Birds don’t have Borders explores the transmission and migration between humans, birds, and intangible media. The installation combines three works, one is lights and sounds work using a primitive visible light communication system which is installed on a hidden staircase . The second are player toy pianos, played by light sensors with bird flock videos placed in front of the window. The system mimics old transmission systems such as punch cards or MIDI. The third are small kinetic objects placed on the hutch, using bird feathers which were collected by Suzuki in NYC.
The other artwork is an installation that uses simple visible light communication, based on research into ghost stories and immigration and quarantine histories in islands of New York Bay. The audio from the cassette player is transmitted to LED lights, and the light is converted back into sound using a solar receiver. In the process of transforming sound into light and light into sound, ghosts during the colonial era would be generated.
