GMU:BioArt WS15/Liese Endler

Petrified Waves

Working atmosphere

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Illustrated Thoughts on Crystals, Waves and Interference

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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

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Crystal solution and sound waves trapped in a box

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

Some outlines on crystals and sound:

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Final decission on what to exhibit

Setup:

Needs:

Magnesiumsulfate solution

Kalium potassium solution

3 petri dishes

3 piezo discs

3 sound wave isolating boxes

3 small spotlights

1 table (at Schillerpalais)

1-3? mp3 player(s)

(1 oscilating circuit)

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