Maggie Orth, PhD
Art, Technology, Design

Chronos and Kairos, 2010

Artist Team: Banny Banerjee, Matt Gorbet, Susan Gorbet, Maggie Orth

Mechanical Engineering, Design and Fabrication: Monkey Wrench Design

A project of the City of San Jose Public Art Program

Motors generously donated by Animatics Motors.

Special thanks to the innumerable volunteers who helped assemble and install the work.

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This interactive robotic sculpture explores the subjective experience of time in an airport holdroom. 65 robotic nodes are suspended from a sculptural frame. The piece counts using a variety of patterns which are influenced and changed by the activity of travelers in the space.

Image courtesy of Jimmy Lin, copyright 2009.

 

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