Heat, Lavoisier
thermodynamics
torture calorie
live of living,
flower painful flow,
thinking sand.
Game engine, projection, binaural sound, microcontroller, temperature sensor, computer, and poem.
Made at Iowa Lakeside Laboratory Artist-in-Residence (AIR) program summer 2024
H.L.t.t.c.l.o.l.f.p.f.t.s is a machine that collects heat/calories/energy to move in the game engine; the experience is a diatom field*, where each diatom is a word. The soundscape composition is binaural, ever-changing through interactivity. The poem is synthetic, a continuation of a poem written in response to Max Kleiber's book The Fire of Life: An Introduction to Animal Energetics.
Chapter 1 "Life as a Combustion Process"
Paraphrase:
Joseph Priesly's sprig of mint in an enclosed air space did not vitiate the air but, on the contrary, improved the phlogisticated air so that it again became fit for supporting the life of a mouse. This was the first observation of the nature of photosynthesis.
Chapter 2 " Survival Time"
Paraphrase:
TOTAL STARVATION LEADS TO DEATH
A human lasted 17 days without food or water. The master starver, however, was a dog. A Scotch collie named Oscar (Howe et al., 1912). He learned to starve. On the first try, he was near death on the forty-fifth day. He recovered on refeeding and then survived 117 starvation days. On the one-hundredth day, he still jumped 1 meter high into his cage!
Space to embed myself into minds and curiosity.
I found myself at Iowa Lakeside Laboratory, where I engaged with brilliant minds from Americorps and faculty from Iowa State and the University of Iowa. I also had great conversations with Zach Poff, the co-current artist in residence.
A big shout out to Brent Mortensen and his Ecology class; Thank you to Mia for letting me follow turtles, all the Americorps who made my stay beyond enjoyable—my confidants. Last, thank you to everyone at the lab with whom I crossed paths during the residency. Thanks, Alex Braidwood
thermodynamics
torture calorie
live of living,
flower painful flow,
thinking sand.
Game engine, projection, binaural sound, microcontroller, temperature sensor, computer, and poem.
Made at Iowa Lakeside Laboratory Artist-in-Residence (AIR) program summer 2024
H.L.t.t.c.l.o.l.f.p.f.t.s is a machine that collects heat/calories/energy to move in the game engine; the experience is a diatom field*, where each diatom is a word. The soundscape composition is binaural, ever-changing through interactivity. The poem is synthetic, a continuation of a poem written in response to Max Kleiber's book The Fire of Life: An Introduction to Animal Energetics.
Chapter 1 "Life as a Combustion Process"
Paraphrase:
Joseph Priesly's sprig of mint in an enclosed air space did not vitiate the air but, on the contrary, improved the phlogisticated air so that it again became fit for supporting the life of a mouse. This was the first observation of the nature of photosynthesis.
Chapter 2 " Survival Time"
Paraphrase:
TOTAL STARVATION LEADS TO DEATH
A human lasted 17 days without food or water. The master starver, however, was a dog. A Scotch collie named Oscar (Howe et al., 1912). He learned to starve. On the first try, he was near death on the forty-fifth day. He recovered on refeeding and then survived 117 starvation days. On the one-hundredth day, he still jumped 1 meter high into his cage!
Space to embed myself into minds and curiosity.
I found myself at Iowa Lakeside Laboratory, where I engaged with brilliant minds from Americorps and faculty from Iowa State and the University of Iowa. I also had great conversations with Zach Poff, the co-current artist in residence.
A big shout out to Brent Mortensen and his Ecology class; Thank you to Mia for letting me follow turtles, all the Americorps who made my stay beyond enjoyable—my confidants. Last, thank you to everyone at the lab with whom I crossed paths during the residency. Thanks, Alex Braidwood
