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Sense

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Still under de•re•construction        Button   The box with the push button was placed on a 1 mtr. high rectangular wooden column, painted white.   The push button was bought in a store. It had a make / break contact (to a local relay), because it was vital to trigger the existing (fluorescent) light immediately after pushing the button. When the make contact of the button was reached, a relay would take over, inhibiting the existing light from switching on again and restarting the process.   The break of the contact inhibited the system from re triggering, because the break contact would be de-coupled for the duration of the cycle.   8 track   The amplifier and speakers were taken from my personal stereo set (80 watt RMS). The 8 track machine was preserved for special occasions, because of it's possibilities for unattended operation.   The audio was coupled to light sources by means of 2 'light organs', normally used in disco surroundings. The audio output could be silenced to the amp./ speaker circuit, affecting only the light organs. The light organs could also be inhibited by switching.   Sounds were taped before on an 8 track recorder and carefully timed to synchronize the sound with the other events. The 8 track tape recorder was specifically suitable because of it's preparation to operate unattended: the tape is wound on one reel only, rolling up at the edge and peeling out at the centre. The device could also be switched off through a small metal sticker attached to the tape and on again via an external contact. The loop was cut at a specific length to match the duration of the cycle.

 

The 'wheel of time' is a sketch for a basic mechanical timer. In reality I made it a little bit more versatile by adding relays with 'bi-metal' timing to this alternating device.

 
 

A scent of forest

The 'smell' circuit was built around aerosols with an artificial aromatic substance (forest). The lever of the aerosols (4 pieces), were operated by 'solenoids': strong electromagnetic pulling devices. The aerosols had to be covered from the spectator.   The solenoids for the scent circuit came from a dismantled part of an old industrial packing machine and most of the the relays from a telephone exchange board.

 
   
 

Lights

The (2 x 8) red lights were assembled from simple fitting sockets attached on a metal tube and had to be placed between ceiling and floor on left and right sides of a room.   Two red spots were to be attached just above the floor, facing the ceiling.   The blue light was made of a simple aluminium tray, with the (3) halogen tubes (500 W. each) directly soldered to the (thick) copper wires. Around the halogen tubes blue filters were placed (in open air), made from blue colored glass tubes, and two additional flat discs of blue glass were placed on the top. This assembly was placed on a tall rectangular column made of wood.   For the halogen lights I used special high voltage relays from a defect reproduction camera.

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Covered

Most components of the operating system were hidden in the rectangular column of the blue halogen assembly. Principal diagram Switching diagram The operating system had to be covered from the spectator.

 

Work

I worked almost two months on this installation, piece by piece - most if it hand crafted, but it has been installed only once.       The life span of the aerosols amounted to approx. 4 cycles.

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