Oscillator

The ABC of creative self-oscillation for the autonomous artist

It's an amplifier with the output fed-back into the input channel. The parameters are set on the threshold that sits right at the moment of self-oscillation creating instabillity and causing the system to flip-flop between two states. It becomes highly susceptible to fluctuations in the enviroment like miniscule changes in power. This creates the paradox of a repetitive pattern of unpredictable behaviour. Chaos within limitcycles.

I prefer these chaotic machines as a number generator over a random number generator that uses an algorithm as a source because of their obvious accidental clumsiness.
Their function is not so much to be totally unpredictable but to be undeliberate.

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Lobomatic is a machine created from an old tabletennisrobot that mimics the effect of an unstable feedback oscillator.
The object (ball) is automatically fed back into the canon so it will keep on firing.
The wild path of the ball causes a-rythmic firing.
This way chances of hitting the target are increased considerably. At the same time the machine is stuck in a vicious circle that will only end when it breaks down.
If fictionally, the output would be understood as communication the mode would be that of 'suspense'. The crux of the message is in the timing. The 'you know it's going to happen but you don't know when'. The 'when' being the stimulus to which the message is attached.

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The ABC of creative self-oscillation for the autonomous artist It's an amplifier with the output fed-back into the input channel. The parameters are set on the threshold that sits right at the moment of self-oscillation creating instabillity and causing the system to flip-flop between two states. It becomes highly susceptible to fluctuations in the enviroment like miniscule changes in power. This creates the paradox of a repetitive pattern of unpredictable behaviour. Chaos within limitcycles. I prefer these chaotic machines as a number generator over a random number generator that uses an algorithm as a source because of their obvious accidental clumsiness. Their function is not so much to be totally unpredictable but to be undeliberate. < > THE CONTINUAL SUCCES OF FAILING SYSTEMS </ >	Lobomatic is a machine created from an old tabletennisrobot that mimics the effect of an unstable feedback oscillator. The object (ball) is automatically fed back into the canon so it will keep on firing. The wild path of the ball causes a-rythmic firing. This way chances of hitting the target are increased considerably. At the same time the machine is stuck in a vicious circle that will only end when it breaks down. If fictionally, the output would be understood as communication the mode would be that of 'suspense'. The crux of the message is in the timing. The 'you know it's going to happen but you don't know when'. The 'when' being the stimulus to which the message is attached.	Move by Nature Object Relations Oscillator Expression sound Het Saptrajekt CONTACT/CV