Bits and Pieces
2017
Exhibited in the exhibition "Play!" at the
Palo Alto Art Center Palo Alto (USA).
The exhibition runs from 15 September
until 29 December 2017
The installation consists out of 72 so-called Hoberman spheres hanging in the middle of the exhibition space. The mass-produced children toys are made from countless interconnected colorful plastic levers and can expand itself to a multiple of their size. Each one is moved by a servo motor and individually controlled by a micro-controller thus organic waves appear to move throughout the space although each single plastic ball simply expands and contracts at the right time.
Hoberman spheres, wood, motors,
custom electronics and programming
size variable