Ioana Vreme Moser · Mineral Veins. Fluid Computers

In the organizer's words:

Ioana Vreme Moser - Mineral Veins. Fluid Computers

Transistors are getting smaller and smaller, computers are becoming supercomputers. The exhibition holds up a mirror to the origins of computer hardware and shows two parallel developments. From the first accidental mine fire to the first electronically generated sound, the installation reveals the fascinating history of radiation-sensitive minerals, the precursors of electronic transistors, which are associated with human error, toxicity and environmental pollution. Zincite, galena and pyrites "cry out" at the attentive but unstable touch of a needle to recreate the moment when it all began. Electricity and crystalline formations create a soundscape of evolving noise. Fluid Memory" swirls and pulsates almost defiantly against these archaic transistors. Here, water becomes a computational medium, and forms inspired by hydropneumatic control guide it through its interior, following natural rhythms. Fluidics is a technology lost in history. Similar to its mineral counterpart, electronics, fluidics builds circuits for data processing. Fluid Memory features an anachronistic arrangement of fluidic transistors that write, store and rewrite information in a feedback loop, creating patterns of fluidic movement and sound in each cycle.

Transistors become tinier, computers become supercomputers, the exhibition sets up a mirror that reflects the origins of computational hardware revealing two parallel trajectories. From the first accidental mine fire to the first electronically generated sound, the installation opens the fascinating history of radiosensitive minerals, the predecessors of electronic transistors entangled with human error, toxicity and environmental disruptions. Zincite, Galenas and Pyrites scream' at the attentive, yet unstable touch of a needle to voice the moment where it all began. Electricity and crystalline formations create a soundscape of evolving noises. "Fluid Memory" swirls and pulses almost in defiance to these archaic transistors. Here water becomes the computational medium and forms inspired from fluidic hydro-pneumatic control guide it through their insides following natural rhythms. Fluidics is a technology lost in history. Much like its mineral counterpart, electronics, fluidics builds circuits for computing. Fluid Memory discloses an anachronistic array of fluidic transistors placed in a feedback loop, writing, storing and re-writing bits of information, generating patterns of fluidic movement and sound in each cycle.

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Opening hours:
DI - FR: 5 - 8 pm / SA + SO: 2 - 8 pm
Guided tours: SA + SO 4 pm
Admission: € 5-10 (MI Free admission)

Price information:

Admission: 5-10 € (MI Free admission)