张思扬
As Nikola Tesla said, energy, frequency, and vibration are the keys to unlocking these mysteries. "Psychic Machines" takes place in a field that resembles a dark cave. Here, electromagnetism is not treated as a principle that supports mechanical work, much like before the invention of the Leyden jar, electricity and electromagnetic waves were regarded as co-existing with life. The life, vitality, and perhaps whispers from beyond left behind in the past are imprinted within it. I draw a possibility from Victorian vitalism and Edison's unfinished spirit phone, attempting to obtain some information, some ghostly traces of things that once existed, from the magnetic field using some buzzing machines.
In the dark space, machines bearing traces of manual craftsmanship constitute a dynamic psychic field. Nine painting machines tremble, walk, and leave traces on a long scroll. A rudimentary record player uses a dysfunctional earpiece to inscribe subtle vibrations onto a record, bottles filled with blue liquid emit faint sounds using magnets and coils. Two types of machines use different waves to suspend and undulate small spheres, and a homemade antenna lies collapsed in the corner.
我的母亲是一位播音员，她曾经工作在电磁的网络中，她的声音曾经被所有人听见。而如今，她的声音成为了我追寻的幽灵。
正如尼古拉·特斯拉所说，能量、频率和振动是解开这些谜团的关键。《通灵机器》发生在一个如同黑暗洞穴的场域内。在这里，电磁学不被以一种支持机械工作的原理对待，就像莱茵瓶发明之前，电力和电磁波被视为与生命共存之物。过去遗留的生命，活力和也许来自彼方的呢喃被刻印其中。我从维多利亚时期的活力论和爱迪生未完成的灵魂电话中提取了一种可能性，试图用一些嗡嗡作响的机器从磁场中得到一些信息，一些曾经存在之物的幽灵痕迹。
在黑暗的场地内，带有手工残余痕迹的机器们组成了动态的通灵场域。九个绘画机器在一张长卷上颤抖，行走，留下痕迹。一台简陋的唱片机用失去功能的听筒将微小的振动刻录在唱片上，装着蓝色液体的瓶子用磁体和线圈发出轻微的响声。两种机器用不同的波将小球悬空，起伏，一根自制的天线倒伏在角落。