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Lumetron
Lumetron
Lumetron
Magnetism, Light
Magnetism, Light
Instrument
Instrument
2024
2024
This instrument reimagines the 19th century variometer as a light-based observer of magnetic fluctuation. A suspended magnet, sensitive to geomagnetic variation, induces motion in a mirror that redirects laser beams through an optical array of lenses and slits.
This instrument reimagines the 19th century variometer as a light-based observer of magnetic fluctuation. A suspended magnet, sensitive to geomagnetic variation, induces motion in a mirror that redirects laser beams through an optical array of lenses and slits.
Rather than capture data, it encodes field strength as deflected light. Magnetism becomes motion, motion becomes form, and form becomes signal.
Rather than capture data, it encodes field strength as deflected light. Magnetism becomes motion, motion becomes form, and form becomes signal.
By rendering the invisible as oscillating illumination, the device proposes a new kind of measurement shaped by interference, diffraction, and delay.
By rendering the invisible as oscillating illumination, the device proposes a new kind of measurement shaped by interference, diffraction, and delay.
A choreography of light drawn by the Earth's shifting field.
A choreography of light drawn by the Earth's shifting field.
The earth seems alive with magnetic forces, be they due to electric currents or to variations in the state of magnetized matter.
- A. W. Rucker
The earth seems alive with magnetic forces, be they due to electric currents or to variations in the state of magnetized matter.
- A. W. Rucker
I occupy myself now with the Earth's magnetism, particularly with an absolute determination of its intensity.
- Carl Friedrich Gauss
I occupy myself now with the Earth's magnetism, particularly with an absolute determination of its intensity.
- Carl Friedrich Gauss
