Video Of Dmitry Morozov's Vtol Project
(Courtesy: vtol.cc)
For my art in the news presentation I chose Dmitry
Morozov's Vtol project. Morozov is a Russian media-artist, musician
and engineer of strange-sounding mechanisms. His Silk installation,
in particular, was the focus of my presentation as it was related to music,
technology, and art. This piece is unique in that it autonomously makes music
using realtime fluctuations in litecoins and bitcoins connected to an Arduino
platform, sound systems, servo motors, guitar rails and a tuning mechanism. The
sounds vary depending on the unfalsifiability, immateriality, decentralization
and transparency of values.
"This piece explores how new technologies and progress in such areas of knowledge as cryptography, mathematics, computer science influence the financial system, inevitably changing the social structure of the society", says Morozov.
The Silk installation was inspired by the
decentralization of existing currencies and the formation of a new unit of
exchange independent from political and geographical limitations. Currently the
piece is in Moscow and with each passing day change from the previous as does
the data it is responding to. Personally, I have not seen anything like this
before and was interested in sharing it because of how many discussions I have
had involving bitcoin over the past 4 years. It would be interesting to see how
the piece would react if the data were to reach the furthest extremes, worth
nothing and highly valued.
Below are pictures of the installation courtesy of Morozov's website:
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