Repositories

Repositories consists of a series of five altered and re-purposed mechanical devices. In order to comment upon the social, cultural and technological changes that have taken place since they were originally created, these analog devices are now equipped with small, embedded computer boards; HD computer screens; lights; sensors; custom software and robotic systems that replace their older analog systems. Each device speaks in its own way about cultural and technological change through its physical form and newly installed technology. Simple, haptic interfaces are deliberately used to refer to early digital technologies. 

These alterations destabilize the source and intention of the original objects to create new meaning. The viewer is drawn into a conversation about change and renewal by the disruption of place, time, and intention, and by pointing to objects and concepts left behind. By combining methods and genres of the past with those of the digital present, I am investigating transformations not only of the tools that we use but also how these transformations have impacted upon how we conceptualize ideas and thoughts. Each device becomes a repository of knowledge that includes both a history of the past and an imagined future.

Credits:

Victor Goertzen: Electronic Technologist

Andrew Winton: Programming

Richard Sipinkski: Development

Chad Harris: Machinist

William Eakin: Photograpy

Reva Stone: Photography (Pachinko)