Cooking Mama: Cook Off

So far, WiiSports has held up pretty strong against WiiGhostbusting (Elebits) and WiiSurgery (Trauma Center: Second Opinion). I think Rayman Raving Rabbits will be a strong contender for WiiFavorite, what with the flying plunger guns and dancing rabbits... but what I'm really waiting for is Cooking Mama: Cook Off for Nintendo Wii. It's a cooking themed (one or two player) video game, in which you use your wii-mote to chop, grate, slice, stir, and roll (i.e. hold wii-mote upright to mash potatoes, lengthwise to fry in a pan, etc.).

Check out the amazing video preview at Food for Design.

Create 55 real world dishes from 10 different nations: Japan, America, France, India, Mexico, England, China, Spain, Germany and Italy. You can even make desserts like cream puffs and pudding too! From hot dogs to pan fried crab to bouillabaisse, Cook Off challenges you to make it all!

Pre-order for $49.99 at Amazon.

via Serious Eats (Congrats Lia on the new blogjob!)

P.S. Unfortunately, the Bob Ross 'Joy of Painting' Wii game is on hold indefinetely. Sad.

Make Your Own Music Box

Mechanical Music Box Set. Make your own music box melodies with this mechanical music box set. Comes with hand-cranked music box, one pre-punched music strip that plays the "Happy Birthday" song, 3 unpunched strips (48cm), a hole punch, and instruction manual to have you creating your own music box melody in minutes. 3" long x 1" wide.

Also available at Amazon.

Anthony McCall, Michael Schall, Brian Knep, and more...

Haven't made it out to the galleries in a bit. Went on an ArtCal binge. I'm excited to check out some of these...

Anthony McCall - Between You and I (2006) and Long Film for Four Projectors (1974)

I've never seen McCall’s work in person, but freaked out the first time I saw documentation of the lovely formalist film-meets-sculpture Line Describing a Cone and Long Film for Four Projectors. I was also interested to see his recent work lists materials as "computer file, digital projector" rather than "16mm film". The gallery has some images here.

Anthony McCall at Sean Kelly Gallery
February 2 - March 17, 2007
528 West 29th Street
Tuesday - Friday, 11am - 6pm and Saturday, 10am - 6pm

Michael Schall - Big (2005)

Michael Schall's graphite works blow me away every time. Can't wait to see the new work!

Michael Schall at Pierogi 2000
February 9 - March 12, 2007
177 N. 9th St. (Brooklyn)
Opening: Friday, February 9, 7pm - 9pm

Brian Knep - Drift (2004)

I had the chance to Drift and some of Brian's other work at Siggraph a couple years ago. I love the closed-circuit system that is algorithmic/procedural and organic/random. Watch a twenty-second preview here.

Brian Knep at Ronald Feldman Fine Arts
February 10 - March 10, 2007
31 Mercer Street
Opening: Saturday, February 10, 6pm - 8pm

Also--

International Flipbook Festival at Secret Project Robot (through Feb. 11)
Andrew Krieger at 511 Gallery (through Feb. 17)
Kevin Cooley at Massimo Audiello (through Feb. 17)
Mark Esper at Dam, Stuhltrager (through Feb. 18)
Networked Nature at Foxy Productions (through Feb. 18)
Move#15 "These Bagels Are Gnarly" at Cinders Gallery (through Feb. 18)
New Prints 2007/Winter at International Print Center NY (through Feb. 24)

Michael Velliquette at DCKT Contemporary (Opens Feb. 8, 6pm-8pm)
Iter-iter-ation at Nurture Art (Opens Feb. 8, 6pm-9pm)
Megan Pflug at V&A (Opens Feb. 9, 6pm-8pm)
The Building Show at Exit Art (Opens Feb. 17, 7pm-10pm)

Michael Velliquente - The Intuitive Jungle (2006)

Thought I'd get one with some color in there. Ha ha. Reminds me of Jen Stark.

Robert Wechsler

Robert Wechsler makes playful sculptures that remind me of Tim Hawkinson and Tom Friedman. I hope he shows in New York soon... Beast (toy) and Harness are wonderful, but my favorite is Everything is coming up roses.

Below is a picture of my recently received Beast toy, a delightful chicken skin color.