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[[File:37LooeStreet.jpeg|thumb|Solar, Dust, Vibration Worskhop at 37, Looe Street Gallery]]
Solar, Dust & Vibration workshop was held 18/06/25 at [https://37looestreet.org/ 37, Looe Street Gallery] in Plymouth. As part of a International Visiting Researcher Residency funded by University of Plymouth, we hosted David Strang, who introduced an exploration of dust as both a raw material, but also the (usually) forgotten waste and remains of life.  
Solar, Dust & Vibration workshop was held 18/06/25 at [https://37looestreet.org/ 37, Looe Street Gallery] in Plymouth. As part of a International Visiting Researcher Residency funded by University of Plymouth, we hosted David Strang, who introduced an exploration of dust as both a raw material, but also the (usually) forgotten waste and remains of life.  


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We were given the provocation to playfully explore the creative possibilities of dust and vibration. One way of doing this was through transmitting sound through laser diodes, picked up by solar cells. This technique was developed in the [[https://www.davidstrang.co.uk/transmit.html Transmission and Interference]] project, by David Strang and Vincent Van Uffelen. When dust interrupts the laser, the sound is also affected.
We were given the provocation to playfully explore the creative possibilities of dust and vibration. One way of doing this was through transmitting sound through laser diodes, picked up by solar cells. This technique was developed in the [[https://www.davidstrang.co.uk/transmit.html Transmission and Interference]] project, by David Strang and Vincent Van Uffelen. When dust interrupts the laser, the sound is also affected.
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<!-- [[File:SolarDustVibration.webm|thumb|left|600px|Vibrating dust and a light source simultaneously]]-->
File:LaserDust1.jpeg|Firing lasers through dust
File:LaserDust2.jpeg|Laser, Dust and Transducer
File:Kitbits.jpeg|Some items of equipment
File:EQingNoise.jpeg|EQing Noise
File:Dust on plastic.jpeg|Bouncing dust on a sheet of plastic
File:ChadliPlate1.jpeg|Building a Chadli Plate
File:ChadliPlate2.jpeg|Testing a Chadli Plate
File:BouncingDust.jpeg|Bouncing Dust on a speaker cone
File:TypeEq.jpeg|EQing the sound from a contact-mic'd typewriter
File:Dust and laser 2.jpeg|Dust interfering with a laser signal
File:Arduino2.jpeg|Programming an arduino to sequence LED blinking
File:Arduino1.jpeg|The speed could be controlled by potentiometer
File:Dust.jpeg|Some dust brought to the workshop
File:Transducers.jpeg|Transducers are basically the electromagnet used on speaker cones
File:SDVWorkshop_Adjusting_The_Mix.jpg|Mixer adjustments. By modulating the bass, mid and high frequencies, we found we could excite and vibrate the dust sources in a variety of ways.
File:SDVWorkshop_CanadianColonialDust.jpg|thumb|Vibrating dust mined in Canada as a justification for empire. One of our group brought dust that had originally been mined in Canada and passed off as gold to Queen Elizabeth 1st, in order to justify the colonisation of Canada. After a Canadian colony had been established, and it became clear there was no gold (or much less than claimed), the mined stone was used to build the city walls of Dartmouth. Our group member had reclaimed some stone, and returned it to Canada as an artistic and ritual act; and we talked about what it meant to vibrate and enliven this dislocated material, which had travelled so far, and was entangled in the ebb and flow of various human endeavours.
File:18June25_SolarDustVibrationWorkshop1.jpeg|Working with Fisher Price record player and dust from Canada
File:SDVWorkshop FisherPrice.jpg|Using a FisherPrice record player, to vibrate dust
File:SDVWorkshop GlassWithinGlass.jpg|Exploring the acoustic properties of glass within glass
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[[File:SDVWorkshop_Adjusting_The_Mix.jpg|thumb|Mixer adjustments]]
By modulating the bass, mid and high frequencies, we found we could excite and vibrate the dust sources in a variety of ways.


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[[File:SDVWorkshop CanadianColonialDust.jpg|thumb|Vibrating dust mined in Canada as a justification for empire.]]
==Texts and Sites==
One of our group brought dust that had originally been mined in Canada and passed off as gold to Queen Elizabeth 1st, in order to justify the colonisation of Canada. After a Canadian colony had been established, and it became clear there was no gold (or much less than claimed), the mined stone was used to build the city walls of Dartmouth. Our group member had reclaimed some stone, and returned it to Canada as an artistic and ritual act; and we talked about what it meant to vibrate and enliven this dislocated material, which had travelled so far, and was entangled in the ebb and flow of various human endeavours.
[https://www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/35/connor.php Connor, Steven. 2009. Pulverulence - The power of powder. Cabinet Magazine]


[[File:18June25_SolarDustVibrationWorkshop1.jpeg|thumb|Working with Fisher Price record player and dust from Canada]]<br/>
[https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/the-dust-that-measures-all-our-time/ Connor, Steven. 2021. The Dust That Measures All Our Time. The Public Domain Review.]
[[Category:Workshop]]


[[File:SDVWorkshop FisherPrice.jpg|thumb|Using a FisherPrice record player, to vibrate dust]]
Cubitt, Sean. 2017. Finite Media: Environmental Implications of Digital Technologies. https://dukeupress.edu/finite-media</br>


