“Fête Mobile” by Marc Tuters, Luke Moloney, Adrian Sinclair

Title:

Fête Mobile

Artist(s) and People Involved:

Exhibiting Artist(s):



• Marc Tuters -
  • Keio University
• Luke Moloney -
  • Pandora Benevolent Society
• Adrian Sinclair

Symposium:

• ISEA2006: 13th International Symposium on Electronic Art

Venue(s):

• San Jose State University, San Jose, United States

Creation Year:

2005-06

Medium:

Autonomous Robotic Blimp

Artist Statement:

Fête Mobile is an autonomous robotic blimp equipped with a camera and wireless capabilities that can sense the landscape from above, display text messages on an LED panel mounted on blimp, and interact with the people below. Participants use their laptop computers to connect to the blimp’s “sneaker network” to control its flight and optics. An onboard wireless local-file server allows the public to exchange media files.

Sponsors:

Support from Conseil des arts et des lettres du Quebec (CALQ) and Department of Foreign Affiairs and International Trade (DFAIT)

Video:

• Fetemobile from Marc Tuters on Vimeo.

Category:

• Electronic / Robotic Object
• Public Event
• Public Ticketed Event