e-suduction

The cubical space of the disused chemistry laboratory encloses the interactive elements inside. The work uses an unusual perspective to inform its implementation, utilising invisible electron interaction to produce visible phenomena. A pair of "tribo-electric" generators produce a highly charged electro-static field through the use of intrinsic material properties, which excite motion in the suspended globe causing lightening to be emitted from alternate globes, as the pendulum is constantly attracted by the opposite charges from each generator. The transient material elements employed in the work are allegorical of some of the atmospheric cycles in life.

Malako 1999