Tom Sepe Projects Highlight Reel
March 11, 2021
This video shows off a collection of projects spanning almost 15 years, demonstrating a wide range of skills and craftsmanship. RER & HRC (2021) Interactive
This video shows off a collection of projects spanning almost 15 years, demonstrating a wide range of skills and craftsmanship. RER & HRC (2021) Interactive
One way in, no way out! The Roadkill Saloon is a staged immersive experience, a revisitation of the Wild Westward Expansion through the lens of
In 2014 I worked with Obscura Digital and the Ocean Preservation Society to modify a Tesla Model S electric car for the full-length documentary Racing Extinction.
One of the coolest projects I worked on at Obscura Digital was for the opening night of the new Exploratorium, “a twenty-first century learning laboratory,” in
I built this display when Google came out with a brand new laptop in 2013 called the ChromeBook Pixel. This was the first laptop they
When Google debuted their ChromeBook Pixel laptop, they came to Obscura Digital to create a unique sculpture that would use the computer as part of
The Nautilus project is an artistic experiment and collaboration between Christopher Bently, Sean Orlando and Five Ton Crane. It is a land-based submarine weighing in
“S.S. Prytaneum – Sub-Orbital Phase-Morph Vehicle” AKA Steampunk Rocketship Water Fountain Tea Station Materials: Model A Ford Wheel, Bicycle & Motorcycle parts, Scrap steel, Found
This show never got past the pitch stage, but it was fun making this video:
The Whirlygig is a one-of-a-kind, fully functional electric motorcycle I built in 2007. It even has a actual steam boiler on the back! More info
The Raygun Gothic Rocketship is a rococo retro-futurist future-rustic vernacular between yesterday’s tomorrow and the future that never was, a critical kitsch somewhere between The
In 2009 I built the Raygun Rover art car out of a bunch of scrap and a motorcycle engine. Special thanks to Greg & Megan
In 2007 I worked with Five Ton Crane to build the Steampunk Treehouse. First displayed at the Burning Man Art Festival in Nevada in 2007,
In 2007 and 2008 I spent many months living on on a radical goat Farm in Southern Oregon. The farmer activist there worked diligently to
Using the CNC plasma torch in my shop I designed and built this mild steel and stainless steel outdoor sign for Awaken Cafe. The letters
In 2006 I was commissioned to build a bar for the restaurant Cafe Gratitude in Berkeley, CA. They had saved all the teak hardwood pallettes
Duration: 3 min | Credit: Kurtzman/Shorago/Longin/Sepe – Vinyl Pork Chop Productions “Marylou”, a 35mm stop motion animation was created in 1995 & 1996. Written by
From 2001-2006 I performed with the Mystic Family Circus, a community of artists and performers re-inventing circus. We performed for numerous Cirque Du Soleil after-parties,
One day a friend said to me; “Hey you should teach a class on how to build an art-car!” Looking back now it makes perfect
