plitsch knaster psssh
2022
electronic components
Moon Gallery, Nanoracks, Voyager Space
“plitsch knaster psssh” collects words that imitate sounds unique to the Earth (like “splash”, “chirp” or “bow-wow!”) in different languages of different cultures and beams them out in morse code. In this way, these sounds are preserved for future generations who might not grow up on our planet and might not know the sounds of planet Earth.
How we as humans describe the sounds of our surroundings says a lot about the places that we live, our culture, and what we consider important. The choices we make of what sounds we represent in language, as well as how, tell a lot about how we experience our environment.
“plitsch knaster psssh” collects onomatopoeia and stores them in a 1x1x1cm cube as Morse codes, being transmitted with a flashing light. One is able to read these pulses of light back into text from a great distance, using a smartphone.
Technical information:
Artwork name:
plitsch knaster psssh
Date:
Creator:
2022
Mark IJzerman
Country:
The Netherlands
This work is part of the following collection:
Moon Gallery
electronic components
Medium:
Dimensions:
1 x 1 x 1 cm
Sculpture
Genre:
IAAA Art Style:
Launch vehicle / mission:
Antares 230+ / NG-17 Cygnus resupply mission
Host spacecraft / hardware:
International Space Station
COSPAR id
2022-015B
Launch location:
NASA Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia
Launch date:
19 Feb 2022
Orbit / space location:
LEO, International Space Station (ISS)
Return vehicle:
SpaceX Dragon 2
End date:
11 January 2023
Status:
Returned
Client / Agency:
Moon Gallery, Nanoracks, Voyager Space
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