Sculptures that work. Objects that speak. Machines with memory.
The Pattern
Twenty years of pattern recognition—binary opposition methodology learned through Derrida, applied through corporate analytics, finally demanding physical form in 2024. Same analytical framework. Different outputs. Measure what was promised versus what actually happened.
I built a wingsuit in Paraguay that flew (2001). The approach hasn't changed: build what needs to exist using infrastructure that's accessible.
Recent Work
Cornered Optimism (2024-2025): Twelve measurement instruments documenting complicity, powerlessness, continuation through operational apparatus.
Telegraph transmitting via Claude API through five biographical ghost operators. Built memorial during dying so transmission wouldn't be lost.
Blade deployment mechanism: $157.98 Amazon Prime, three weeks, posted to Reddit—systematically removed. The suppression demonstrated the point.
Sound system where white mouse spins mechanically faster as volume increases. I am the mouse. Built the system, corrupted the content (pirated MP3s).
Wooden coffee maker that actually brews. Inscription method transmitted from soldier's carved shell—ballpoint pen pressed repeatedly for 45 minutes. Lineage proved real.
Triggerless weapons built in Sydney following family ranch attack in Paraguay— 13,000km distant. Cannot pull trigger. Cannot fire. Cannot protect. The measurement is the absence.
How It Works
These aren't symbolic representations—they're functional apparatus that prove concepts through operation. The telegraph transmits continuously. The R9X blades deploy in 500ms intervals. The mouse spins faster mechanically. The trench club illuminates whilst maintaining skull-fracturing capacity. The radio receives but cannot transmit. The coffee maker brews.
They work. Function is the evidence.
Recognition through making: Ideas arrive seeking construction. Hands know configurations before minds articulate purposes. Compulsion → building → recognition → practical use continues.
Deep complicity: Profoundly implicated in what I measure. Built R9X using Amazon Prime logistics—same supply chains Ukraine uses operationally. Filled Mouse with pirated music whilst building Rams tribute using Temu knockoff tools. Ghost Telegraph's five operators are biographical fragments of my own
Technical Range
ESP32, Arduino, Claude API integration, MIG welding, woodworking, 3D printing, 23 years photographic practice, salvage electronics bricolage.
Contact
Email: contact@blasprieto.com
Available for collaborations, commissions, exhibitions.