My work is primarily about motion. I am interested in tracking movement and trying to understand its spirit. I have found that light, sound and mark have been excellent ways to track movement. In A New Electrical Machine for the Table sound tracks the movement of a variety of simple mechanisms. This tabletop machine is based on electrical experiments and contraptions of the 18th century, a time when scientists were thought of as magicians, and electricity was thought of as a spell or elixir.

 

Helen Quinn lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. She received her undergraduate degree from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1991 and her Masters from Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2000. Her kinetic installations, sound pieces and drawings have been exhibited in the US and now, in Canada.