Large Glass Spell Bot v1
| 2017 | Marsèlleria, Milan IT |
Large Glass Spell Bot (v1) is a xy-plotter machine made in the context of Siliqoon Labs residency, a prey machine programmed to randomly inscribe inpermanent spells and esoteric drawings on a large piece of transparent glass using engine oil. The viscosity of the oil sticking to the glass allows the text or pattern to be seen for a short period before spreading down the glass and being recycled back into the bot.. The work as been produced after a one month exploration of Bologna’s craft, start-up and esoteric tradition. The work is the result of several meetings with monks, exorcists and tech managers to discuss the lack of porosity and/or structural incompatibilities between spirituality and technology, and the question of the body which remain central in both fields.