Guy
Marsden
"Digital Numeric Relevator
Mk XX - WIRED"
completed
July 2000
14" X 3"
X 3"
| This piece
was made to enter the mail art competition in WIRED
Magazine. It was mailed
without a box, with postage attached directly to the plastic, making it
possibly the first electronically addressed mail! |
|
It is made
of 1/2" clear acrylic with a large LCD powered by 2 - 9 Volt batteries.
The display
clearly shows the address of WIRED Magazine.
Here is the side view:
|
|
I mailed
it from the Vallejo, CA post office where I lived at the time (Vallejo
is on the San Francisco
bay). |
|
There is
a small label on the left that instructs the recipient to insert a
paper clip
into a small hole to "activate" the artwork. Once the small red button inside is
pressed by the paper clip, the display changes to title itself. This image
holds for 5 seconds then it becomes an active artwork: |
|
5 numbers
appear on the top line of the display and coalesce
into the
center. Then the number drops down to the bottom line and jiggles
left and right briefly before disappearing. This
process repeats a random number of times before reverting to showing the
WIRED address again!
Here is a
partial view of the page in the August 2000 issue:
|
note the postage attached
on the right!
This piece remains the property of WIRED magazine.
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