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Current Work:

Dialogue In Stability

 Castor
 Pollux

Dialogue In Stability is an interactive robotic/sculptural system that consists of two electromechanical devices– one with sails and an artificial horizon, and one with fans and a video monitor (nicknamed Castor and Pollux, respectively.) These devices engage in an exchange of information in the form of physical motion and video imagery. The basis of this transaction is the relative stability of the artificial horizon, a small tank filled with oil and water forming a horizontal line that always returns to level, and the circular dialogue of the stability state of the two devices.

The Castor unit houses a wave tank with a closed-circuit video camera trained upon it, with both tank and camera mounted on a gimbaled platform to rock freely side to side. Attached to this is a sail assembly that catches the slightest of air currents in the room, setting the piece in motion. The video image of the horizon line is then wirelessly transmitted to the Pollux unit.

By detecting the angle of the horizon line in the video, sensors on Pollux drive numerous small fans mounted in place of sails. These fans rock the entire assembly in attempts to keep the video image on a level plane. This action in turn generates more air currents in the room, perpetuting the exchange.

This piece is currently in progress.