My objective is to exhibit a group of furniture pieces titled Vehicle #3: Heliotropic Furniture. With the help of funding from San Diego State University, I have been engaged in the research, development, and construction of a body of work that features solar-powered electromechanical furniture objects that respond to changes in their immediate environment. These benches will move within an environment based on their own logic. Together they will create a autonomous interactive via photovoltaics. To work with the limited energy generated by the photovoltaic panels, I have incorporated composite materials, known for their incredible strength-to-weight ratio, to create ultra-light structures. I intend to exhibit Vehicle #3: Heliotropic Furniture as an interior installation allowing the furniture to roam within a delimited space.
['Matthew G. Hebert']
Vehicle #3: heliotropic furniture - an autonomous installation