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Oscillators is one of three magnet installations made for
different exhibitions. They all have the same working principle
where pendulums move seemingly by themselves in a random pattern
on the top of a mirror-like surface. Each stainless steel
pendulum has a strong permanent magnet inside the cylinder.
Underneath where gravity naturally takes the pendulum, either
inside the mdf-platform or in the oil pool, is a magnet. These
magnets function as sensors for magnetism and when the pendulum
gets close the electronic magnet is put on. Because the polarity
of the electronic magnet is the same as the permanent magnet
it pushes the pendulum away. This simple phenomenon makes
each pendulum function in a random way keeping the installation
in a continual and unpredictable state of movement.
Magnet Installations have appeared in Berlin
(2003 and 2002), Monterray
(2003), Stockholm (2003)
and Mexico City (2002)
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