Category: BM Projects

Attacks from Mars: We Welcome our Robot Overlords!

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We are very pleased to announce our upcoming art installation at the Vermillion Art Gallery and Bar! ******* ANNOUNCING ******* Attacks from Mars: We Welcome our Robot Overlords! an art installation by Totally Legit Thursday, Dec 14, 2017 through Friday, Feb 5, 2018 Vermillion Art Gallery and Wine Bar 1508 11th Avenue, Seattle WA 98122 Vermillionseattle.com https://www.facebook.com/events/145896532713370/ Opening night party: Thursday Dec 14, 5-8pm (Capitol Hill Art Walk)   In the age of digital media, there’s a renewed nostalgia for the kinetic, sensory bumps and clicks of mechanical machines, as exemplified by the resurgent popularity of pinball games here in…

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Attacks from Mars at Burning Man 2017

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It was our third and final year having Attacks from Mars at Burning Man.  This year we updated our lighting animation, added interactivity in the form of large dials and buttons, and added a large animated digital display.  Being the third year of our installation, it went really smoothly.  We can’t thank the crew enough for all their efforts. This art project was inspired in part our love for pinball!   Jeff Larson of our Totally Legit crew is a designer for the Seattle pinball zine, Skill Shot, and Greg Larson is a pinball repair technician at Quick Pinball Repair, a…

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Attacks from Mars 2016

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Attacks from Mars is a giant, roaming pinball machine with an animated playfield.   It is a Burning Man “mutant vehicle” project, where we love nothing more than to create a compelling mobile experience for riders, so that the journey of traversing around the playa is as much fun as getting anywhere.  With the Attacks from Mars pinball machine, our riders are the ball in the game, and as they bounce around the play space, they are activating sound and lighting.  This project is a gadgeteers dream, with interactive, controllable LEDs, arduinos, switches, etcs. — all those wonderful mechanical aspects…

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Attacks from Mars at Burning Man 2015

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Below are images from our Attacks from Mars pinball machine, fully assembled for Burning Man 2014. This is a three year project — the first year we created the murals and play space. In the next two years we will be updating the external lighting and make the playspace more interactive. Thanks to the fabulous team who made this possible, including all our “guest” artists who contributed many hours in construction and running the mutant vehicle at Burning Man. Shelly Farnham, Greg Larson, Jeff Larson, Daniel Walker, Andrew Thomas Cross, Lea Willingham, Ben Flaster, Shivers Бред Tb, April Suzanne Denton,…

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