Little devil

2007
80x30x30cm
Wooden construction, electronic circuit, presence sensor, 7 CD drives, pickups and amplifier
Private collection

A red monochromatic object with a presence sensor in its eye. When it detects people moving, it starts moving the trays of 7 CD drives. The trays open and close chaotically, controlled by an electronic circuit. Magnetic pickups installed in the drives transform the magnetic waves generated by the motors and circuits into an electrical signal. This signal is amplified, producing the sound of the object.

Little devil is an integral part of the series “Monochromatic Automatons” and, exhibited together with the Archangel, forms the diptych “The Archangel’s Fight with Little devil”. It was exhibited in 2007 in the solo exhibition Monochromatic Automatons at the A Gentil Carioca gallery in Rio de Janeiro.