Drawing Circuits
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Software, Drawings, Electronics / 2013
Drawing Circuits explores free-hand circuit design as a gesture, aimed to address the hidden labor of electronics, and programming, within the field of media arts.
The project consists of an experimental CAD tool (pictured above), which visually re-contextualizes the rigidity and joylessness of existing tools into a fine art drawing studio. The software is connected to a cutting plotter machine, which is used for fabricating functional electrical circuits from rolls of copper tape in a quick and informal manner.
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I used the Drawing Circuits software to create a body of copper prints on paper, that depict personal memories relating to my electronics practice, and the different ways people have related to it.
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The prints are individually powered by single AA batteries. Most of them contain functional electronics that relates to the depicted elements in a whimsical, make-believe way.
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