Drawing Marathon was a month-long artist residency by Shane Savage-Rumbaugh at the ideaXfactory that engaged an entire community. Through June and July 2014, Savage-Rumbaugh worked on polyptych drawings of the interior gallery and exterior Boonville streetscape with an open-door policy, inviting visitors inside to pose for sections of the drawings and make digital voice recording … Read More
Using projections of thousands of tiny light beams reading depth, space, and motion to create an interactive environment of light and sound, Russ RuBert created an immersive video art installation at the ideaXfactory for visitors to engage by moving their bodies. Sensing movement, the system interpreted the information and turned it into particles of light … Read More
Imagine controlling a 27-foot wall of brightly-colored neon lights with a wave of the hand… or with a paintbrush, or a musical instrument! Sound fun? It is… you can just watch, or join in to help make the wall come alive! Bring your favorite musical instrument, or learn how to turn a watercolor brush into … Read More
Under construction now, neon and LED sculptures by Russ RuBert are responsive to movement. A 24-foot wall of light will be interactive in response to sound, pitch, hand movements, and paint brush strokes.
Watch four weeks of construction of Art of Space’s “Knitting Space,” opening night with MSU Inertia Dance Company’s improvisational choreography and later, kids of all ages responding to the art environment in this stop-motion video. Knitting Space installation was created by Drury University’s Art of Space Art and Architecture students and faculty, lead by Gerard … Read More
The new ideaXfactory was featured on the cover and in a big inside story in the weekend magazine of the Newsleader.
[slideshow] [/slideshow] After over a month of construction, not including planning and design time, Knitting Space was completed inside the ideaXfactory on December 7th for the First Friday Art Walk by Drury University Art and Architecture collaborative Art of Space. The installation will be open again for First Night Springfield and once more during … Read More
Temporary art installations can be designed to be interactive, engaging the public in a way not possible with traditional art. They can incorporate space or time, explore using unusual or unexpected media, utilize contemporary technology, or become multidisciplinary.
Art of Space will be knitting a gigantic interactive environment inside the ideaXfactory during the month of November, 2012. Using plastic sheeting as a fiber, students and community members will weave segments of the fabric, first on large hand-made looms, then attach sections to the ceiling of the ideaXfactory. The Drury University student group will … Read More
