art - Max Lupo

T-shirts and Algorithms

Hey, so, I have a t-shirt shop 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 me, the generation of

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New Exhibition: Machine Made Wisdom

Platitudes for the FutureOverly 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. As

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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.

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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This project reflects an obsession with wires, communication, and out-of-date consumer products.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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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 at the VERSO gallery,

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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.

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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.

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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.

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J. Reynolds - Mystery Man

J. Reynolds, an early daredevil active in the 1920′s, has tempted death more than once. How much is known about this man?