Dear All,

Here is the first of Daniel’s Daily Art Dispatches.  (Well we’ll see how daily it’ll be…)

I decided to inaugurate it with one of my personal favorites: “Wooden Mirror” by Danny Rozin.  Wooden wedges reflect light more or less depending on their angle, which results in about 16 shades of grey.  The result is a digital mirror made of wood!  What you don’t see in the image is how responsive it is.  And the sound is absolutely incredible.  Each piece of wood has a little servo behind it that makes a lovely jjjjjjjttt sound as it moves into place.  It was one of the first sculptures I’d ever seen that was digital and totally non screen based.  Incredible piece.

http://www.smoothware.com/danny/woodenmirror.html

http://uk.youtube.com/results?search_query=wooden+mirror&search=Search

The second is something I came across just the other day!  Its interesting because it makes visible and audible the space and emotion between people.  The visuals are well handled and the interface is simple enough.

Se Mi Sei Vicino (If you are close to me)

<http://soniacillari.net/Se_Mi_Sei_Vicino_.htm>