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Shawn is a practicing artist, educator, and curator dedicated to engaging people in public spaces. Over the last 20 years, he has created interactive installations for more than 50 national and international museums and public settings. He currently holds a senior position at the Exploratorium,...
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by Shawn Lani • October 25, 2013
The foam dishes are now officially concrete and being polished to a high shine by Concrete Concepts & Design, We're really happy with their work, nothing leaves the yard that isn't damn near perfect. Our crack Engineer, Jesse Marsh, has designed and shepherded the dishes through all of these processes.
by Shawn Lani • October 16, 2013
We're in the production phase of our largest elements. These are 9 foot tall styrofoam dishes that have been milled on a CNC router (computer controlled cutting machine). The dishes will shipped to the East bay and sprayed with a 3" coating of glass reinforced cement.
by Shawn Lani • September 28, 2013
The Exploratorium team is working with Professor Nicolaus Troje, an intriguing researcher from Queens University, Ontario, Canada who is the Research Chair in Vision and Behavioral Sciences.
by Shawn Lani • September 17, 2013
The Outdoor Studio has done some large installations over the years, one of our favorite was a magnetically coupled kinetic facade of a museum in Livingston, Louisiana, called L.I.G.O. (Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory
by Shawn Lani • September 13, 2013
We’ve generated a lot of ideas from our Sketch-In event and from our meetings with our project partners who have been coming by the Exploratorium for afternoon sketch sessions. We’re itchy to start building and testing prototypes, so we’re working on a few ideas you can come by and try out later.
