Zero@wavefunction: nano dreams & nightmares

Zero@wavefunction, Los Angeles
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Zero@wavefunction, Biennale of Electronic Arts Perth
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Zero@wavefunction, Biennale of Electronic Arts Perth
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Zero@wavefunction, Biennale of Electronic Arts Perth
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Zero@wavefunction, Los Angeles
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Zero@wavefunction installation and interactivity is based on the way a nanoscientist manipulates an individual molecule (billions of times smaller than common human experience) projected on a monumental scale. When a person passes by, they cast a larger than life shadow on the molecule and activate a series of visualizations, sounds and texts. The visualizations are of buckyballs that respond via sensors to the movement of the person's shadow and the possibility of manipulating the molecule emerges. As one pushes the shape, it activates sounds that are derived from molecular measurements and texts that are from a database consisting of quotes from the writings of Gimzewski, Vesna, newspaper headlines, academic papers, corporate sales and science fiction novels. At a certain point, a cosmic ray burst interrupts the interaction and the project returns to neutral.

(asci.org)