Donna Legault is an experimental artist based in Ottawa, Canada. Her work explores opportunities afforded by technology to acknowledge human/non-human relations through gesture and resonance. Her research is disseminated through modalities of motion and sound via electronic installation, sculpture, drawing, and performance.
Minutiae is a collection of fingerprint data mapped onto a paper scroll and played thorough a custom motorized music box. The data of individuals who posted their fingerprints online are plotted using the same strategies as image processing techniques used by fingerprint analysis technology. This compilation of biometric minutiae explores the interrelation of data sonification and visualization to reveal the sound signatures of peoples digital identities.
Repurposed speaker box, plexiglass, music box mechanism, motorized pinch roller, contact microphone and custom amplifier, paper scroll.
Motorization completed with the assistance of Michael Grant.
