Electro-Magnetic Chihuahua-Nod Machine uses a nodding toy dog normally animated by the movement of a car. In the video the toy is now animated by switches controlling four electrically powered magnets. The control board with the switches is amplified with a contact microphone so that each pressed switch is audible. I attempt to nod the dog’s head in synch with a car’s movement projected on the wall behind the nodding machine.
Exhibition History: 2010 IMAA (Independent Media Arts Alliance Ontario) ON, Fire festival (Canada); 2004 Owens Art Gallery (Sackville, Canada); 2003 Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (MOCCA) (Toronto, Canada); 2002 Apexart Gallery (New York, USA); 2002 Trinity Bellwoods Park (Toronto, Canada)
Publication: Falvey, Emily. “Spinning Wheels.” Collyer, Hlady, Wheppler & Mahovsky. Owens Art Gallery, 2004, pp. 9-15.
See also: Bag Machine