Twilight Engines vs PixelDam

Vishal K. Dar’s Twilight Engines is a part of an ambitious global project: Edge of See. The app activates a series of site-specific sculptures that push our senses of vision, scale, motion, and time. Dar brings his primary question — What is the edge of sight? — to the abandoned structures of the Marin Headlands, using technology to overlay former military batteries with these “engines”. The app augments the disconnect between the site’s past and present to insert sculptural experiences that change the way the viewer sees, thinks about, and relates to the location. Moving through the liminal spaces of military sites and screen, Dar’s “engines” unlock a world of other realities.

PixelDam is the name of a virtual city made by the members of the PixelDam community. The word "dam" is a tradition where Dutch cities are build near a river dam. Like, for example, Rotterdam, that was built near the river Rotter. The name is a combination of our Dutch origins and the unending possibilities of the pixel world. PixelDam was founded on May 28, 2003 and the expansion, PixelMoon, lifted off on March 28, 2004. This app celebrates a revival of this glorious city and attracts pixel artists of new and old.