Come celebrate the Summer Solstice with artist Peter Flemming in a Sun-drinkers Solar Energy Workshop!
In this workshop you will create a simple, small sun-drinker from electronic components that can twitch, twitter or twinkle. Idly basking in sunlight, these entities slowly absorb electrical energy from a solar cell. When sufficiently sun- drunk, they burst into activity, releasing their accumulated power until depleted. Spent, the creatures then relax into resting lazy mode, starting their cycle afresh.
You will:
learn how capacitors work
explore fundamentals of solar energy
learn how to solder a circuit board
come away with a permanently assembled circuit
look at examples of artworks using this technique
Date: June 21
Time: 12pm - 4pm
Registration Fee:
$75 Regular Price
$60 With Annual Studio/Workshop Pass (see below)
Material Fee: $25
What, if any, prerequisite knowledge should students have? None.
What to Bring: All materials will be provided.
About the Instructor: Peter Flemming is a full-time artist, part-time professor and some-time curator in Montréal. Research interests include ad hoc architecture, informal physics, electromagneticks, radio, neuromimes/neural networks, solar power, saunas. Flemming's work considers natural and technological ecologies, in site-specific installations and performance that are resolved intuitively and experimentally.
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