Gas Powered Analogue/Digital Converter

This new image continues with the theme of creating machines from things found around my house in the hopes of further exploring the concept of transparency…but enough has already been said about that in the posts below.   What really interested me about this particular image was making the robot!  I got the idea when I simply looked up at the light bulbs in my bathroom and thought, “they look a lot like robot eyes.”   The idea of building a robot seemed like a playful endeavour so that was right up my ally. That phrasing is important because I thought of it as “building a robot” the whole time.  Of course, I can’t really build a robot but this plays into the transparent/opaque and simple/complex dualities I have been working with lately. Note, once again the theme is dualities…and simulation...and humor.
 
Anyway, all that remained was to decide what this robot did.   I believe that people who work in electronic engineering sometimes build analogue to digital converters, for various reasons, so I decided to build my own. Naturally, I missed the point by making it about converting clock displays.  But then, maybe we need more clock converters since I am lead to believe that a lot a kids these days can’t read an old fashioned clock.  Older people might think being able to read a clock or answer a phone properly is important but younger people tend to prioritize the ability to use social media or shop online.  It just depends on one’s perspective…though oddly enough all of these things are easy to do.  Being able to do truly complicated things, like actually build a program, clock, phone, or… robot, isn’t really part of that dialogue. 
 
Anyway, in the end it was a fun image to make.  I like this Robot.  I think I will name him Clamps.