bjoern schuelke I media art I sculptures
© bjorn schulke 2012
Modulator # 1 generates a completely new, non-retrievable TV „Live-Show“ by merging at random fragments from two different „genuine“ ongoing live telecastings. The thinking behind is to convert the countless and simultaneous daily TV-Shows in their often boring variety into a new visual and acoustic adventure. This is achieved by using sensors reacting to the continuous change of light intensity and sound volume and modulations emitted by the two telecastings. A complex moving mirror system governed by these sensors is then continuously scanned by a camera absorbing these new information structures and processing the result to an output - monitor.
In contrast to the „Light Modulator“ by Lazlo Moholy-Nagy, which at random converts light impulses from the surrounding space MODULATOR # 1 generates continuously new forms and structures from two live telecastings. It works completely autonomously and all it produces is unique and cannot be repeated.
In contrast to the „Light Modulator“ by Lazlo Moholy-Nagy, which at random converts light impulses from the surrounding space MODULATOR # 1 generates continuously new forms and structures from two live telecastings. It works completely autonomously and all it produces is unique and cannot be repeated.
Thus MODULATOR # 1 is the shredding and recycling machine to dispose of the mostly indigestible high-tech „Super-Highlights“ of our current TV-culture.
Modulator # 1, 1997
steel, wood, televisions, camera, mirrors, controller, sensors, pneumatic components, air compressor
L x W x H (cm): 600 x 150 x 220