[[File:SDVWorkshop GlassWithinGlass.jpg|thumb|Exploring the acoustic properties of glass within glass]]
[https://discardstudies.com/ Discard Studies]
 
==Texts==
Marder, Michael. 2016. dust. https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/dust-9781628923308/
 
Liboiron, M & Lepawsky, J. 2022. Discard Studies: Wasting, Systems, and Power. https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-monograph/5337/Discard-StudiesWasting-Systems-and-Power
 
Cubitt, Sean. 2017. Finite Media: Environmental Implications of Digital Technologies. https://dukeupress.edu/finite-media


==Sites==
Liboiron, M & Lepawsky, J. 2022. Discard Studies: Wasting, Systems, and Power. https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-monograph/5337/Discard-StudiesWasting-Systems-and-Power</br>
[https://discardstudies.com/ Discard Studies]


[[Category:Workshop]]
Marder, Michael. 2016. dust. https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/dust-9781628923308/</br>

Latest revision as of 10:04, 17 July 2025

Solar, Dust, Vibration Worskhop at 37, Looe Street Gallery

Solar, Dust & Vibration workshop was held 18/06/25 at 37, Looe Street Gallery in Plymouth. As part of a International Visiting Researcher Residency funded by University of Plymouth, we hosted David Strang, who introduced an exploration of dust as both a raw material, but also the (usually) forgotten waste and remains of life.

Provocation[edit]

How to be human...
...in an artificial world
...in a world of artificial intelligence
...amidst technological complexity
...after the end of the world


Provocation[edit]

What knowledge, know-how etc. would you share; and how would you share it; in such a world?

Schedule[edit]

Solar, Dust, Vibration Schedule (18.06.25)

Images and Videos[edit]

We were given the provocation to playfully explore the creative possibilities of dust and vibration. One way of doing this was through transmitting sound through laser diodes, picked up by solar cells. This technique was developed in the [Transmission and Interference] project, by David Strang and Vincent Van Uffelen. When dust interrupts the laser, the sound is also affected.

  • Firing lasers through dust
    Firing lasers through dust
  • Laser, Dust and Transducer
    Laser, Dust and Transducer
  • Some items of equipment
    Some items of equipment
  • EQing Noise
    EQing Noise
  • Bouncing dust on a sheet of plastic
    Bouncing dust on a sheet of plastic
  • Building a Chadli Plate
    Building a Chadli Plate
  • Testing a Chadli Plate
    Testing a Chadli Plate
  • Bouncing Dust on a speaker cone
    Bouncing Dust on a speaker cone
  • EQing the sound from a contact-mic'd typewriter
    EQing the sound from a contact-mic'd typewriter
  • Dust interfering with a laser signal
    Dust interfering with a laser signal
  • Programming an arduino to sequence LED blinking
    Programming an arduino to sequence LED blinking
  • The speed could be controlled by potentiometer
    The speed could be controlled by potentiometer
  • Some dust brought to the workshop
    Some dust brought to the workshop
  • Transducers are basically the electromagnet used on speaker cones
    Transducers are basically the electromagnet used on speaker cones
  • Mixer adjustments. By modulating the bass, mid and high frequencies, we found we could excite and vibrate the dust sources in a variety of ways.
    Mixer adjustments. By modulating the bass, mid and high frequencies, we found we could excite and vibrate the dust sources in a variety of ways.
  • Vibrating dust mined in Canada as a justification for empire. One of our group brought dust that had originally been mined in Canada and passed off as gold to Queen Elizabeth 1st, in order to justify the colonisation of Canada. After a Canadian colony had been established, and it became clear there was no gold (or much less than claimed), the mined stone was used to build the city walls of Dartmouth. Our group member had reclaimed some stone, and returned it to Canada as an artistic and ritual act; and we talked about what it meant to vibrate and enliven this dislocated material, which had travelled so far, and was entangled in the ebb and flow of various human endeavours.
    Vibrating dust mined in Canada as a justification for empire. One of our group brought dust that had originally been mined in Canada and passed off as gold to Queen Elizabeth 1st, in order to justify the colonisation of Canada. After a Canadian colony had been established, and it became clear there was no gold (or much less than claimed), the mined stone was used to build the city walls of Dartmouth. Our group member had reclaimed some stone, and returned it to Canada as an artistic and ritual act; and we talked about what it meant to vibrate and enliven this dislocated material, which had travelled so far, and was entangled in the ebb and flow of various human endeavours.
  • Working with Fisher Price record player and dust from Canada
    Working with Fisher Price record player and dust from Canada
  • Using a FisherPrice record player, to vibrate dust
    Using a FisherPrice record player, to vibrate dust
  • Exploring the acoustic properties of glass within glass
    Exploring the acoustic properties of glass within glass


Texts and Sites[edit]

Connor, Steven. 2009. Pulverulence - The power of powder. Cabinet Magazine

Connor, Steven. 2021. The Dust That Measures All Our Time. The Public Domain Review.

Cubitt, Sean. 2017. Finite Media: Environmental Implications of Digital Technologies. https://dukeupress.edu/finite-media

Discard Studies

Liboiron, M & Lepawsky, J. 2022. Discard Studies: Wasting, Systems, and Power. https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-monograph/5337/Discard-StudiesWasting-Systems-and-Power

Marder, Michael. 2016. dust. https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/dust-9781628923308/

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