Creative-Uses

So, full disclosure: it was my birthday on Sunday. True, the “day of rest” is not typically ideal for a birthday celebration. But on this particular Sunday, a certain electronic musician was not only playing at my favorite hometown venue, but was also unveiling the LA debut of an unprecedented visual performance that’s had bloggers, Learn More

Today was the final day of AASHE Conference 2011, hosted by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. (Check out Monday’s blog to find out why I was here in the first place!) It’s a little bittersweet to be going back home—I’ll miss all the new sustainability heroes and heroines I met Learn More

A few weeks ago I blogged about the Gon KiRin, an RGB LED-lit, dragon-shaped art car by LED artist Teddy Lo. Writing about that piece inspired me to check out the rest of Lo’s work, and I’m glad I did. He is one of few working artists who focuses specifically on exploring the countless, technologically Learn More

Saturday night I found myself at the Avalon Ballroom in Hollywood for a performance by psychedelic rock band Portugal. The Man. Yes, it’s true: in keeping with the hipster tradition of ironic band names, Portugal. The Man has taken it up a notch by inserting a period right in the middle of its moniker. Confusing Learn More

Teddy Lo is a Hong Kong-based, internationally acclaimed LED light artist who devotes most of his creative output to RGB LED-based installations and visual pieces. His 69-foot long art car, called the “Gon KiRin,” which means “Light Dragon” in Mandarin, was recently featured at the World Maker Faire in the New York Hall of Science Learn More

We’d like to thank Elemental LED blog reader Workinonit for turning us on to the Tunnel of Questionable Enlightenment, an amazing interactive RGB LED art project displayed at Burning Man 2011. (If you missed our Burning Man LED art blog series, which ended last week, check them out here.) The artists behind the Tunnel of Learn More

Besides the giant LED-lit art installations at Burning Man, it’s always fun to enjoy the smaller creations sprinkled throughout the desert as well. From LED costumes to RGB LED art cars, there’s plenty of eye candy to go around. We’re not sure what the name of this monstrous art car is, but we certainly love Learn More

JoeJoe Martin, Elemental LED’s lead engineer, contributed his incredible talents (and some of Elemental’s LED lights) to a few projects at Burning Man this year. Here’s a look at what he worked on. The Otic Oasis Burning Man, some might say, is an experiment in maximalism—big art, big music, big costumes, all converging in a Learn More

So far the rumors have me a little jealous, not gonna lie. The weather was perfect; the ground was hard-packed and made for easy biking and not a single dust storm tousled Burners’ already disheveled hair all week. Oh, and yeah, the art was out of this world. Yep, it sounds like Burning Man 2011 Learn More

Ah, Labor Day. It’s the official end of summer, and while most of us will be spending the day at the beach or barbequing with family, about 70,000 lucky dust-covered souls will be making their way back from Burning Man. In case you don’t know, Burning Man is a weeklong art and music festival that Learn More