(2024) Electronic kinetic sculpture composed of phonograph mechanism, metal, wood, microcontroller, electronic components This totemic kinetic sculpture with mechanical controls advances an algorithm when operated. The mechanism can be manipulated and operated by hand; it can store and generate power; it continues to move with its own momentum after the wheels or levers are released. This piece surfaces some of the effort it requires to perform computational tasks that might otherwise seem frictionless. Regarding algorithms and their increasingly ubiquitous role in society, it invites considerations of our potential agency, complicity, and resistance.
