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= Listening to an ecosystem = | = Listening to an ecosystem = | ||
= Thoughts on day and night= | |||
==Content== | ==Content== | ||
*Workshop Wolfgang Spahn <br> | *[[/Workshop Wolfgang Spahn/]] <br> | ||
*Workshop Špela Petrič <br> | *[[/Workshop Špela Petrič/]] <br> | ||
*Project Proposal <br> | *Project Proposal and Process<br> | ||
*Project Documentation <br> <br> <br> | *'''Project Documentation''' <br> <br><br><br> | ||
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Also in this semester, I hold a presentation on Rebecca Horn<br> | |||
and was part of the MusicMaker HackLab at CTM Berlin.<br> | |||
<br> A small piece of what I did there (growing and observing physarum polycephalum and live coding visuals [https://www.instagram.com/p/Buqx58qIaWF/ see here]) became part of our exhibition in form of our exhibition poster: | |||
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[[File:whatMatter-smallFinal.jpg|400px]] | |||
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==Project Proposal== | ==Project Proposal== | ||
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For the presentation of the work, I can imagine an exhibition in which on the one hand the machines and other working models created on the way to them are shown. The second machine I have described can also be described in a video work in which one can establish a stronger connection to the analyzed place and compare the two sound worlds. | For the presentation of the work, I can imagine an exhibition in which on the one hand the machines and other working models created on the way to them are shown. The second machine I have described can also be described in a video work in which one can establish a stronger connection to the analyzed place and compare the two sound worlds. | ||
==drawings/sketches== | ===drawings/sketches=== | ||
Here you find the description of my project in a sketch:<br> | Here you find the description of my project in a sketch:<br> | ||
[[File:übersicht01.jpg|center|1000px]]<br> | [[File:übersicht01.jpg|center|1000px]]<br> | ||
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==to do's== | ===to do's=== | ||
*get a better understanding of how the systems of the Odums work | *get a better understanding of how the systems of the Odums work | ||
*find out components I have to use | *find out components I have to use | ||
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== Fundamentals of Ecology== | === Fundamentals of Ecology=== | ||
* First law of thermodynamics: Energy may be transformed from one type into another but is never created or destroyed. | * First law of thermodynamics: Energy may be transformed from one type into another but is never created or destroyed. | ||
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* First, one has to consider the total amount of energy within an ecosystem and then think of the smaller amounts that flow through an organism. | * First, one has to consider the total amount of energy within an ecosystem and then think of the smaller amounts that flow through an organism. | ||
==readings:== | ===readings:=== | ||
"the limits to growth"- Club of Rome<br> | "the limits to growth"- Club of Rome<br> | ||
"Fundamentals of Ecology" - Eugene P. Odum ('''Especially Chapter 3''') | "Fundamentals of Ecology" - Eugene P. Odum ('''Especially Chapter 3''')<br> | ||
"Cybernetics" - Norbert Wiener | |||
==Explanations and other sources/information== | ===Explanations and other sources/information=== | ||
<sup>1</sup>[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protoplasma Protoplasma (wikipedia)] <br> | <sup>1</sup>[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protoplasma Protoplasma (wikipedia)] <br> | ||
[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_J._Lotka Alfred J. Lotka]<br> | [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_J._Lotka Alfred J. Lotka]<br> | ||
[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_Schr%C3%B6dinger Erwin Schrödinger]<br> | [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_Schr%C3%B6dinger Erwin Schrödinger]<br> | ||
==Project Documentation== | |||
The actual project developed differently from what I planned to. This is why you find a huge difference in between the proposal chapter and this one here.<br> | |||
But the descriptions will not be discarded. They will be used for upcoming projects, like in my thesis.<br> | |||
Still, the work according to this class is based on the described thoughts, ideas and readings:<br> | |||
Despite various other cycles that influence processes in ecosystems, the day/night rhythm is very present and <br> | |||
divides all processes into two time domains.<br> | |||
When researching the Odum's approach, it must be noted that these cycles have been completely ignored.<br> | |||
In general, this is a big criticism of their work, which I would like to work out with "Thoughts on day and night".<br><br> | |||
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'''For a quick impression on the work'''<br> | |||
'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EONtOqtHsxY&t=4s watch the VIDEO documentation.]''' <br> | |||
===text=== | |||
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What you see here is the confrontation with our ecosystem,<br> | |||
with views from recent decades, with a tree and with the flow of energy.<br> | |||
Can you see, feel, hear the energy?<br> | |||
If it were up to the brothers Howard and Eugene Odum,<br> | |||
which coined the term ecosystem in the 1960s, you should now see here a<br> | |||
perfect analysis tool. <br><br> | |||
But over the years, it has been shown time and again that their simplifications<br> | |||
and mechanical trains of thought cannot be equated with the image of reality<br> | |||
neither on a scientific level nor on an emotional level.<br> | |||
Nevertheless, their research has made a decisive contribution to our<br> | |||
understanding of the interrelationships in nature and continues to provide a<br> | |||
large playing field for our own experiments. <br><br> | |||
So what you see, hear and experience here is the proportion of sunshine<br> | |||
hours on 21st March 2011 compressed to 2.4 minutes. This date is the day of<br> | |||
the forest in the year of the forest. The various circuits, one purple, one<br> | |||
orange, receive their energy from the light, react to it and collect it for<br> | |||
processes at night. | |||
</q> <br> | |||
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===images=== | |||
[[File:online_small01.jpg|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EONtOqtHsxY&t=4s]] | |||
[[File:online_small02.jpg]] | |||
[[File:online_small03.jpg]] | |||
[[File:online_small04.jpg]] | |||
===technical explanation=== | |||
the work consists of two parts. | |||
There is a stepper motor that is controlled by an Arduino and powered by a 12V power supply.<br> | |||
The motor is rotation very slow so that it takes 2:40 minutes for one whole rotation.<br> | |||
Attached to the motor is a translucent disc. (see image).<br> | |||
The rotating disk shades a pin spotlight for an amount of time that is equal to the night hours on the 21st March 2011.<br>During daytime/sunshine hours there are always sections which simulate the shading by clouds on this day.<br><br> | |||
[[File:sonne_beschreibung.png| 300px]] | |||
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The pin spot is lighting on the actual machine of this project.<br> | |||
It consists of two electronic circuits (see image). | |||
The first circuit is powered by the light of the pin spot. It transforms the light into electronic energy <br> | |||
by using small photovoltaic panels. <br> | |||
The energy powers a 555 timer, that then plays a sound. <br> | |||
The frequency of the sound is depending on the intensity of light shining on the circuit, which is detected by a photocell.<br> | |||
this sound stands for the activities that are taking place within an ecosystem<br> | |||
(I am focusing on plants, basically a tree) during the daytime. <br><br> | |||
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[[File:structure_TODAN1.jpg|400px]]<br>[[File:TODAN_Schaltplan1.jpg|400px]]<br><br> | |||
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The second circuit is focusing on the processes at nighttime in the darkness. <br> | |||
A photocell detects the amount of light and triggers a relay as soon as it gets dark.<br> | |||
The relay closes then another circuit the powers a dc motor on which some metal wool is attached. <br> | |||
While rotating the wool touches a piezo element connected to a sound mixer and speakers. <br> | |||
The processes at night are represented not only by the visible movement of the engine, but also on an auditory level. | |||
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[[File:TODAN_Steckplatine02.jpg|400px]] <br>[[File:TODAN02_Schaltplan.jpg|400px]] | |||