About

The DIYLILCNC project was made possible through generous support in the form of funding and facilities from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Special thanks go to Chad Gerth, the Computing Resources and Information Technology Dept. (CRIT), Brian Stansbury, and the Architecture, Interior Architecture, and Designed Objects (AIADO) Department at SAIC.

Chris Reilly

Chris Reilly

Chris Reilly is a Chicago-based artist, writer and teacher. He received his BFA with a focus on New Media from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2006. Chris is currently employed as manager of SAIC’s Advanced Outptut Center, and a part-time faculty member teaching between SAIC’s Design and Film/Video/New Media departments. Since 2003, Chris has shown work in several solo and group art exhibitions in the US and Europe; he works with modded video games, virtual/augmented reality, scripting/programming and kinetic sculpture.
http://www.chris-reilly.org http://www.rainbowlazer.com

Taylor Hokanson

Taylor Hokanson

Taylor Hokanson is an artist and educator based in Chicago. His studio practice fuses functional design (as exhibited by the DIYLILCNC project) with artworks of a more conceptual nature (such as his Sledgehammer-operated Keyboard). Taylor teaches digital production/fabrication at DePaul University and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
www.taylorhokanson.com

SAIC Axis of Output

SAIC Axis of Output

All of the custom-fabricated components of the DIYLILCNC were made in the Advanced Output Center and Sullivan Fabrication Studios.  Learn more about digital output and the amazing resources available at SAIC on our blog, Axis of Output.

Creative Commons-licensed icons used on diylilcnc.org were designed by Mark James.