LUMINOUS REX

materials, tech, light, substance
coming together

recent projects

Projects

a selection of recent projects

AI Gaze Redirection

with NVIDIA Maxine AR SDK

Understory Art Residency

AI + Physical NFT Art
at the Spheres (Amazon HQ Seattle)

Crypto Shard Physical NFT Collection

Use crypto DSA algorithm to
show authenticity

Writing stories with an AI

Write stories on a hacked typewriter with
GPT3 and illustrate with DALL-E

Cryptick Physical NFT Crypto Ticker

Use crypto DSA algorithm to
show authenticity

D3Q Mobile Gaming Platform

7-inch touchscreen, runs Linux,
SteamLink, Moonlight

Nixie Tube Clock: IN-14

Nixie tube based digital
clock, blending old and new tech

Numitron Tube Clock: IV-16

Nixie tube based digital
clock, blending old and new tech

Linear Lamp

Walnut hardwood, acrylic, dual color temperature
table luminaire

Apollo Numitron Tube clock:
FFD21

Incandescent tube digit display
clock design

Steel and acrylic luminaire

Early prototype of LED based
luminaire design

Apollo Numitron Tube clock

Incandescent tube digit display
clock design

ABOUT LREX

Creator / Artist statement.

Luminous Rex is a project by artist/engineer/entrepreneur Erik Bakke. Beauty is found in natural materials and the entropic physical forces of nature: oxidation, erosion, decomposition, the passage of time. Steel, wood, and concrete help to tell this story. The juxtaposition of these physical materials and digital technology, AI, machine learning, and robotics provide a bridge linking these two worlds.

The work here is a representative sampling of Erik's work over the years.

contact

Let's connect!

Drop me an email at lrex@luminousrex.com