#alex beim

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Costumes designed by Jean Okada and some staging magic from designer Alex Beim of Tangible

[pinchofforever]

He has an installation at Science World right now and it's super cool! Check the vid and some of the other work he's done.

[creativemorningsvancouver]

BC Business Creates Respect for Creatives

Tony Wanless over at BC Business featured us in his article, "Creating Respect for Creatives". He points out some bleakness about the creative industries (sigh), but gives Creative Mornings a thumbs up. Check it out here.

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"I inhale the world and exhale new things. It's an exchange."

Alex Beim, of Tangible Interaction, at Creative Mornings Vancouver last Friday.

He also says that creativity is not magical - it's just problem solving - and that it's much like a chemical reaction: mix two distinct things together and you get something new.

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Domo

Another fine creation by Alex Beim of Tangible Interaction!

if you like it, email them and they might make a small DIY kit for sale.

tangibleinteraction.com

[creativemorningsvancouver]

Alex Beim - Profile and Q&A

Creative Mornings/Vancouver is very excited to feature Alex Beim as our speaker on December 2, 2011. Alex (Tangible Interaction/Tangible Intervention) produces sensory installations where people participation is key. Backed by a collective of programmers, industrial designers and electronic engineers, the Strathcona based interactive artist focuses on creating inspiring interactive environments for both the public and commercial sectors. Every Tangible artwork aims at reawakening people's sense of wonder. Alex works internationally and has completed several high-profile projects in 2010/11 including multiple installations for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games, an installation for the Chanel store reopening in SoHo New York, interactive Zygote Balls for the Blue Man Group and recently has collaborated with Chris Milk on a project for Arcade Fire at Coachella.

CMV: How do you define creativity and apply it in your career?

AB: For me creativity is the unstoppable, visceral need to make things. The need to fuse and combine the world around us to create something new.

CMV: Where do you find your best creative inspiration?

AB: Today, there are two things that inspire me, my own personal past experience of how I used to see and enjoy the world as a child, and the world that surounds me. I don't find inspiration in other people's work, though I can admire them deeply. I find inspiration in more raw things, the same way a cook would be inspired to come up with dish when going to the market.

CMV: What’s the one creative advice or tip you wish you’d known as a young person?

AB: Try as many things as you can, you will find what you want to do when you bump into it.

CMV: Who would you like to hear speak at CreativeMornings?

AB: The guys from eBoy, they live in North Van.

CMV: How does your life and career compare to what you envisioned for your future when you were a sixth grader?

AB: I don't think I knew what I wanted to do when I was in sixth grade, what I do know is that it took me 25 years to get back to do what I really enjoyed doing back then.

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Testing floatation of a new addition to the Zygote family.

Another invention by Alex Beim of Tangible Interaction- Zygote Pyramid