The Wind Array Cascade Machine (2003) WACM, is a 64 channel kinetic wind mapping and network diffusion system. Inspired by the wave patterns of the wind seen flowing across the summer wheat fields of the Saskatchewan prairies, each of WACM’s 64 motion sensors move and bend very much like stocks of wheat. At 30 samples per second, the 2 meter tall « wheat stock » sensor units record the velocity (amplitude) of the wind by measuring the tilt of the sensor as affected by the force of the changing wind. Wave pattern and direction, a bit like falling dominoes, are captured using the entire WACM network. For Heimbecker, these wave patterns metaphorically represent the movement of sound (sine) waves in space, and like sound are affected by the architecture of the space that it exists in. The data generated by the WACM can be recorded and archived like a photograph, or can be streamed over the WWW to Heimbecker’s installations built for the WACM data set.
- Primary data network supporting several projects including POD 2003 - Prix Ars Electronica Honorary Mention - Interactive Art 2005 and Turbulence Sound Matrix - Prix Ars Electronica Honorary Mention - Digital Musics 2009
Steve Heimbecker / Qube Assemblage
Artist / Producer: Steve Heimbecker
Electronics: Steeve Lebraseur
Programming: David Michaud
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Steven Connor