Artist Statement - John

Jaemin Shin and Chris Xue

Our storytelling object is a marble run. A marble will be placed and inserted into the hole of these boxes and would follow the path in the boxes. However, in these boxes there are multiple layers. These are slidable and would form many stories. The path would be impeded if the user slid the box in the wrong place. 

This marble run symbolize John BLANK's work on radars during WWII. At the time, John served in the navy. He was tasked with developing top secret technology know as the radar. This was a significant moment in his life because this was when he switched from majoring Aeronautical Engineering to Electrical Engineering. In a radar, there are senders and receivers. Senders emit high frequency waves, while receivers collect the waves that were bounced off of detected object. 

To represent these senders and receivers in this marble run, we made a ball that represents high frequency waves, which travels along the ramps. If the ball passed through all three sections, there will be a container that collects the ball at the end of the ramp, representing a receiver. If the ball does not go through all the sections, it will exit through the sides and not appear in the receiver. 

Green lines waving through the gleaming screen turns on the light in my head. Enlightened. I quickly scribble my inner light down. Sudden flash with temporary sparks soon loses its vitality. Void black emerges. I've failed. Numerous disappointments yet this still puts a smile on my face. Ardently, I started from the beginning. The sender.