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  • Scott Hessels is an American filmmaker, sculptor and media artist based in Hong Kong. His artworks span different media including film, video, online, music, broadcast, print, kinetic sculpture, and performance. His films have shown internationally
  • The silhouettes of the ancient art of Shadow Play are achieved by light penetrating a translucent screen, and this sculpture uses the rotation of the windmill as the power to generate the backlight for the presentation. Additionally, the wind turns
  • Kinetic light installation reflective foil, artificial resin, rotating motor, lights, plexiglass, light reflections variable dimensions A transparent picture is suspended on a rotating engine installed on the ceiling and is illuminated by two
  • MELT -
    Melt is a kinetic surface designed to undergo distortions in function of the weight, position and actions of the visitors. Melt consists of 50 nautical aluminum polished plates, aligned with and connected to one-another by a system of linear
  • The Dual is an optical illusion in which two disks rotate in opposite directions; the front disk is black with slits that act as a shutter, the rear disk contains the animation frames. When the disks spin, the animation is visible. In this artwork,
  • Perfume Organ -
    The monumental perfume organ represents a meaningful analogy between musical and olfactory compositions. Its purpose is to demonstrate how, point by point, the scent becomes a kind of oflactif weapon which, with its made to measure smells,
  • Installation using real-time computer simulation. When you depict the movement of parts of the human body in a time/value co-ordinate system, you get various wave forms; in the case of repetitive movement, sine waves. During movement, most parts of
  • Topobo -
    Topobo is a 3D constructive assembly system with kinetic memory, the ability to record and playback physical motion. Unique among modeling systems is Topobo’s coincident physical input and output behaviors. By snapping together a combination of
  • The 19th century Praxinoscope consisted of a circular beveled mirror reflecting a series of animation frames. When the device is spun, a moving image appears on the mirror. Using wind as the power and a structure that references the Eiffel Tower
  • As far as the creases -
    Here, a human organ constitutes the landscape: a brain is covered in a fine film of aquatic algae. The alga deposits itself by taking its time and continues to grow at its own rhythm. I provide regular modest help: I change the water twice a