Planned Obsolescence
12_14_2018 S1, Portland
Participatory Work & Video Installation
Is there still life where there’s not use?
A table was set up with 5 objects sourced from a local Portland, OR thrift store: a sound mixer, a synthesizer, speakers, and a set of instructions. The objects were paired with electromagnetic contact mics and at each edge of the table were a set of instructions. Visitors could interact with the objects and microphones.
The electromagnetic microphones picked up electromagnetic waves in the objects. These sounds could be heard from the speakers as visitors tested them out. The participants took the project into their own hands, trying things I had not thought of, including using the mics on their iPhones.
The installation was paired with a video on loop.
