Bruce Shapiro

Northern Californiabased artist Bruce Shapiro makes the kind of kinetic sculpture that mesmerizes and dazzles visitors at science museums using computers and simple motors, a practice he terms The Art of Motion In episode 94 we visit Bruce at the Maker Fair and at his home to learn more about works like Pipedream, effectively a screen that uses bubbles in place of pixels, Sisyphus, an intricate zen sand drawing and a kinetic ribbon sculpture modeled on ribbon dancers.