Past Project Gallery

Fall 2018 final show poster: images/2018/RCP-F18-final-show-poster.pdf

Fall 2017

The third iteration of the course was organized around a final gallery show of kinetic works at The Frame Gallery. Two of the projects were A Line in the Sand, a sandbox drawing machine, and What Do You Think of Me?, a voice-activated automatic paintball turret which drowns out the sound of whomever is speaking by firing paintballs.

What Do You Think of Me?, an automatic paintball turret with target canvas.

The view looking downrange.

Detail of the composite canvas combining multiple materials.

A Line in the Sand preparing to draw.

A completed sand drawing.

Fall 2016

The second iteration of the course focused on theatrical-scale pneumatic animatronics, culminating in a short theatrical performance Par for the Course starring Gate and Cone.

Gate and Cone set up for performance. Gate is an articulated traffic gate with four freedoms. Cone is a mobile traffic cone with four freedoms.

Students preparing for the show.

Gate and Cone with a human performer operating a golf ball prop on a long pole.

Fall 2015

The first iteration of the course focused on simple mechanisms with expressive movement. One of the projects, Racing Cardboard Pop-Ups, performed races with five cardboard walking machines to evoke an underground racing scene complete with parimutuel betting.

Closeup of a single racer.

The racetrack with projected betting board and aerial view.

The lineup of racers.