17 oktober 2014

Mike Smith Studio: Darren Almond














Darren Almond: Meantime, 2000.

"The brief: To design and produce a clock in a high cube sea container. The clock was to tell time accurately in hours, minutes and seconds, both electronically, and via a built-in generator for use during transportation by truck and on board a container ship. The characters were to be in seven large separate segments and driven by stepper motors run by a programmable logic controller. Driving these segments was challenging given the scale. While the clock is working the sound of the movement of the components is also amplified and broadcast through speakers in the base."












Darren Almond: 2002, 2002.

"MSS was commissioned to design and fabricate a rotary drum clock which would tell the time in hours and minutes. The clock was produced in powder-coated mild steel and aluminium with a polycarbonate face. The red calligraphic vinyl text on each drum reads as digits as the drums rotate behind the face. The drive mechanism is contained within each drum, and operated by a programmable logic controller connected to the drive units via the shaft which supports the drums, and around which they rotate. The unit is shipped complete and needs only to be plugged in and switched on."




















Darren Almond: Mono Chrono Pneumatic (Black / Red), 2003, 2007.

"The brief: To produce a clock approximately 800 x 400 x 100 cm in four sections with a very high gloss face. The clock would show local time in hours and minutes, the characters in seven segments. The movement of the blades was generated by pneumatic actuators operated by a computer control system. The clock was fabricated in aluminium and was entirely self-contained for ease of installation- it could essentially be just plugged in. Various surface finishes were investigated for their properties before settling on a painted finish for the face. Because the mechanism is entirely visible, every element had to be designed and fabricated with this in mind." (bron: MSS)

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