solder and wire, circuits around
June 14, 2014 2:34 PM   Subscribe

 
These are marvelously intricate, I wonder if the books open.
posted by arcticseal at 2:54 PM on June 14, 2014


Pretty clearly not, the "wires" are actually lines of solder that would not be amenable to bending, plus they look like they wrap over all 4 edges of the books. That doesn't diminish the artistry of the work in the slightest, which is really quite extraordinary.
posted by scalefree at 3:16 PM on June 14, 2014


These look quite nice, but I tend to be wary of the fetishization of technology - I'm perfectly happy for these to just be nice looking artwork, but trying to look deeper I wonder what the works assert - that technology is supplanting religion, is a religion, has a formal relationship to the ways in which religion is organized. . .
posted by ianhattwick at 3:41 PM on June 14, 2014


They're very pretty, but they can't work. I wish they could: I wish I could make functional circuits this beautiful, or that Ulian was a better electrical engineer.
posted by spacewrench at 3:41 PM on June 14, 2014


Just from the title I had assumed it was an intricate circuit that, when powered up, promptly self-destructed, like an automatic sand mandala.
posted by jedicus at 4:00 PM on June 14, 2014 [3 favorites]


I like them but keep having flashes back to Phys1 — "Find the effective resistance between point A and point B in the network".
posted by benito.strauss at 4:01 PM on June 14, 2014 [4 favorites]




These are absolutely beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing.
posted by Conrad Cornelius o'Donald o'Dell at 8:00 PM on June 14, 2014


I like them but keep having flashes back to Phys1 — "Find the effective resistance between point A and point B in the network".
posted by benito.strauss at 7:01 PM


Obligatory xkcd
posted by AsYouKnow Bob at 8:02 PM on June 14, 2014 [1 favorite]


Oh for gods sakes, functionality isn't the point. It's about the process of construction.

On edit, destruction is also involved.
posted by Bistle at 11:19 PM on June 14, 2014 [1 favorite]


iamhattwick: I am probably the person of your nightmares. I find technology a lot more spiritually relevant to me than conventional religion or even Pagan/woo/types. I don't really connect with nature: I don't hate it, but to me it's just there.

Technology though? The hum of electricity and hard drives, the way I can viscerally feel in my own body when my computer or phone is lagging, the sparks of creativity blasting immediately into colourful fireworks with every new prompt, the connection to worlds and people and opportunities that I could have never encountered otherwise? Divine.

One time I was at this massive art event (a parody of the World's Fair) and there was an exhibit that was an "underground silicon mine" that opened up to this statue of something stalagmite-looking but completely made out of computer parts. If you touched it gently, one part of it changed colour. It was probably one of the most spiritual experiences I have ever had.

If those mandalas can be made on black paper (or black paper with stars and outer space, which also feels more divine and spiritual to me than nature or religion) then I would like them all.
posted by divabat at 1:00 AM on June 15, 2014


I really really love these mandalas! Thanks man of twists and turns for posting this, it made my morning and got me very inspired.
posted by skye.dancer at 8:17 AM on June 15, 2014


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