The Ego Machine

(1978) custom electronics,  LEDs, switcher cables, acrylic plastic, painted welded steel.
(private collection)
  Wind Attendant . Two propellers close reed switches and two photo cells look around as the wind directs them.  This data is  available to the Ego Hisself.
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The Ego Hisself:  An LED display of two custom electronic sound synthesizers that "play" compostions based on inputs of data from exterior wind and light.  "Clouds", one phase of "Cloud Baby Artist"one of the two ancillary sculptures is sietting on a pedestal.  
This image is  from the 1978 exhibition, "Jim Pallas: Works In Progress"
Courtesy of the Detroit Institute of Arts
       
  "Cloud Baby Artist"  twirls painted mirror clouds in its cloud phase.     "Cloud Baby Artist" in baby artist phase.  Crawls on paper  with pen feet and creates  "Ego Drawings" which sold for 1 dollar increments starting at 1dollar.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

 "The Old Bag" inflates, twitches horse hair whisks, jiggles beads and drops a stringed feather. 

    



                             

"Moon and Cloud"  Acrylic plastic, motor, light.