The Concept

  Art Cube is a concept that developed after going around to different artist studios and galleries. We came across amazing art that would take our breath away. We then realized that we had never heard of the artist. Also, the beautiful work is not being seen unless others happen to stumble into their shop.  My favorite response came from an older woman who had created some amazing art pieces. I asked how she got her name out; she chuckled underneath her breath and said, "I just haven't gotten that far yet." She has been creating art for 12 years now and just hasn't made it that far.

    It is our goal to create an avenue that can bring these artist works out of their studios and into the public eye, and we need your help to do it.  The concept that we have is a four sided cube with digital touchscreens on each side that sits at eye level that will be able to not only show people's works of art, but also allow people the ability to interact with the art.

    The art cube will then be placed in high traffic areas like museums, theater companies, and opera houses where people interested in art will have the ability to interact with the screens. It is our vision to create the software so that not only will we be able to offer an interactive experience in showing people works of art, but also an interactive new media for artist to develop and work with.

    Our enthusiasm and passion for art and technology will drive us into the future as art and technology collide on the Art Cube through our specialized software. Our vision is to allow people the experience of approaching a touch screen and interact with art that is not limited to two dimensions, but three dimensional works of art. We also would like our Art Cube to usher in a new medium for artists to use. This medium will allow the artists to express themselves while providing them the ability to create art that can be changed when the viewer interacts with the art at the cube.  Our Art Cube will also allow digital art that can be digitally changed and viewed on the screen in real time. Since we are creating the software ourselves, the possibilities are going to be endless considering the capabilities of our interactive Art Cube.

The Construction of the Cube

    The shell of Lecasso's Art cube will be comprised of a base, column, and a cube.

• Base - Will support the weight of the cube.
• Column - Will rest upon the base and house the equipment to run the cube.
• Cube - will rest on top of the column.
• Mounts - Attached to four sides of the cube.
• Screens - Multi-touch digital display screens attached to each mount.

    Here is an idea of what Lecasso's Art Cube will look like:

   Now you may be asking yourself, how this is all going to happen as we are only asking for your help in building the software. We will use private funding for the building of the cube itself. In the event that we are over funded on Kickstarter, extra funds would be invested into the cost of building the cube.

Here is a Timeline of what we plan on accomplishing once we are funded:

• 1 Day - The beginning of assembling the book. Most of it will have already been written.
• 7 Days - Order Legos and create schematics for all Lego mosaic rewards.
• 7 Days - Discovery meeting with our strategic partners at SoftWay Solutions to begin the process of creating the software.
• 21 Days - Prints of cover art and books will be ordered.
• 30 Days - Website up and functioning.
• 30 Days - Construction of the shell of the cube begins.
• 30 Days - Order touch screens to be placed in the Cube shell.
• 60 Days - Lego Mosaics completed
• 90 Days - Cube will be fully constructed and delivered to Softway Solutions to integrate software.
• 90 Days - Will start focusing efforts on gathering more artist by utilizing the website and social media.
• 3  months - will start preparations for the premier party.
• 6 Months - Software will be completed.
• 7 months - Will have Lecasso's Art Cube Premier Party.

The First Twenty-Five

    The First Twenty-Five will be an exclusive book created specifically for Kickstarter that will take an intimate look into the creation of Lecasso that leads to the creation of Lecasso's Art Cube. We will share our ideas, thoughts and concepts that took place on our journey. The book will also feature The First Twenty-Five artist that will appear on the Art Cube itself. The artist represented will be a wide variety of skill level and different medias used in their artistic works.

   The cover art for the book will be a compilation of all artists. Each artist will design a small square that will then go onto the cover of the book itself. 

Elvis The Mosaic

    This is the very first piece done by Lecasso: an Elvis portrait comprised of 9,216 individual Lego's. While creating the Mosaic, Lecasso wanted to add the spirit of Elvis to the piece. After extensive research he came up with many different things to harness the spirit of Elvis.  He used a piece of art paper and added a dab of of peanut butter and banana because that was one of Elvis's favorite, Brut aftershave, a picture of a small rifle that Elvis wanted as a child, and he also stenciled in the names of his parents, birthplace, Lisa Marie, and many other things close to Elvis. It was added to the back board before the piece was glued on top. This is the final piece:

Mosaic Schematic Examples

   Here are a few examples of some schematics that will allow you to see our capabilities with our Lego Mosaics.  They all start out as a schematic that shows how to put the Lego's down. If you would like to send your very own picture to have a schematic prepared please send it to TheRealLecasso@gmail.com

Here are a few that have been created.