Mark IJzerman
Plitsch knaster psssh
2022
electronic components
1 x 1 x 1 cm
status:
The work is a set of electronic components that stores onomatopoeia and plays them back via Morse code. This work is part of the Moon Gallery Project.
“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
artist
Mark IJzerman
title
Plitsch knaster psssh
date
2022
medium
electronic components
dimensions
1 x 1 x 1 cm
genre
Sculpture
IAAA art style
this work is part of the following collection
Moon Gallery
artwork COSPAR id
Launch
Space
Return
launch date
19 Feb 2022
launch mission
Antares 230+ / NG-17 Cygnus resupply mission
launch provider
Northrop Grumman
return date
11 January 2023
return vehicle
Dragon CRS-26
return location
Gulf of Mexico
launch location
Wallops Island, VA, USA
host vehicle
International Space Station
return vehicle COSPAR id
2022-159A
launching state
location
USA
LEO, International Space Station (ISS)
host vehicle COSPAR id
1998-067A
status
Returned
launch vehicle COSPAR id
2022-015A
partners
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