
Soul - Vinyl
Sound installation
static electricity, stainless steel, aluminum, motor, inductor, electromagnetic waves, speaker
2023
static electricity, stainless steel, aluminum, motor, inductor, electromagnetic waves, speaker
2023
In electron double-slit interference experiments, scientists discovered that electrons interfere with themselves. However, when they tried to observe, the interference disappeared, as if the electrons knew whether they were observing. These findings have sparked debate about whether electrons are conscious. Although this statement has not yet been confirmed, it triggers a broader imagination of the relationship between consciousness, soul and electrons.
In this work, I created an automatic performance system that let radio signals could randomly drive the scales and rhythms of specific instruments. I tried to use this system to observe how electrons compose a soul style music. Further, through this method to verify whether soul are exist as electrons.
I design an electrostatic generator that in the shape of a vinyl player, and connect to a stainless steel ball as a device to absorb soul. When people approach the device, the electrons on their body will be attracted by static electricity, or even get an electric shock. Then, the nearby inductors will receive the electric current, and the signal would trigger instruments sound. If there are no person in the space, inductors would receive the electromagnetic waves in the environment and send into the automatic performance system in the same way.
In this work, I created an automatic performance system that let radio signals could randomly drive the scales and rhythms of specific instruments. I tried to use this system to observe how electrons compose a soul style music. Further, through this method to verify whether soul are exist as electrons.
I design an electrostatic generator that in the shape of a vinyl player, and connect to a stainless steel ball as a device to absorb soul. When people approach the device, the electrons on their body will be attracted by static electricity, or even get an electric shock. Then, the nearby inductors will receive the electric current, and the signal would trigger instruments sound. If there are no person in the space, inductors would receive the electromagnetic waves in the environment and send into the automatic performance system in the same way.
在電子雙縫干涉實驗中,科學家發現觀測與否影響了干涉現象的出現,之後的哥本哈根詮釋中更提出了出粒子在被測量前的不確定性與疊加態以及觀測造成的波函數坍縮後成為了我們可見的現實。然而這些粒子是如何意識到自己正在被觀測,似乎是一個玄而未解的謎團,他們是否有著類似於人類意識的機制,抑或是我們存在的現實只是隨機與隨機的交互作用出現的結果。這些令人難以理解又充滿可能性的現象對我而言就像是魔法一樣令人好奇。
當有人進到展場時唱盤(起電機)會開始旋轉使金屬球產生靜電,電磁波麥克風將接收到的電磁波訊號送到演奏系統,並隨機觸發不同樂器。我在系統中規範了能使用的和弦與節奏的型態,試圖讓空間中複雜的電訊號演奏出靈魂樂風格的音樂,利用這個系統觀察在這樣的關係下電子是否會有意識的選擇音樂如何進行。在這套機制的想像中,唱盤與金屬球像是對電子的一種邀請,觀眾和麥克風是觀測者與媒介,旋律則是粒子被觀測後脫離疊加態的選擇