Geoffrey Drake-Brockman (artist)

Geoffrey Drake-Brockman (born 1964) is an Australian artist known for incorporating robotics and lasers into his work.[1][2][3][4] He was born in Woomera, South Australia.[3] He currently lives and works in Perth, Western Australia.

"Totem" (2012), located outside Perth Arena

Notable works include "Floribots", (128 computer-controlled robot origami flowers arranged in a grid[5][6] a sculpture that won the Macquarie Bank People's Choice Award when exhibited at the National Gallery of Australia)[7][8]) and "Totem", (a 10.5 metre tall installation outside Perth Arena that has moving panels that open and close like flower petals when people walk past.[9][1])

In March 2013 he took to Indiegogo to raise funds to complete four life size Robot Ballerinas, otherwise known as the "Coppelia Project".[10][11][12]

References
  1. Bevis, Stephen (5 November 2012). "Totem tribute to robotics". The West Australian. Archived from the original on 24 November 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  2. "Created Beings: Geoffrey Drake-Brockman". TEDxPerth. Archived from the original on 7 July 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  3. "Geoffrey Drake-Brockman". Design and Art Australia Online.
  4. "Synapse.net.au".
  5. Editor Paige Amor, "National Sculpture Prize & Exhibition 2005", (Port Melbourne: Thames and Hudson, 2005)
  6. "National Sculpture Prize 2005 | Geoffrey Drake-Brockman | Floribots". National Gallery of Australia. Archived from the original on 2 May 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  7. "Macquarie Bank People's Choice Award winner" (Press release). National Gallery of Australia. Archived from the original on 27 April 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  8. Kelly, Philippa (November 2005). "Artnotes". Art Monthly. No. 185. Archived from the original on 13 March 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  9. "Perth Arena 'Totem' attracts attention". News.com.au. 18 September 2012. Archived from the original on 19 September 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  10. "The Coppelia Project - Four Dancing Robot Ballerinas".
  11. http://www.behindballet.com/robot-ballerinas/
  12. "Like a mad scientist, artist Geoffrey Drake-Brockman has been crazily busy at work in his Nedlands laboratory, or rather, his studio". Western Suburbs Weekly. 7 May 2013. p. 25.


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