Geoffrey Drake-Brockman (artist)

"Totem" (2012), located outside Perth Arena

Geoffrey Drake-Brockman (born 1964) is an Australian artist known for incorporating robotics and lasers into his work.[1][2][3][4] He was born in Woomera, South Australia.[3] He currently lives and works in Perth, Western Australia.

Notable works include 'Floribots', (128 computer-controlled robot origami flowers arranged in a grid[5][6] a sculpture that won the Macquarie Bank People's Choice Award when exhibited at the National Gallery of Australia)[7][8]) and 'Totem', (a 10.5 metre tall installation outside Perth Arena that has moving panels that open and close like flower petals when people walk past.[9][10])

In March 2013 he took to Indiegogo to raise funds to complete four life size Robot Ballerinas, otherwise known as the 'The Coppelia Project'.[11][12]

References

  1. ↑ http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/breaking/15294630/totem-tribute-to-robotics/
  2. ↑ http://tedxperth.com/node/123
  3. 1 2 http://www.daao.org.au/bio/geoffrey-drake-brockman/
  4. ↑ http://www.synapse.net.au/people/geoffrey_drake-brockman
  5. ↑ Editor Paige Amor, "National Sculpture Prize & Exhibition 2005", (Port Melbourne: Thames and Hudson, 2005)
  6. ↑ http://nga.gov.au/Exhibition/SculpturePrize05/Detail.cfm?IRN=139758
  7. ↑ http://nga.gov.au/AboutUs/press/SP05PC.cfm
  8. ↑ http://www.artmonthly.org.au/artnotes.asp?aID=1&issueNumber=185
  9. ↑ http://www.news.com.au/national/perth-arena-totem-attracts-attention/story-fndo4e3y-1226476802202
  10. ↑ http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/breaking/15294630/totem-tribute-to-robotics/
  11. ↑ http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-coppelia-project-four-dancing-robot-ballerinas
  12. ↑ http://www.behindballet.com/robot-ballerinas/
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