Electronic Mandala
Geekcon is a geeks convention held yearly in Israel.
It's one of the spin-offs of the Kinnernet camp initiated by Yossi Vardi.
Geekcon is sponsored by hi-tech companies and venture capital funds.
At Geekcon, every participant builds a project during the weekend. Most projects are build by small groups.
For this years Geekcon, I have decided to create a Mandala, a meditative drawing, from electronic parts.
While creating the Electronic Mandala, I have though about what it is to be a geek, felt the geeky atmosphere around me and talked with others about their reaction to the Mandala and the parts I have made it from.
Those who approached my table, sent a hand to the tray with the parts, grabbed a handful of discrete parts and smiled with nostalgia, were for me the geekiest.
After I have finished the Electronic Mandala, Zeev Holtzman, the chairman and founder of Giza VC, approached me and asked to have the Mandala in order to frame it and hang it at the Giza offices. I happily gave it to him. Mr. Holtzman is a known arts collector.
For me, the importance of the Electronic Mandala was the process. Thinking about it before hand, collecting the parts, talking to people about it and creating it. I have no use now for the object itself.
(Reproduction by Segev Shilton)
Electronic Mandala
Geekcon is a geeks convention held yearly in Israel.
It's one of the spin-offs of the Kinnernet camp initiated by Yossi Vardi.
Geekcon is sponsored by hi-tech companies and venture capital funds.
At Geekcon, every participant builds a project during the weekend. Most projects are build by small groups.
For this years Geekcon, I have decided to create a Mandala, a meditative drawing, from electronic parts.
While creating the Electronic Mandala, I have though about what it is to be a geek, felt the geeky atmosphere around me and talked with others about their reaction to the Mandala and the parts I have made it from.
Those who approached my table, sent a hand to the tray with the parts, grabbed a handful of discrete parts and smiled with nostalgia, were for me the geekiest.
After I have finished the Electronic Mandala, Zeev Holtzman, the chairman and founder of Giza VC, approached me and asked to have the Mandala in order to frame it and hang it at the Giza offices. I happily gave it to him. Mr. Holtzman is a known arts collector.
For me, the importance of the Electronic Mandala was the process. Thinking about it before hand, collecting the parts, talking to people about it and creating it. I have no use now for the object itself.
(Reproduction by Segev Shilton)