Burlap I II III IV and Emergence Study

Burlap - I II III IV :: Summer and Fall 2006

Burlap is a continuing series of work that will explore the idea of bluring the notions of sculpture and circuit. For Sound Walk, 4 pieces were completed each using CMOS 4000 series ICs to produce tones, sequencers, and dynamically behaving oscillators. The visual form of the pieces is dictated by the functions of the different ICs that make up the circuit and the type of information shuttled from one part of the circuit to the next. Burlap is used to signify early mechanized textile production which by way of the Jacquard Loom later became the model for early computer programming. The burlap also serves as a platform through which the act of weaving the circuits together disrupts the notion of the circuit as something that is cold, calculated, and non-human.

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image-001 : 'Burlap - I'
image-002 : 'Burlap - II'
image-003 : 'Burlap - IV'
image-004 : 'Burlap - III'
image-005 : 'Burlap - III' close up of a photocell and detector circuit
image-006 : 'Burlap - II' close up of speaker and light controlled switching circuitry
image-007 : 'Burlap - IV' right speaker
image-008 : 'Burlap - IV' switching circuitry
image-009 : 'Burlap - I II III & IV' all together
image-010 : 'Burlap - II & IV' with lots of 'users'

Emergence Study - I :: For the Integrated Media Show @ CalArts - May 2006

Through DIY circuit design, hardwire hacking (a.k.a. circuit bending), and a little bit of handcraft, 'Emergence Study - 1' works with the notion of the glitch as aestheticized subversion. The piece consists of two independent systems: a sound producing circuit woven into burlap and a modified vintage home computer. The woven circuit acts as a projection screen and produces sound influenced by the amount of light that falls on its surface. This sound is fed into the computer which has been modified to allow audio signals to alter its video output. The computer's video output is projected back onto the woven circuit where the circle is completed. Indeterminate signal conversion from audio to video and back again cause the combined system to dance continusouly, failing to settle into a fixed pattern.

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image-001 :: Closeup of the timing circuitry
image-002 :: Embedded photocells
image-003 :: Amplifiers
image-004 :: Lotsa little components