• Volume of Emptiness
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  • Volume of Emptiness is a field of threads suspended from the ceiling. Each thread is attached to a motor and can go from a static line to a virtual volume. As all of the threads in the installation conflate, the entire space they occupy becomes full. Over time, the volumes created by the threads subtly shift in size. Over the course of several minutes, the field goes from a series of lines, to disparate shaped volumes, to a set of uniform volumes. A dynamic space that is neither solid nor void in the euclidean sense, is opened up to the viewer.
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  • This installation contains 35 motors that are controlled individually with an arduino microcontroller. Processing is used to send commands, via serial communication, to the arduino. The sequencing of the motors changing speed was inspired by the movement of people through public spaces. Processing was used to create tools that allowed for the study of these movements. The above drawing is an example from a study of two people walking away and toward a viewer.
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