Stephen Wolff — Pixelation Bench

stephen wolff · stephendwolff.com

I make instruments, images and software — usually where sound and code meet.

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sample patch — mm cell 13 mm patch ÷ cell — —

Advanced — for tinkerers

Cell size

13 mm

Diffusion half-angle

6 °

Gap to scene

40 cm

Baffle depth

12 mm

Septa width

1 mm

D = 2·gap·tan(θ), clipped by baffle D ≤ gap·cell/depth · flat-pixel condition D ≳ cell

Planned as a physical screen — prisms on rotating cylinders — to obscure an actor on stage into an avatar rather than a person.

It's also a way to sit with how differently we each take the world in — short or long sight, auditory processing that works its own way — different senses, different contexts, part of the rich tapestry of life.