Niklas Roy
This "Drunk Punk Band" Is a Giant Mechanical Music Box
Niklas Roy's public installation, 'Music Construction Machine,' uses mechanical algorithms to generate avant-garde beats.
Wall-Sized Pinball Machine Seeking Wall-Sized Wizard
Niklas Roy brings back ye olde arcade favorite, with a competitive twist.
What If the Bible Were an Arcade Game?
If Atari reimagined Adam and Eve, it might have looked like Niklas Roy and Kati Hyyppä's new kinetic sculpture.
Watch A Camera Get Sucked Into A Sponge Ball Acceleration Tube
Niklas Roy recreated the CERN particle collider with a vacuum experiment—and then he destroyed a camera in it.
Artist Turns Ball Pit Into An Insane Mechanical Playground
Niklas Roy's newest installation features ten thousand flexible yellow balls rocketed through a maze of pneumatic tubing.
Interactive Shop Front Teases Passersby
Niklas Roy's À Louer / For Rent modifies an empty shop front window using a surveillance camera and a computerized tracking system.
Anyone Can Become A "Successful" Artist With Niklas Roy's Painting Machine
If you've longed to become an artist and sell your work at auction, the Instant Art Career installation can help you out.
Building Digital Devices From Cardboard
Niklas Roy’s Cardboard Plotter shows you don’t always need precious metals to create a computerized machine.
Let's All Prepare For Energy Independence With The Perpetual Energy Wasting Machine
Niklas Roy leads us down a path of efficiency through wastefulness, preparing us for the new energy age.
Picture This—Reinventing The Camera As A Social And Anti-Technological Object
If the future of any object is to be made social, then photography may not only be one of the early adopters to this space, but one that has endless potential.