finding out more. since 2002 this studio has been pushing the boundaries of art installation by using a high tech mixed media palette to create interact spaces. and for this year s olympics and paralympics in tokyo, the team has created an artwork inspired ijy has created an artwork inspired by traditionaljapanese zen gardens. one of the great things about this artwork is that it things about this artwork is thatitis things about this artwork is that it is designed to be experienced in person and in the round. but it is not until you get this up close and personal that you really get a sense of the scale. the project, called constant project, called co nsta nt gardeners, project, called constant gardeners, is a result of an open competition with the arts council tokyo and the tokyo metropolitan government. their idea was selected out of 21100 other entrants, and is paying homage to the athletes by representing their performances.- representing their performances. representing their erf
japanese zen gardens. one of the great things about this artwork is that it is designed to be experienced in person and in the round. but it is not until you get this up close and personal that you really get a sense of the scale. the project, called constant gardeners, is a result of an open competition with the arts council tokyo and the tokyo metropolitan government. their idea was selected out of 2&00 other entrants, and it s paying homage to the athletes by representing their performances. so we are looking at footage from different sports, subtracting and extracting movement out of it frame by frame, we are then doing pose estimation, which essentially draws out different elements of that movement, and then applying that to an algorithm that then drives our artistic representation of that in the robot s movements. the art installation was shipped from the uk right into the heart of ueno park, to create over 150 unique
mixed media palette to create interactive spaces. and for this year s olympics and paralympics in tokyo, the team has created an artwork inspired by traditional japanese zen gardens. one of the great things about this artwork is that it is designed to be experienced in person and in the round. but it is not until you get this up close and personal that you really get a sense of the scale. the project, called constant gardeners, is a result of an open competition with the arts council tokyo and the tokyo metropolitan government. their idea was selected out of 2&00 other entrants, and it s paying homage to the athletes by representing their performances. so we are looking at footage from different sports, subtracting and extracting movement out of it frame by frame, we are then doing pose estimation, which essentially draws out
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The four robots delicately drawing patterns in a bed of crushed black basalt in Tokyoâs Ueno Park move with such grace that they seem to be purpose-built. But when artist and technologist Jason Bruges acquired them for his work
The Constant Gardeners, the robots had already spent years working at a BMW factory in the United States.
âTheyâre foundry grade, so theyâd been welding, riveting, assembling cars,â says Bruges. âTheyâre having a nice little holiday in Tokyo by comparison.â
To bend the robots to his will, Bruges and his team âhacked the systemâ and wrote new computer code to direct their movements. Once stiff and precise, they are now elegant and expressive.