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As part of a three month exhibition titled “Work in Progress,” at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History (MAH), the building collective has been invited to create an installation that explores spatial stories of santa cruz. http://buildingcollective.org/2012/11/02/building-stories-secret-spatial-histories-of-santa-cruz/ PROJECT SUMMARY The building collective is interested in exploring and transforming spaces. For Work in Progress, we will transform […]

returning to an old idea. hand-cranked phonograph, complete with bicycle hub dynamo which powers the amp / speakers. (re)turning the tables from kyle mckinley on Vimeo. as seen at Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History (MAH) “Art that Moves” September 2012.

more in an ongoing series of toast. iconic names are the search terms to identify iconic faces in google image searches. each piece of toast in its’ place.

fun-a-day is an annual, dispersed event hosted by the artclash collective that ends with exhibitions of everybody / anybody’s fun-a-day results. This year I went for t-shirt-a-day. These appeared in the Santa Cruz Fun-a-day show at Pergolesi. Thanks to Elaina and Jenina for hosting.

a project of the building collective, made possible by a grant from the Santa Cruz Faculty Association. project proposal: Re: building the University is the creation of a convivial and relaxed space at the site of picket lines on March 1st, 2012. Students and staff plan to picket, and, indeed, blockade, both entrances to UCSC […]

or “the exploding whale” as I believe it was originally known. Built by Josh, ridden by me! Note the cabbage and lettuces (this cargo bike needs a rear rack after all).

With the guidance of Prof. Jonathan Fortney, our openlab research cluster created an iPad / iPhone / Android app as part of NASA’s “Summer Visualization Workshop.” Our app (forthcoming) encourages users learn about the exo-planets that NASA’s Kepler Telescope has been rapidly identifying. Below are images are of the custom cabinet interface that I built […]

some “workshops” by our building collective at Maker Faire 2011 in San Mateo. Mostly we played space invaders with screaming children, and admired the dedication of the other makers in the “hacker space” hall that we were placed in. Video by Nick Lally

mostly to take pics of the farfarer racks and trailers, but some good solid exploration of New Almaden Quicksilver happened as well. josh took this one.

kyle mckinley

building stories: secret spatial histories of santa cruz

(re)turning the tables

more toast

fun-a-day 2012

re:building the public university

tuli’s bike

kepler app

building: a how-to

Spring Break in Chicago

overnighter bike trip with the fellas