Under the Sea
This piece depicts the interior of Captain Nemo’s submarine in 20,000 Leagues under the Sea.
It is difficult to accurately capture the experience of peering into this little box. One really gets the feeling that they are aboard the vessel. The squid shown in the rear is a real preserved specimen. The LEDs surrounding it and the green plastic covering it make it look very much like a hologram.
Every element was found — scrap yards, second-hand stores, dumpsters — then cleaned, stripped, sorted and rebuilt. Found aluminum is TIG-welded and sanded seamless; nothing is cast. The electronics are salvaged from consumer devices, repaired and rewired so the piece does something when you touch it.
Materials
Everything in this piece had a previous life. Nemo’s own inventory, in his words.
Vintage television cabinet, sewing machine cover, clock, change sorter, picture frames, VU meters, switches, bubble levels, tobacco pipe, gas fittings, water valve, runners trophy, indicator lights, LEDs, preserved squid, oscilloscope parts, nixie tube, carpet, motors, misc hardware, sound recording module.
