Gallery: A Screen for Bringing the Web's Most Beautiful Artworks Into Your Home

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    The EO-1 is a display designed from the ground up to display digital art in your home.
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    Electric Objects was founded by Jake Levine, a member of the team who successfully revitalized the social news site Digg last year.
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    "To us there's this 20, 30, 40 year trend of artists exploring the boundaries of digital creation and distribution," Levine says. "But the devices we use today just can't live up to that. They weren't designed for contemplation--they were designed for interaction and productivity and entertainment."
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    The screen communicates with a web platform that lets you upload images you find around the web.
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    There will also be a marketplace where you can buy artworks made available by artists themselves.
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    The final hardware will support not only static images but also video pieces, WebGL animations, and potentially even data-driven visualizations and other generative works.
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    It's an effort to explore a more passive mode of consumption.
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    As Levine puts it, "this thing should never be a source of anxiety or distraction. The goal is to have a relationship with this screen that's akin to the relationship with a painting or a photograph."
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