Geoffrey Drake-Brockman (artist)

"Totem" (2012), located outside Perth Arena

Geoffrey Drake-Brockman (born 1964) is an Australian artist well known for incorporating robotics and lasers into his work.[1][2][3][4] He was born in Woomera, South Australia.[5] He currently lives and works in Perth, Western Australia.

Notable works include 'Floribots', 128 computer-controlled robot origami flowers arranged in a grid [6][7] (a sculpture that won the Macquarie Bank People’s Choice Award when exhibited at the National Gallery of Australia) [8][9] 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.[10][11]

In March 2013, Geoffrey took to Indiegogo to raise funds to complete four life size Robot Ballerinas, otherwise known as the 'The Coppelia Project' [12][13]

References

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

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