Memory Circuits

The schematics of a digital mixer are painstakingly replicated through needlework.

2018 - The Alderman, Avantwhatever Festival
2017 - Firstdraft Gallery, Source & Return
2015 - Gaffa Gallery, Recently Historic
2014 - UWS Gallery, Recently History: Electronic Arts in Western Sydney
2014 - SNO Contemporary Projects, The NOW now Festival

Crystal Speakers

Rochelle salt is one of the first materials discovered to exhibit piezoelectricity. Cooked up from basic household ingredients, these crystals act as transducers, converting high voltage into mechanical vibration: sound. Here they crackle and chirp with the sounds of natural radio.

2017 - Firstdraft Gallery, Source & Return
2015 - 55 Sydenham Rd, In Fields

Components

Four basic electronic components are hand made, using raw materials that exhibit natural ferromagnetic, piezoelectric, dielectric, and conductive properties.

Inductor: copper, magnetite
Crystal Oscillator: copper, quartz
Capacitor: copper, mica
Resistor: copper, bushfire carbonised rock

2017 - Firstdraft Gallery, Source & Return

When the Power Runs Out

When the power runs out is a collection of electrochemically altered copper, zinc, and salt-soaked cloth, the remnants of homemade voltaic piles. Invented by Volta in 1799 the voltaic pile was the first electrochemical battery. As the first device to enable a predictable and stable voltage supply, its invention catalysed a rapid series of scientific developments throughout the 19th century. Once the power is spent, the battery is disassembled to reveal surprising patterns and colours that continue to change with exposure to the atmosphere.

2017 - Firstdraft Gallery, Source & Return

Lace Study 100Hz

Lace Study 100Hz dissects conventional audio cabling, transferring signal to ornate handmade speaker cable.

2014 - Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Primavera Art Bar
2012 - Gaffa Gallery, Failspace
2012 - Firstdraft Gallery, Lace Studies Various Frequencies

Germanium & Gravel

Appearing like a prehistoric monument, Germanium & Gravel was a site-specific oscillator installed on Cockatoo Island in Sydney Harbour. Made from copper wire, stones, wood, and old speakers, it used minimal external power and components, relying as much as possible on found materials and scavenged (radio) signals sources.

2011 - Cockatoo Island, What is Music? Festival

Filet Électronique

Filet Électronique replaces the use of plastic circuit boards, favouring cotton as a natural insulator. The circuits have been redesigned to sit within the logic of traditional French filet lace patterns.

2013 - Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, It is what it is
2011 - Institute of Contemporary Art Newtown, Filet Électronique/Island