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pe lang - positioning systems I | falling objects

441 Water drops (ø3,3mm) arranged on omniphobic
material, Loop: ~ 300min, Size: 370 x 330 mm, Year: 2009-11, Edition: Unique
Galerie Mario Mazzoli, Berlin, 2011


Falling objects - positioning systems from 2009-2011 is an custom made machine that adds drops of water onto a special textured surface. Each drop forms into an almost perfect sphere through the surface tension of the water and the omniphopic Material. The electronically controlled pipette wanders through a square grid of 21 x 21 drops to form a micro-matrix and returns to the beginning. After approximately 300 minutes, and when the
water drops have evaporated, the same process starts again.

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  • Ben Chaykin plus 8 months ago
    Rad. Love this concept.
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  • Tim Honeywell 8 months ago
    This is beautiful.
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  • Rollin Leonard 8 months ago
    Really cool project.
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  • Per-Olov Jernberg 8 months ago
    Couldnt this place different size droplets to mimic a grayscale image?
  • Dan Hashemi 8 months ago
    thats exactly what i was thinking...water droplet art
  • Joshua Clarke 8 months ago
    Yeah, he could have made it a little more interesting! :D
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  • Joy Banerjee 8 months ago
    how much does this machine cost? i see really good potential for research purposes in the materials science field!
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  • Philip Han 8 months ago
    I was actually trying to do this by hand last year and when I got to about a dozen drops in a few rows and different arrangement I barely nudged the table and everything got messed up each and every time. I sneezed once too which made me furious at myself.

    I'd love to see an Open Source Project based on this!
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  • Tim Posch 8 months ago
    Really nice, just wish there had been more views of the surface at different angles/lighting. Appreciate the video.
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  • dmitry podporin 8 months ago
    Very technical rain :)
    *Nice*
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  • Christian Strevy plus 8 months ago
    Dope
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  • Rafano 8 months ago
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  • Samuel Lourenço 1 month ago
    Just loved that machine. I never came across with that concept. Nice!
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