The (temporary) Gadget Series

After the conduction of Trinity Test that marks the proposed starting point of Anthropocene, the background radiation in the atmosphere reaches the peak within half-century due to thousands of overground nuclear tests. As the attenuation of radiation is happening, the background radiation intensity will decrease by the exponential curve.

The (temporary) gadget consists of various materials and ready-made circuit boards as well as other modular. The Geiger Muller tube at the end of the pole detects the radiation level in the atmosphere. It will keep shaking while receiving the radiation ions until the background radiation intensity decay to the level before the Anthropocene, only if that could ever happen.

*The first nuclear bomb in the history used in Trinity Test is named “The Gadget”.

photos by Cao Daxu and Guo Cheng

(临时的)小器具系列
Arduino，定制电路，盖革穆勒管，铝，碳纤维管，水泥砖
2018

被议定为象征人类纪起始的标志三位一体核试验（Trinity test）发生之后的近半个世纪，千余起核试验所造成大气中本底辐射（background radiation）达到了前所未有的峰值。随着大气中放射元素衰变的不断进行，本底辐射强度将按指数曲线下降。

装置“（临时的）小器具”由多种材料、现成电路板和其他元件拼装而成，其长杆末端的盖革米勒管（Geiger Muller tube）在探测着环境中的辐射值，并随着接收到的辐射离子不断晃动，直至环境中的本底辐射强度衰减至人类纪开始之前的水平时才会停止。如果这可能发生的话。

*第一颗核试验(Trinity test)所用的原子弹名为 “The Gadget”。

作品摄影：曹达旭 郭城

— in Guo Chen’s website (read more)