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This is the third piece in my “electric window” series, which began in December of 2007 when I stuffed a small pre-made frame with EL wire and a decorative acrylic panel as an entry to Gallery 101’s annual fundraiser / art auction, 101 Frames.
The year after, I made another EL wire based piece, and animated [...]
I decided my participation in Ottawa Chinatown’s first Chinatown Remixed exhibition made for a great opportunity to try my hand at this whole Arduino thing. Given the front window of a local business in which to showcase a project, I envisioned an illuminated sign interacting with the pedestrian traffic out on the sidewalk.
Having already built several projects requiring a 12Vdc sequencer, such as my Prototype lamp
and my Conduit sculpture
I realized that experimenting with new projects with similar lights would be easier with a common development platform . . .