Machineries
Gloria Zhu - Thesis Show
Wiesner Gallery
MIT Stratton Student Center
W20 Room 209
84 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139
W20 Room 209
84 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139
April 26th - May 15th
Reception: April 29th 4-6PM
A show about: infrastructure, the Internet, media, and humans.
Piece Index:
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Where is Everybody?
Plywood construction with blinking LEDs and hanging paraphernalia
Expanded materials list: LEDs, plastic, plywood, a track saw, paraphernalia, free storage space, makerspace access, found items, house paint, L-brackets, assistance with heavy lifting, storage, and transportation
Colossal Corpus Adventure
1024-page book
Expanded materials list: Paper, twine, Instagram search bar, unlimited printer budget, Youtube bookbinding tutorial, my desk from IKEA, borrowed chair
Comment Section Zines 1-14
Fourteen handbound zines
Expanded materials list: Free Adobe CC through my institution, Youtube bookbinding tutorial, gifted metal rods, plywood, makerspace access, white table from IKEA, borrowed ottoman chairs
Context Machine
3-channel video
Expanded materials list: Three-channel video, Mozilla Web APIs documentation, p5.js (open-source Javascript library), VSCode, borrowed bench, monitors
Every Icon Redux
Fake road signs
Expanded materials list: Free Font Awesome icons library, plywood, vinyl cutter, makerspace access, DSLR camera, gaff tape
The Offcut Image
Material offcuts with glued photographs
Expanded materials list: Material offcuts, rubber cement, unlimited printer budget, open-source Imgur image randomizer
RealityTV
Zero-viewer livestreams in a cozy environment
Expanded materials list: Twitch API, open-source video stream piping utility, rug, curtain, plywood, monitor, Raspberry Pi, tactile button, wires