Computers as Art

An article was listed on Digg as 'bored sysadmin makes arch from old monitors'. It peaked my interest, so i clicked on to the link to have a look. It's a pretty impressive feat, but reading the digg comments revealed that the story was misleading. The arch wasn't made by some bored IT crowd-types but was the work of Sandy Smith who founded computersforart.org, a project setup in Glasgow to promote the re-use of redundant technology, such as old PCs and monitors, by artists. It seems the project didn't take off as well as it should, but Sandy now has his own site to exhibit his work, including the brilliant installations he created with PC equipment. The wall below is called Mauritian Sunset:



It's made, of course, of old PCs and monitors connected to them displaying different coloured backgrounds combined in the wall give the idea of a sunset. The back of the wall with the workings can also be seen on the artist's website.