Sufficient Lattitude: Interactive Wood Machines by Bernie Lubell

ArtNight is the debut opening for Bernie Lubell's wild interactive installations that focus on the intersection of science and the arts — but which at the same time are adamantly low-tech. His complex machine environments are made of wood, use no computers or video or motors and are entirely human-powered.

The use of wood and ancient technologies to examine 21st century issues adds a disarming historical perspective to Lubell's enterprise. The pieces are witty, friendly and personal even as they tackle serious issues such as the nature of consciousness or the origins of life.

Resembling three-dimensional Medieval diagrams, mapping questions about our place in the universe, Lubell's installations reference the incompleteness of our knowledge along with the enduring impulse to search and explore.