Inscriptions
Inscriptions, 2022
Etched zinc plates
Various Dimensions: from 2x2cm to A2
Each zinc plate has been used as an antenna, to record information, exclusive to its resonant frequencies. The resonant frequency is denoted by, and unique to, the definitions of the plate; the material, weight, size, composition. These recordings of Radio transmission vary from intentional - this could be broadcast stations or amateur communications - to unintentional spurious emissions of RF, such as locally oscillating circuits, but most crucially they all involve the provocation of electromagnetic energy. Each piece of recorded information is bound to the plate that was used to receive it. A literal moment in time in which the recording was taken; a specific intermingling of time, electromagnetism, and human agency (receiving or transmitting)
The digital recording taken was then inscribed back into the plate, leaving an impression; thus turning the machined zinc plate from an industrial material to an RF artefact. Not only does each antenna (plate) offer a conduit into the electromagnetic spectrum, the medium of the computational (software) also offers a visual interface in which to present such a phenomena.
Etched zinc plates
Various Dimensions: from 2x2cm to A2
Each zinc plate has been used as an antenna, to record information, exclusive to its resonant frequencies. The resonant frequency is denoted by, and unique to, the definitions of the plate; the material, weight, size, composition. These recordings of Radio transmission vary from intentional - this could be broadcast stations or amateur communications - to unintentional spurious emissions of RF, such as locally oscillating circuits, but most crucially they all involve the provocation of electromagnetic energy. Each piece of recorded information is bound to the plate that was used to receive it. A literal moment in time in which the recording was taken; a specific intermingling of time, electromagnetism, and human agency (receiving or transmitting)
The digital recording taken was then inscribed back into the plate, leaving an impression; thus turning the machined zinc plate from an industrial material to an RF artefact. Not only does each antenna (plate) offer a conduit into the electromagnetic spectrum, the medium of the computational (software) also offers a visual interface in which to present such a phenomena.