What's the inspiration or motivation behind any given "circuit bend" you produce? Is that a heuristic process or an artistic one?

Initially, I approach the process as a investigation, probing at random or testing specific ideas.  The results are then subject to aesthetic and artistic considerations, which inform further processing, selecting, cropping.  Sometimes, the first image I get back is “the one”, other times I’m more interested in where continuously repeating a process leads—-as in the iterative re-compression of video (which is done manually) or in repeatedly rotating and hex editing a file.

January 18, 2012 | Categories: Uncategorized | Leave A Comment »

You really didn't explain very well in the last question. What is actually involved in the process of "adding wires, and other electronic components" to the cameras?

Preparing or circuit bending the cameras involves the following steps:

1. Open the housing to expose the electronics inside.
2. Probe or short circuit the camera using an alligator clip attached to fine-tipped metal probe or a piece of solid core wire.
3. Take a picture while making the short circuit.
4. If the short circuit is effective, solder a switch or a potentiometer between the two points.
5. Repeat.

I do not recommend doing this to anything that plugs into the wall (unless you REALLY know what you’re doing).

Do not circuit bend anything you cannot live without.  You can easily and permanently damage your device.

January 11, 2012 | Categories: Uncategorized | Leave A Comment »