Geoffrey Drake-Brockman (artist)

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"Totem" (2012), located outside Perth Arena Totem by Geoffrey Drake-Brockman (2012).jpg
"Totem" (2012), located outside Perth Arena

Geoffrey Drake-Brockman (born 1964) is an Australian artist known for incorporating robotics and lasers into his work. [1] [2] [3] [4] He was born in Woomera, South Australia. [3] He currently lives and works in Perth, Western Australia.

Notable works include "Floribots", (128 computer-controlled robot origami flowers arranged in a grid [5] [6] a sculpture that won the Macquarie Bank People's Choice Award when exhibited at the National Gallery of Australia) [7] [8] ) and "Totem", (a 10.5-metre-tall (34 ft) installation outside Perth Arena that has moving panels that open and close like flower petals when people walk past. [9] [1] )

In March 2013 he took to Indiegogo to raise funds to complete four life size Robot Ballerinas, otherwise known as the "Coppelia Project". [10] [11] [12]

References

  1. 1 2 Bevis, Stephen (5 November 2012). "Totem tribute to robotics". The West Australian. Archived from the original on 24 November 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  2. ↑ "Created Beings: Geoffrey Drake-Brockman". TEDxPerth. Archived from the original on 7 July 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Geoffrey Drake-Brockman". Design and Art Australia Online.
  4. ↑ "Synapse.net.au".
  5. ↑ Editor Paige Amor, "National Sculpture Prize & Exhibition 2005", (Port Melbourne: Thames and Hudson, 2005)
  6. ↑ "National Sculpture Prize 2005 | Geoffrey Drake-Brockman | Floribots". National Gallery of Australia. Archived from the original on 2 May 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  7. ↑ "Macquarie Bank People's Choice Award winner" (Press release). National Gallery of Australia. Archived from the original on 27 April 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  8. ↑ Kelly, Philippa (November 2005). "Artnotes". Art Monthly. No. 185. Archived from the original on 13 March 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  9. ↑ "Perth Arena 'Totem' attracts attention". News.com.au. 18 September 2012. Archived from the original on 19 September 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  10. ↑ "The Coppelia Project - Four Dancing Robot Ballerinas".
  11. ↑ "Robot ballerinas". Archived from the original on 20 May 2013. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
  12. ↑ "Like a mad scientist, artist Geoffrey Drake-Brockman has been crazily busy at work in his Nedlands laboratory, or rather, his studio". Western Suburbs Weekly. 7 May 2013. p. 25.


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