David Temchulla
Cosmic Breath is an interactive installation made up of stalks of wheat that is activated when a participant blows into a sensor, turning the participant’s breath into a natural event making the wheat field undulate as if it has been swept by a powerful gust of wind.
https://http://www.temchulla.work/future-of-sculpture/2017/12/5/cosmic-breath
Description
Cosmic Breath is an interactive installation made up of stalks of wheat that is activated when a participant blows into a sensor. The participant’s breath becomes a natural event making the wheat field undulate as if it has been swept by a powerful gust of wind. The wheat field, a classic American symbol, and blowing, an action that connotes modern superstitions of blowing on candles, dandelion puffs, and eyelashes invites the participant to make an outsized wish. Cosmic Breath is rooted in the re-initiation of history. The project explores the psychology of the wish: the inane, absurd, and hopeful knee jerk reactions people have when presented with a birthday cake, flower, or hair follicle as a way to force the unforeseen and improbable into the world. The use of mechanizations reminds one that America’s streets aren’t paved with gold.
Empowering the with viewer godly power, Temchulla establishes a framework that dictates the creation and destruction of cultures. Used as a vessel to discover ourselves in order to discover that which overtakes us, Cosmic Breath provides proof of self-renewal and contact with personal existence.
Classes
Prototyping Electronic Devices , The Future of Sculpture