Michael Mandiberg

I installed some new and in-progress work for studio visits. The test installation helped me figure out how to put the work in the gallery, what goes with what, and what doesn’t, and fine tune those details. This is the first time I’ve made objects in nearly 10 years.
It also allowed me to [...]

Beacon Graphics (our vinyl supplier) has made DIY kits. You can get get pre cut, or a 6 foot segment. For bulk orders, contact Dave Lynn at 800 762-9205. You can also stop by the Eyebeam bookstore and pick some up.
Then go to the instructable to get the steps right
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This weekend we had a Bright Bike workshop at Eyebeam.  We wrapped about 15 bikes, and an additional 20 people took home materials to wrap their bikes at home based on the Bright Bike Instructable. It ended with a short critically-visible-mass ride around Chelsea.
Smashing success.
Here are pictures. Video coming soon.

Bright Bike from Michael Mandiberg on Vimeo.

The Bright Bike is a retroreflective vinyl wrapped bicycle.  We used Scotchlight 680 vinyl.  When the bicycle is in the beam of a light (like a car’s headlight, or a camera’s flash,) it reflects back super bright.  When it is not in the light, it is just jet black.  Ideally, it will aid in nighttime [...]

Patrick Davison and I went to Ethan Benton’s studio last week.  We talked about bikes, looked at fabric, made plans to do some retroreflective powdercoating tests, and he gave me two little scraps of 3M Scotchlite Removable Graphic Film with Comply.  This is the material he is using to make the ELVS co-branded Velocity deep-V’s.
I [...]

I just published a new Instructable: Laser Cut Stencil Letters
I’ve been working on the design for a few art-objects that need laser-cut letters, and decided it would be good to prototype some letters first, to get a sense of what’s required. There are a lot of “stencil fonts” out there to be had for free, [...]

A quick post about a new project i'm doing with Marisa Olson.  Its called "Marisa Olson writes her Dissertation: An Endurance Performance in 31 Acts"  (http://www.marisaolson.com/31acts/)  Directed by me, Michael Mandiberg, performed by Marisa Olson.

Marisa is really really good at doing these intense endurance performances (she created, produced and taped a DIY TV show in [...]

Screenshot by Simon Jolly

I read the news today. Oh boy! — This morning I thought I’dcheck cnn.com for the latest. OilStandard revealed part of the story thatwasn’t being reported on.
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