To Live To Love – psychedelic immersive video

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

Tumbler on the Square yarn bomb music video

Yarn bombers from ideaXfactory meet at the Springfield Park Central Square to yarn bomb the Sculpture “Tumbler” by Aris Demetrios. When Aris created the sculpture back in the seventies he hoped it would spark more contemporary art and creativity in the area. Forty years later we are still waiting, and more than ready for additional … Read More

Harmonic Wall and Transient Constructions II

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

Max Rosen’s ideaXfactory video

IdeaXFactory from Max Rosen on Vimeo. Independent film-maker Max Rosen is graduate of Missouri State University’s Electronic Arts [Video] and Creative Writing program. He produced this evocative video of installation art for the ideaXfactory featuring Russ RuBert’s neon and LED “Transient Constructions” and Art of Space’s “Knitting Space”.

Knitting Space installation video

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

Yarn Bombing the Art Musuem video

The day before a scheduled public forum to discuss a proposed Sculpture Walk in downtown Springfield, yarn.bombers from the ideaXfactory coordinated a 48-hour public art installation event at the Springfield Art Museum — creating a spontaneous bright-colored trail of yarn that is a fun metaphor designed to engage, entertain, and guide visitors throughout the Museum. … Read More