TAYLOR!
24 switch pixel

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24 standard light switches control the colour of a single pixel. This piece uses the same logic as a computer does with bits to control the red, green and blue colour of every pixel on a monitor.

Bits (binary digits) are blown up to human scale revealing the mundane, usually concealed language behind one single pixel.

Materials: analog electronics (a ton of resistors, standard light switches, 1 RGB LED), white acrylic laser cut.

This piece was made while I was at ITP.

It was featured on the wired blog.

Check out some more photos and my process