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There Is No Business Like No Business

A blinking neon sign, designed during the recession as a cruel beacon of optimism. The blinking speed is directly proportional to the number of times that the word "economy" appears in online news items for the past 24 hours.
Name in spanish: There Is No Business Like No Business
Year of Creation: 2009
Technique: Neon, metal, arduino, ipod, transformers, custom-electronics
Dimensions: 61 x 61 x 11 cm
Edition: 6 copies + 1 AP
Keywords: indoor, tracker, networked, lights.
Collections: Private collectors
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2009 - Galerie Guy Bärtschi, Geneva, Switzerland

Exhibitions

Credits

  • Guillaume Tremblay - programming
  • Stephan Schulz, Pierre Fournier, Julie Bourgeois - production support