Steel, speaker cloth, wood, transducer, Amplifier – 2024

odd resonances are emitted from the house binding. house binding spreads its sounds through any surface it is placed on. This makes The source unclear.

House Binding’s emission

Carved alabaster – 2024

A novel shape for dipping bread in a good quality olive oil.

Watch the oil flow

Then enjoy bread from the oil pool…

Wood, speaker, microphone, steel wire, Copper wire, electronics, audio amplifier – 2024

This conversation is a feedback loop.

The speaker converses with the microphone. The microphone is mounted to an articulating arm. Feedback occurs when they get close to each other. The speaker ejects the microphone when they make contact. Adjusting volume affects the intensity and speed of the chatter.

Demonstration video

Video – 04:09 – 2024

A short film regarding the worst smell imaginable.

inspired by a moldy coffee maker and a variety of found kitchen objects. Visuals created with standard definition video equipment and a magnifying glass.

Commissioned audio score for live performance – Icebox Project Space, Phil. PA – 03:51 – 2024

Commissioned audio piece to accompany A live performance for two dancers. Score was composed using sounds from household appliances and electrical devices. Performers reacted to the score with rigid and austere movements. Work directed by Katarina Poljak.

Photo credit – Katarina Poljak / rageboxx

Steel, circuit boards, lights, misc. electronics components, wire, solder, hardware – 2024

(The Reifier relies on our tendency to project utterly meaningful assumed truths onto (conveniently) structured, arbitrary information.)

The Reifier is a scientific electrical device. It surmises and transcribes the inner emotions of whomever wears it into convenient and knowable words.

As the wearer speaks or moves their jaw, a button is pressed. This controls The Reifier, displaying an output with each press. This output can be used to understand the wearer’s state of being. each light corresponds to a specific mood or desire. The Quick Lookup Guide (below) diagrams each light’s associated meaning.

The Reifier uses no microcontrollers. Its circuitry is purpose built, making use of simple logic ICs and other discrete components. It uses a technology called core rope memory, which is a method of data storage that is programmed through the weaving of wires in and around magnetic cores. 

Demonstration video

Quick Lookup Guide (click to expand)