Geoffrey Drake-Brockman

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Geoffrey Drake-Brockman on Wikipedia

Perth-based artist specialising in robotics, lasers, and interactive installations. He has exhibited in Perth, Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Singapore, New York and London. His works include Totem, Translight, Spiral, Counter, & The Coppelia Project.

Projects:

Coppelia Project - Dancing Robot Ballerinas

 

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Created beings: Geoffrey Drake-Brockman at TEDxPerth

Published on Jan 22, 2013

Geoffrey is a Perth-based artist specialising in robotics, lasers, and optical interactive installations. Geoffrey studied Computer Science at The University of Western Australia before completing a master's degree in Visual Arts at Curtin University. He has been exhibiting since 1986 with shows in Perth, Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Singapore, New York and London. His most recent solo exhibition was in 2010, when he installed his robotic work Floribots at the Singapore Art Museum.

Geoffrey has also shown work at the National Gallery of Australia and participated in the Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award, The Biennale of Electronic Arts Perth and Sculpture by the Sea -- in Bondi, Cottesloe, and Aarhus, Denmark. Geoffrey has completed a number of public art commissions including the laser-based work Transfiction (Canberra) and the robotic sculpture Totem at the new Perth Arena.

 

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Floribots Movie

Uploaded on May 30, 2011

Interview with Geoffrey Drake-Brockman about Floribots interactive robotic artwork at the National Gallery of Australia 2005

 

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Totem / Translight

Published on Mar 24, 2013

Totem is a 11m tall spatial robot with 108 moving elements. It incorporates a laser projection artwork called Translight that uses three 5.0 Watt colour laser projectors to paint a "geometric narrative" onto the side of the Perth Arena nightly. Fully Autonomous Interactive Artwork set free by Geoffrey Drake-Brockman. Materials: Galvanised Steel, Aluminium, Stainless Steel, Industrial Paint System, 108 Electromechanical Actuators, Six Microwave Motion Detectors, Three Embedded Computers, Java Software, Electronics, Weather Sensors, etc. Installed Nov 2012. Video production by Sol Cinetto.

 

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Readwrite

Published on Sep 16, 2014

Robotic Artwork by Geoffrey Drake-Brockman
This work consists of 24 rotating elements, each one metre square.
The movement patterns are triggered by incoming Cosmic Rays (Muon particles).