Zhang Siyang
张思扬 As Nikola Tesla said, energy, frequency, and vibration are the keys to unlocking these mysteries. "Psychic Machine" takes place in a space akin to a dark cave. Here, electromagnetism is not treated as a principle supporting mechanical work. Instead, it is approached as it was perceived before the invention of the Leyden jar, when electricity and electromagnetic waves were seen as coexisting with life itself. Imprinted within are remnants of life from the past, vitality, and perhaps whispers from beyond. Drawing on Victorian vitalism and Edison's unfinished "spirit phone," I explore a possibility: attempting to extract information, some ghostly trace of what once was, from the magnetic field using a collection of humming machines. 

My mother was a broadcaster; her work immersed her in the network of electromagnetism, her voice once heard by all.

Within the darkened space, machines bearing the traces of handcraft assemble a dynamic psychic field. Nine drawing machines tremble and move across a long scroll, leaving their marks. A rudimentary record player engraves tiny vibrations onto a record using a defunct telephone receiver, while bottles filled with blue liquid emit faint sounds through magnets and coils. Two machines levitate small spheres using different waves, causing them to rise and fall, and a homemade antenna lies slumped in a corner.


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。

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。

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。


Drawing machine, analog recorder, reel, liquid analog sound, electrostatic levitation device, ultrasonic levitation device, Yagi antenna

Psychic Machine  
通灵机器


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