Yesterday’s 169 Hairs
Yesterday’s 169 Hairs
a sculptural installation
Project Description
Can we tell a story from the stuff that sheds off our body each day?
What do 169 hairs sound like? What does work stress sound like?
Can you recycle something dead into something functional?
16 days of collected hair that has fallen off at work.
16 acrylic light boxes with cast resin hair block
16 iterations of 1 Java program
1 CD player per box, or 1 CD player with all 16 simultaneously.
16 boxes / 1 note per box = 2 octave scale hair composition.
Visual Documentation
Collected hair cast in polyester Resin
A black and white line scan of the cast block
Processing sketch to analyze each pixel of the line image for color.
When the color is black the program will play one note, when it is
not black the program will be silent.
A prototype box construction.
Media Requirements
CD Player
Electrical power
