Bonding Energy

October 2007

Supported by Murray G. and Beatrice H. Sherman Charitable Trust

“Bonding Energy” consists of a set of Sunsmile devices that collect and measure solar energy from seven geographically distributed sites around New York State. The light energy reaching the Sunsmiles’ solar panels fuels a collaborative real-time data visualization on Turbulence.org. Part of the larger Cross Current Resonance Transducer (CCRT) project in which the artists are developing systems for monitoring, manipulating, and interpreting natural signals such as tidal patterns and wind, “Bonding Energy” is focused on solar energy.

TAXONOMY

REQUIREMENTS

The visualization is no longer live. Browse the archive.

MEDIA & ACHIEVEMENTS

visualcomplexity.com | Bonding Energy

Bonding Energy – free103point9 Newsroom

dorkbot-sea – events – strange things – exhibiting artists – CCRT

Industry-Higher Education Partnerships in the New York Cultural Economy | HASTAC

PHOEF: The Undisclosed Poesis of the Photovoltaic Effect | B. Vandeput (Bartaku)

http:libarynth.org-media-luminous-do0802_phoef-cases

LoVid – Bonding Energy

Distributed solar energy viz | MappingControversies.net

SP Weather Station » Cross Current Resonance Transducer knows which way the wind is blowin’

Turbulence Commission | “Bonding Energy” by Douglas Repetto and LoVid

Rhizome | Reblog Archive- Turbulence Commission- “Bonding Energy” by Douglas Repetto and LoVid

ADDITIONAL NOTES

“Bonding Energy” is a model for distributed microenergy generation, inspired by SETI@home — which harnesses the collective power of personal computers distributed worldwide — and microcredit, a loan system that supports poor or unemployed people in underdeveloped countries. Small contributions from many individuals can produce significant results.

Sunsmiles were placed in the following New York State locations: