The Beckett Machine is an electronic artwork that endlessly performs the text of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot. The stage is comprised of a small Liquid Crystal Display and a series of flashing Light Emitting Diodes. The diodes represent individual characters and stage directions. They also indicate which of the acts is currently being performed.
Exhibited: International Text Festival, Bury Art Gallery, 2010.
Related Paper: The Beckett Machine: Something Mechanical Encrusted Upon the Living - April 2007, Repeat:Repeat Conference, 19th - 20th April 2007, University of Chester, UK. Positive Review in Art Monthly, September 2009.
Technology: PIC Microcontroller, LCD, LEDs
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