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The Margin Maker

The Margin Maker

The Margin Maker was a collaborative installation created with Pascaline Knight and presented in Montreal at Arprim, centre d'essai en art imprimé in 2023.

Untitled (Typewriter) and Continuous Memory

Untitled (Typewriter) and Continuous Memory

In 2017 I had the opportunity to record some family stories which were presented as part of the exhibition Galaxy Champion Fun Zone. These audio recordings, focused on my parents' experience of immigrating to Canada from Italy in the 1960s & 70s, gave some insight into what their lives

Machine Made Wisdom

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"

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.

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This project reflects an obsession with wires, communication, and out-of-date consumer products.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

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.

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/

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.

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.

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.

J. Reynolds - Mystery Man

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?

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