Zolty) here. The “ocean” aspect of the piece is in how it moves and the real-time API data that drives the wave-like motion. It grabs live tide data from a different coastal city each minute and changes based on that. The gold and marble bricks took inspiration from the Fontainebleau art deco style of their original Miami hotel (this piece lives in their Vegas location). Here’s a clip of it moving (doesn’t read so well as a static image): https://theartistbreakfast.com/works/oceans https://theartistbreakfast.com/works/oceans
- johanvts 5mo ago
  Can someone explain the “Fontainebleau art deco style”? I have been to Fountainbleau and I remember it as much older renaissance style architecture and geometric/baroque gardens.
- rendaw 5mo ago
  Whoah! Sorry, I was half joking, half of me gets the metaphor, but the other me is seeing a wall of bricks of gold in a Las Vegas casino and gets another metaphor. Either way it's beautiful!

nancyminusone 5mo ago

Interesting, that "fade away" effect looks almost exactly like what I see when I get a migraine aura.