GMU:BioArt WS15/Liese Endler

Petrified Waves

Working atmosphere

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Illustrated Thoughts on Crystals, Waves and Interference Crystalssolid. still fragile enough to become a device to transmit signals. stable. to store information for years and years. sparkling. so it creates a show that immerses people into its unique structure. sensitive. oscillating and monitoring. not living but reacting. with predetermined patterns

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First draft of an installation setup:

Visitors put their mouth near the microphone and make use of their vocal cord.

Microphone is atatched to a loudspeaker.

Above the loudspeaker the crystal solution is arranged.

Crystal solution is recorded from above with a video camera.

Video camera is attached to a projector that projects the image onto a wall.

The image shows the pertrified waves that are produced by the vocal cord of the visitors.

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Some Experiments on aesthetics

Magnesiumsulfate + gold dust (crystalized after approx. 2h)

Attempt to magnify a drop of crystal solution with a green laser

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Setup to expose crystal solution to waves

petri dish contains magensiumsulfate solution

piezo disc is attached to the petri dish

piezo disc emits square waves produced by an oscilating circuit

sound isolating box with

magnesium sulfate solution

in petri dish

attached to peizo disc

piezo disk works as a loudspeaker in combination with the petri dish

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Crystal solution and sound waves trapped in a box