215 Cycles, Ø25mm
122cm x 20cm
Paint loaded spheres are rolled down a half-pipe type surface
215 Cycles, Ø25mm (detail)
here’s the result of over 55 hours of wind. The pattern reveals wind patterns over the active period; will probably try more mass for the next go of it.
A piece of graphite and weight has been hung overhead by an eight foot tether that is free to be moved by the wind and leave marks on paper. I plan to let it do its thing for a couple days…
1 Cycle, Ø25mm
122cm x 15cm
A metal sphere is allowed to roll freely down a “half-pipe” type surface. The wave-form pattern that emerges is representative of damped harmonic oscillation–a commonly occurring natural system. You can see this form in a graph representing a decaying sound wave (i.e. the single hit of a drum). This form also shows up on a graph representing harmonic oscillation of a spring when the acceleration, postion, or velocity are plotted in relation to time.
1 Cycle, Ø25mm (detail)
1 Cycle, Ø50 mm
57cm x 33cm
a metal sphere rolls down an inclined plane and hits a tensioned string
40 Cycles, Ø19 mm (detail)
The break at the left end of the line is caused by the sphere bouncing. The initial conditions are uniform enough among all of the drops of the bearing that a fairly clear and precise pattern is visible.
40 Cycles, Ø19 mm
119cm x 20cm
Metal spheres were allowed to roll freely down a “half-pipe” type surface (40 times). The conditions of this system were such that the sphere followed nearly the same path each time.
78 Spheres, Ø13 mm
41cm x 22cm
metal spheres with a boundary set around them and shaken, the offset rectangles occur naturally in the system as the bearings organize themselves when a group of them come in contact with each other and the boundary