Tag Archives: timelapse
10Apr/132 comments
Tim Hunkin’s clock installation
Posted by Luigi
As Ryan hinted at yesterday in his two excellent blog posts about construction in the South Gallery, recurring Tinkerer in Residence Tim Hunkin spent about a month with us, with the main mission of installing, troubleshooting, and stress-testing what has … Continue reading
Tagged as: clock, fragile. crate, installation, tim hunkin, timelapse, tinkerers clock
18Jan/131 comment
Pack up and go
Posted by Luigi
Today was a big day for us tinkerers: both the Tinkering Studio and the Learning Studio, plus our storage space in the rotunda columns, were packed up and moved out, and they’re now waiting to be shipped over to Pier … Continue reading
6Apr/122 comments
Luminaris, a wonderful stop-motion animation about light
Posted by Luigi
This is very very lovely. Combining time lapse photography with stop motion animation to create a beautiful effect and tell a compelling story. Apologies! Apparently the makers of the short have decided to make their video private, so it’s no … Continue reading
2Sep/112 comments
Drawdio After Dark
Posted by Ryan
Last night at After Dark: Music And Creativity we set up some experiments with music created by electrical resistance. One of our favorite iterations of this idea is Drawdio made by former artist-in-residence Jay Silver from the MIT media lab. … Continue reading
Tagged as: after dark, creativity, drawdio, electricity, MIT, music, psychedelic, scribbles, timelapse
19Aug/11No comments
Summer Camp Stop Motion Movies
Posted by Ryan
On Wednesday and Thursday afternoon we held a workshop where the Exploratorium campers made a couple of large-scale stop motion animation movies. Each of these films packed more action into their less than 15 second running time than any summer … Continue reading
Tagged as: alien attack, animation, car crash, prototype, stop motion, summer camp, timelapse
16Feb/11No comments
What has the Cardboard Institute of Technology been up to?
Posted by Luigi
This is a quick time lapse of some of the construction that the amazing folks from the Cardboard Institute of Technology have been doing in the last week. The Tinkering Studio is already transformed, and there is still so much … Continue reading
20Sep/101 comment
A time lapse of the fog
Posted by Luigi
Here in the Learning Studio, we’re know for having a little bit of a fascination with the time lapse technique. The video below is an absolutely stunning example of this technique used not only to create a visually beautiful piece, … Continue reading
27Apr/105 comments
Open MAKE: marble machines
Posted by Luigi
Well, after all the work we went through to make and install the walls of our giant Marble Machines room, here is a corner of the room being worked on by many visitors over the course of two and a … Continue reading
Tagged as: marble machines, marble run, marbles, open make, pegboard, timelapse, Video
21Apr/101 comment
Building a Marble Machines room
Posted by Luigi
If you ever find yourself in need of paneling a whole room with Marble Machines pegboard walls, and have no idea where to begin, this short instructional video should tell you everything you need to know: Of course this assumes … Continue reading
14Apr/101 comment
Marble machines are coming!
Posted by Luigi
A first-generation marble machine board It is quite fun, but we needed SIZE! At first, it was the marble machine board: a 2′ by 4′ monolith that could be easily propped anywhere, and used by one or two participants to … Continue reading
Tagged as: blue, build, building, construction, how-to, marble machines, marble run, marbles, pegboard, timelapse, Video, wall
