GREEN MOON ART

Merging Art and Technology

Johnny Dukovich loves working with Color and Light ... vibrant paintings, LED lighting, sensors, interactivity, customized multimedia pieces, merging art and technology

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Animated Flower Drawing

Laser-etched acrylic, edge lit, with changing colors depicts flowers gently swaying in the breeze

Animated Light Box

Laser-etched acrylic, edge lit, with changing colors depicts flowers gently swaying in the breeze. "Old school" animation is used as different layers of acrylic sheets are lit sequentially.

Rainbow Friends

Three large figures in Georgetown communicate with each other. Just like with real friends, they try to get together -- but they are also individuals who do their own thing.

Waving Child

One of the Rainbow Friends figures is a child sitting in a tree. She will often wave (or is she trying to fly?) to the other figures. Sometimes she joins them in their color selection. Sometimes she just does her own thing.

Alien Smile

1 meter diameter smiley face with animated LEDs

Alien Smile (angled view)

Large lighted smiley face. Eyelashes made of fibre optic cable segments.

Alien Smile (video)

1 meter diameter LED animated smiley face

Who's for Dinner?

Oil and Charcoal plus plastic bag on Canvas, 24"x24"

we choose specific species of animals to eat, to be companions with, to be wild. however, depending on what society one originates from, these definitions can change. some people eat cats and dogs, others revere cows. some eat wild animals.

animals care for their young, feel pain, and have their place in the ecosystem. it is no longer necessary for humans in the developed world to eat animals. i have not eaten an animal for 14 years (as of this posting). i have been vegan for more than two years. i have never felt healthier -- in body and mind.

in the United States, there is an incredible amount of food waste. approximately 40 percent of red meat gets thrown into the garbage. animals raised for meat spend their short lives in horrific, tortuous conditions. yet, many of them will have endured misery only to be thrown away.

incredible amounts of resources go into bringing meat to the table. animals are fed more many more pounds of food than they become, they consume thousands of gallons more water than is required to grow an equivalent vegan meal. immense amounts of fuel are required to truck them around. they are fed scary amounts of antibiotics and other medicines and chemicals.

the next time you take a bite of an animal, think about the painful, miserable journey that being took to get to your plate. ask yourself: are your few minutes of culinary pleasure worth the cost?

Radiant Rainbow Racer

20' tall LED sculpture, independently created to participate in the spirit of Georgetown Glow 2017-18. Hundreds of LEDs inside of industrial tubing, controlled by an Arduino running multiple/random color patterns to simulate drawing a figure. (Click for expanded view.)

Radiant Rainbow Racer - Run!

Run from that car! 20' tall LED sculpture, independently designed to participate in the spirit of Georgetown Glow 2017-18.

Close up of Radiant Rainbow Racer (in the snow)

20' tall LED sculpture, independently created to participate in the spirit of Georgetown Glow 2017-18. The snow added some nice reflective elements.

"Drawing" The Rainbow Racer

This short video shows the Racer figure being "drawn" as LEDs light in sequence. Random color schemes were used each time the Racer was drawn. The video was taken from the intersection of 33rd St NW and Wisconsin Avenue -- not the best angle for viewing, but hopefully it adequately displays the effect.

Entrée des Artistes

Archway used to indicate open studio events at Georgetown art studio. LEDs run a moving rainbow pattern.

Experimentation

Experimenting with LEDs, industrial tubing, and mesh effects

Pathways

Surreal shapes sometimes become recognizeable. Oil on canvas with electroluminescent wire.

Cool Greens

Outdoor mural. Spray paint on shed.

A Lampost for the Ages

Outdoor lamppost customization with color-changing LEDs

The Color of Liberty

Oil on wood board, laser cut and etched poem (Great Colossus by Emma Lazarus), with sensor and LEDs - Artomatic 2017

Detail of The Color of Liberty

Showing the LED backlighting shining through laser cut areas, in response to motion.

Video: The Color of Liberty

When the motion detector senses a human in front of it, LEDs behind the piece are programmed to launch a circular race pattern.

Steampunk Tophat

Customized wearable hat with LED goggles that run multiple color patterns

Torch Flame

Subtle LED effect to simulate fire behind a painting of the Statue of Liberty's torch.

Funky Dreams

Oil on canvas -- multiple elements. Central figure is from a Tuesday Night Group drawing session at Klagsbrun Studios.

Free Speech

Oil on canvas

Bodyscape

Acrylic on canvas -- a figure from a Tuesday Night Group session at Klagsbrun Studios.

Customized Printed Circuit Board

One of my first custom designed PCBs, used to control LED lighting schemes. I have provided this to the community as open source hardware.

Shoot Me to Save Me

Oil on canvas - Bold & Bright 2014

Rhino Detail

Oil on canvas with LED eye detail - Artomatic 2015

Sword Lighting

I worked with TechShop colleague and designer Steve Davis who had made a larger-than-life Samurai sword out of steel, to add lighting effects to it. (The sword was part of a 9-foot tall metal robot sculpture, which is just amazing. Check out Steve on Instagram at @thestevebotsarecoming or at www.stevebots.com)

Disneyburgh

Oil on canvas - commission

Information Overload

Oil on canvas - ArtDC 2013

Stand Your Ground #2

Oil and acrylic on canvas

Assisting a Colleague with Art Lighting

Artist Marily Mojica (find her on Facebook) created a painting of Frida Kahlo inside of a small wooden boat. The depth of the boat put Frida's face in shadow, so Marily asked me to help shed some light on her. Here is the result.

Bison

Oil on canvas

Customized LED Retrofit

Replaced halogen table lamp with LEDs with color-changing scheme

Arduino Bluetooth Class

One of the classes I taught at TechShop was Bluetooth Arduino. Here we see the results of students being able to animate NeoPixel LEDs using Bluetooth communication.

Responsive LEDs

Experimenting with customized circuit, including motion sensor, Arduino, and RGB LED strip

Shark

Laser-etched and cut acrylic sheet, underlit with LEDs. Made at Nova Labs makerspace.

Animated Skull Eyes

In 2016 I taught a TechShop workshop to show people how to animate a styrofoam skull's eyes using LED matrices and Arduino. My demo skull was displayed in the TechShop front window in the Crystal City Underground during the month of October.

Upgrading a Skull

For Halloween, added some LED glow to a novelty skull

Fire Faerie

Oil on canvas. Backlit with LEDs.

Windmills

Acrylic on canvas

Acrylic Animation

This is a prototype of a simple animation using several sheets of clear acrylic sheets, lit from below by Arduino-controlled LEDs.

Testing with a Cat

Preliminary testing in preparation for Georgetown Glow 2017. But honestly, I just realized I didn't have any cat videos posted, so here is one showing my able assistant.

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