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Selected works: student and freelance work
Solar Chandelier
ITP Projects - Sustainable Energy. Spring 2008
Project by Petra Farinha and Chris Cerrito.
The movements of each suspended robot will affect the positions of those that it is attached to, resulting in an active "fight" for light between the chandelier segments throughout the day. At night, the robots dispense the energy that they have gathered as light, the most successful segments staying lit the longest.
The sculpture is made of several BEAM circuits; a Miller solar engine for gathering/storing energy, other circuit for seeking light, and a nocturnal solar engine for dispensing the energy gathered. Low voltage gear head motors are used to position each segment of the chandelier. No micro controllers were harmed in the creation of this piece, though many analog logic chips met their untimely demise.
During the day, people passing by will be attracted to the sculptures movement, while at night to the light emitted by the piece.
June 15th 2008
Presented at Habana Outpost, Brooklyn, NY
June 11th 2008
Presented at "An Evening at Maker Faire" at The Saatchi Gallery, NY
ITP Projects - Sustainable Energy. Spring 2008
Project by Petra Farinha and Chris Cerrito.
A kinetic mobile made of up of several independent light seeking, energy gathering BEAM robots. Each segment/robot of the chandelier will rely upon sensor input to move into an optimal position for gathering solar energy. The solar chandelier provides a dynamic visualization of the normally static process of gathering solar energy.
The movements of each suspended robot will affect the positions of those that it is attached to, resulting in an active "fight" for light between the chandelier segments throughout the day. At night, the robots dispense the energy that they have gathered as light, the most successful segments staying lit the longest.
The sculpture is made of several BEAM circuits; a Miller solar engine for gathering/storing energy, other circuit for seeking light, and a nocturnal solar engine for dispensing the energy gathered. Low voltage gear head motors are used to position each segment of the chandelier. No micro controllers were harmed in the creation of this piece, though many analog logic chips met their untimely demise.
During the day, people passing by will be attracted to the sculptures movement, while at night to the light emitted by the piece.
June 15th 2008
Presented at Habana Outpost, Brooklyn, NY
June 11th 2008
Presented at "An Evening at Maker Faire" at The Saatchi Gallery, NY