ARMAMENTA

Instruments for paying attention

The workshop

Armamenta makes instruments for paying attention. The first one is on the bench.

The Armamentarium

A field station for one room and its window: live birds, stored light, a person at work, and a clock that says what it knows. These are six studies for how it might look.

Concept studies · October 2026 · Illustrations, not live pictures

  1. The Watch: a large view of a bird feeder among oak leaves, with a small sun-path diagram and field notes alongside.
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    The Watch

    A generous view of the feeder, a short note, a narrow ledger. Long holds.

  2. The Diptych: the feeder labelled NOW beside open lake water labelled THEN.
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    The Diptych

    Now beside then. Live birds next to an archive loop, each with its own time.

  3. The Bench: hands holding a translucent sheet over a desk of notebooks and leaves, with two smaller outdoor views.
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    The Bench

    The process camera. Birds and archive keep steady company with the work.

  4. The Night Instrument: a dark layout with a dusk lake, a sun-altitude dial, and a panel reading camera offline.
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    The Night Instrument

    After dark. When a camera is offline, it says offline.

  5. The Chronicle: the feeder beside a ledger headed Waiting, listing observations and notes.
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    The Chronicle

    A ledger that accumulates, and only records what happened. Empty time is allowed.

  6. The Polychron: a three-by-two grid of views labelled present, practice, repeated, detail, calculated and remembered.
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    The Polychron

    Six views at once, for the periodic overview.

Shelly Cam

Shelly is a squirrel who visits the balcony glass. Her camera is not installed yet. When it is, it goes here.