ayah bdeir

A reinterpretation of a traditional chandelier in which the crystals and lights form the underlying rigid structure for transient, flowing arms. The disappearing and reappearing body of the chandelier is defined by a fabric contour which weaves through a channel of suspended hoops. The system is actuated by a single driving motor unwinding a spool of custom ribbon. The speed of the motor is calibrated to match the prescribed pattern of the ribbon and define the timing of the piece. The effect is an ethereal lighting fixture which continuously draws and erases itself, in essence, a 4D chandelier.

Ayah Bdeir and Jessica Banks
Chandelier in 4, 2008
Custom electronics, lights, crystals, ribbon, wire, perspex

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A bird’s eye view of a little over 3 years of violence, strife, and very bright lights rocking lebanon, remembered and replayed in 45 minutes of proportionally timed light display.

22 x 30 inches
Electronics on Canvas
produced June 2008

An interactive visualization for a live concert and fundraiser in Vienna on April 21. The visualization will track and display in real-time the the SMS donations of audience members. By: Jessica Banks, Ayah Bdeir, Friedrich Kirschner, Zach Lieberman, and Addie Wagenknecht, with the Ars Electonica Futurelab

An interactive multitouch blackboard aiming to make the specificities of the arabic language a fun activity for kids.

With Lana Bdeir, Daniel Hai, Yachi Peng and Nort/d

A public intervention, an installation, and an online project that looks to capture a large, closely tied network, the Lebanese diaspora.

kiNET is a deformable, animated surface that uses flexor patterns, microcontroller circuits and solenoids to create movement in otherwise rigid surfaces.

the easier way from ayah bdeir on Vimeo.

A 2 minute movie edited from the Prelinger Archive that looks at the relationship between technology and man: illusion, promise, addiction, consumption…

An interactive installation that attempts to turn the relationship we have with spam around. A microcontroller-based Webserver retrieves spam sent over the Internet in real- time, and remotely feeds a continuous shuffled stream of it to public displays. Spam is no longer meaningless, time-consuming junk, but rather a diagnosis of cultural values and an alternate representation of societies.