Night Writing, 2001
Wood, metal, plastic, motors.
11” x 14” x 6” each
A series of music boxes which perform the coordinates of their location (address, longitude, latitude) in three variations via "sonified Braille" encoded on the barrel of the music box. These motor-driven boxes are inspired by a technique developed in the Napoleonic era, a phonetic system of raised dots on paper that allowed soldiers to communicate quickly, secretly, and silently in the battlefield, ultimately leading to the invention of Braille.
Night Writing, 2001