Christopher Conte is a New York educated sculptor who began drawing at age 3.
In 2007, Conte began offering his really unique pieces of art for sale to the public for the first time and his work has been recently covered in Wired, Popular Science, Make Magazine, and used by The Discovery Channel and MTV Networks. Mr Conte makes some pretty menacing (but cool-looking) bio-mechanical sculptures of robot insects and Terminator-esque skulls and the movement of his dynamic insect prototypes can be controlled with microprocessors. None of these pieces of art are really functional but its really great artwork!
Key Themes Behind This Trend
- Bio-mechanical Art
- Create interactive bio-mechanical sculptures using microprocessors that marry art to technology.
- Robot Insects
- Design and build bio-mechanical sculptures of robot insects that combine the natural and artificial worlds.
- Skull Sculptures
- Construct futuristic skull sculptures using bio-mechanical elements that invoke the concept of technology overcoming mortality.
Where This Applies
- Art
- Invent new forms of art that incorporate technology, such as bio-mechanical sculptures, to revitalize the industry.
- Robotics and Automation
- Transform the robotics and automation industry with aesthetically-pleasing and functional bio-mechanical innovations that serve a range of industrial applications.
- Entertainment
- Introduce bio-mechanical sculptures like robot insects into the entertainment industry for use as animatronic characters and larger-than-life set pieces.
