Bug in the System

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These various devices were in amongst many motors, solenoids and other electronic debris kindly donated to the project by Pierre Veyser, an artist based in Geneva.

As I sorted through the devices, these small geared ones stood out as having some similarities with each other. This was also a test to determine whether up to 8 motors or movements could be triggered.

The devices have become another group of characters having a discussion.

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The piece was almost titled "Mini Made to Malfunction" as it is quite similar in character to my first foray into using Arduino and random programming to achieve a similar effect.

However while looking up alternative terms for malfunction, the word bug came up a number of times... And as you see from the photograph to the left, the work does indeed look like a bug when arranged for presentation.