Max Lupo

T-shirts and Algorithms

T-shirts and Algorithms

Hey, so, I have a t-shirt shop [https://shop.maxlupo.com/] now. The shirts have algorithmically generated phrases created by scraping a database of inspirational quotes. The resulting phrases are kind of messed up… inspirational if you are inspired by the crushing exhaustion of having to just keep on… For

New Exhibition: What is here has echoed

New Exhibition: What is here has echoed

I am very grateful to be included in a Summer Exhibition at the MacLaren Art Centre! The exhibition What is here has echoed includes work by Therese Bolliger, Aidan Cowling, Yam Lau, Ève K. Tremblay, Olivia Whetung and I. The show will run from July 4 to October 27, 2019

New Exhibition: Machine Made Wisdom

New Exhibition: Machine Made Wisdom

Platitudes for the Future Overly generic platitudes are often used as a way to quell emotional unease, while avoiding the actual substance of that unease. Phrases along the lines of "no good deed goes unpunished", "better late than never”, or "everything happens for a reason" are just not good enough.

Modding NES Games for Fun and Art. Part 1: Super Lupo Bros.

Modding NES Games for Fun and Art. Part 1: Super Lupo Bros.

Old games for the Nintendo Entertainment System can be lightly hacked in order to change the sprites, sounds and more. My first hi-larious project was to insert myself in Super Mario Bros.

New Exhibition: Galaxy Champion FUN ZONE™

New Exhibition: Galaxy Champion FUN ZONE™

Galaxy Champion FUN ZONE™ is a two-person exhibition by Qendrim Hoti and Max Lupo which uses the video game technology of the past three decades to create an interactive installation.

Beep-Boopatronics, the performance and installation

Beep-Boopatronics, the performance and installation

This project reflects an obsession with wires, communication, and out-of-date consumer products. As a result, this installation explores systems of translation by dismantling objects on the outer edge of their usable life.

Upcoming Exhibition: Beep-Boopatronics

Upcoming Exhibition: Beep-Boopatronics

This exhibition takes nearly obsolete objects and imbues them with new, but not always useful, functionality. In particular, this exhibition takes a chord organ which plays itself and connects it to a Beep-Boop Machine.

Polaroid Project #1: Development Timelapse

Polaroid Project #1: Development Timelapse

The Impossible Project makes new film for old Polaroid cameras, and their newest iteration is their best yet. With changes to the opacifier used, the film can stand to be exposed to some light while its developing.

Work in Progress: The Piano Player

Work in Progress: The Piano Player

I'm working on my MFA at OCADu, and one of the projects that is in progress is this, The Piano Player. The plan for the project is to take an electric chord organ, de-electrify it, and instead power it using a large balloon...

Just Another Beep-Boop Machine

Just Another Beep-Boop Machine

Just Another Beep-Boop Machine is a small artwork, made to create an opportunity to play with music. A participant can punch holes in the provided cards, which are then used as the input information for the device to play a tune.

The Mansfield Reporter

The Mansfield Reporter

The Mansfield Reporter is a device which can generate new text from some of history's greatest authors. By pressing the red button, you will be shown a new passage from either Friedrich Nietzsche, William Shakespeare, or Gertrude Stein.

The Continued Connection Device

The Continued Connection Device

Here is a fun little invention, created so that you can acknowledge a strong connection between yourself and an other individual.

Fun With Microcontrollers: installing MicroPython on the Espruino Pico

Fun With Microcontrollers: installing MicroPython on the Espruino Pico

Recently, I became quite interested in a new microcontroller called the pyboard which gives you a low-level Python operating system that can be used to control all kinds of electronic projects. Sounds Fun!

The Past Viewer, and Other Projections

The Past Viewer, and Other Projections

The Past Viewer is a small installation for 8mm film projection. It originally included a Brownie projector shooting its image onto a mirror, reflecting back to a piece of frosted mylar.

I MADE THIS FOR YOU, The Performance and Installation

I MADE THIS FOR YOU, The Performance and Installation

This performance was part of my exhibition at Georgian College in Barrie, Ontario. What you see here is now a part of the installation, and completes the artwork in the gallery.

The Automatic Affirmation Device

The Automatic Affirmation Device

This device is a personal confidence booster, that is never wrong. Will today be a good day? Was college the right choice? With this device in hand, the answer is always YES. Obviously, this invention represents the peak of self-help electronics. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In anticipation of my exhibition [https://maxlupo.com/

Upcoming Exhibition: I Made This For You

Upcoming Exhibition: I Made This For You

As a whole, this show is a refinement of my thoughts around the power of an invented object to subvert the user's feelings of nostalgia and novelty, by providing an experience which contrasts with the expectation of the object.

My SX-70

In mid 2012, I became somewhat fascinated with the Polaroid SX-70. The camera is a folding SLR, and when released in 1972, it was Polaroid's first integral film camera.

Objects of Note @ VERSO

Objects of Note @ VERSO

Opening at VERSO on April 5th, is the exhibition of some brand new Objects of Note. The exhibition will include refined versions of my very favourite inventions, along with a set of my performances.

The Dial Me a Story Phone

The Dial Me a Story Phone

The Dial Me a Story Phone is a little invention to help bring a little story into your ear. The body is a classic Northern Telecom wall-phone, but the guts have had a bit of an upgrade.

People and Objects

People and Objects

Last October I had the good fortune of showing my work and doing a few performances with my exhibtion, Objects of Note. The net result of this was alot of people had a chance to see, and use the art work.

Exhibition: Objects of Note @ Awkward Stage

Exhibition: Objects of Note @ Awkward Stage

Coming to Awkward Stage this Saturday is a new exhibition of my work titled, “Objects of Note”. The exhibition is a collection of my inventions, all of which are more (and less) than they appear to be!

The Thermal Printing Doorbell

The Thermal Printing Doorbell

Doorbells are boring. Everyone deserves a doorbell which introduces them to their visitor in an inviting way. This is the Thermal Printing Doorbell. It plays a little melody, then leaves you a little message.

My New 3D Printer, The Delightful Printrbot Jr.

My New 3D Printer, The Delightful Printrbot Jr.

Isn't it just the cutest lil' 3D printer that you ever did see? Just like the last time, I ordered a 3D printer and it arrived as a big 0l’ box of miscellaneous parts. This time I have acquired a Printrbot Jr.

Lost Cities

These monotypes were made for a recent exhibition titled Lost Cities. The work is centered around ghost towns, a category of location whose presence is determined by an absence.