INSTA-LLATOR 1 WITH THE VARIABLE INFORMATION ATOMIZING MODULE

Designed and fabricated by the studio over eight months, the Instal-lator 1 with the Variable Information Atomizing Module is a custom computer-controlled machine that automates the measuring, cutting, and airbrushing of string in a single continuous process. Built as the technological backbone of the Feathered Edge installation at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, it enabled a level of intricacy in form and color that would have been impossible by hand, precisely cutting 3,604 unique lengths of string while airbrushing each in discrete locations to yield holographic-like images floating in space. The machine reflects a core question in the studio’s practice: what becomes possible when you design your own tools.