Why I built my own time machine | Lucas Rizzotto
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🗓️ 2 August 2023
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Experiential artist Lucas Rizzotto was going through a tough breakup, so he did what anyone would do: he built a personal time machine. In a playful talk, he shares how his free-ranging experimentation led to various delightful, unexpected innovations that are changing how people think about the relationship between technology and art. "Technology gives us the tools, but art shows us the way," he says.
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| 0:14.0 | Artist Lucas Rizoto wanted to build a VR tool that transformed thought into visuals |
| 0:20.1 | and sound, but he accidentally created something arguably cooler. |
| 0:24.8 | When it's taught from Ted 2023, the mixed reality experimental artist shares his projects |
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| 1:10.7 | So a couple of years ago, I went through a pretty brutal breakup, and to keep myself distracted, |
| 1:15.5 | I decided to set myself a ridiculous art challenge. |
| 1:18.6 | You create the closest thing to a real-life time machine with very little technical experience |
| 1:22.9 | and the bank account of a college graduate. |
| 1:25.3 | Now, I know this sounds crazy, but avoiding your feelings is a very powerful force, and |
| 1:30.9 | I had a plan. |
| 1:31.9 | You see, all I had to do was to spend an entire year wearing 3D cameras on my face, record |
| 1:37.1 | my life in first person for 365 days, transfer that into a series of hard drives, and then |
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