24 switch pixel
05 5 2008

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