ReGeneration is now open! Come imagine a future where our communities are vital and sustainable. Now at NYSCI, through January 13.
Click here to see the photoset from the exhibit opening.
Here’s a peek at the creation of Shih Chieh Huang’s 99Plus, one of ten original installations that make up ReGeneration, NYSCI’s new exhibition exploring cultural sustainability opening October 27. The piece is an integration of science and technology, reflecting the various adaptations and interactions of living beings in a complex, evolving environment.
The installation is constructed largely of items found at dollar discount stores throughout Queens neighborhoods, combined with LEDs, computer fans, microcontrollers and inflatables. The resulting exhibit features electronic, kinetic sculptures that make noise, generate patterns of light and movement, and generally interact with one another in an animal-like ecology.
As the world becomes more connected geographically and electronically, across linguistic, cultural and physical boundaries, it becomes more important to synthesize an ecological understanding of the way humans interact in a cooperative environment. Viewers will ideally walk away from the exhibit with a notion of themselves in an incomprehensible but beautiful and ultimately generous understanding of social structures.
Mike Wilson’s Nano Rap at the NYSCI Village, World Maker Faire 2012.
![Making Meaning [M2] conference.
October 1, 2012.
A Maker Education Initiative organized by the New York Hall of Science.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mb9vclmno81qj2bm8o1_500.jpg)
Making Meaning [M2] conference.
October 1, 2012.
A Maker Education Initiative organized by the New York Hall of Science.
A mere glimpse at day one of World Maker Faire 2012.
Photos: Andrew Kelly
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