
Artist · Engineer
Joshua Borsman
Sculpture, sound, and kinetic work — staged in galleries, gardens, sidewalks, and orbit.
Selected Work
12 ProjectsGenerative · Real-Time
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Real-time sonification of the International Space Station. As the ISS threads the parallels and meridians of Earth, each crossing plucks a string in a meditative scale — a slow music written by gravity, never repeating.
Earth HarpReal-time sonification of the International Space Station. As the ISS threads the parallels and meridians of Earth, each crossing plucks a string in a meditative scale — a slow music written by gravity, never repeating.
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An orrery that hums. The Sun's helical voyage through the Milky Way, set to a slow, generative voice — Jupiter and Io, photographed by gravity.
HelioscopeAn orrery that hums. The Sun's helical voyage through the Milky Way, set to a slow, generative voice — Jupiter and Io, photographed by gravity.
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Real-time sonification of James Webb Space Telescope imagery. A scanning gantry samples each tile of the nebula and translates its RGB structure into a three-note phrase through a modal resonator and granular bed.
LightcurveReal-time sonification of James Webb Space Telescope imagery. A scanning gantry samples each tile of the nebula and translates its RGB structure into a three-note phrase through a modal resonator and granular bed.
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Generative sonification of chaotic dynamical systems. Sixteen strange attractors rendered in real-time WebGL, mapped to modal resonator synthesis — equations, evolved until they breathe.
Phase SpaceGenerative sonification of chaotic dynamical systems. Sixteen strange attractors rendered in real-time WebGL, mapped to modal resonator synthesis — equations, evolved until they breathe.
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Kinetic · Sculpture
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Inverted Pendulum 00001. A carbon-fibre arm held in unstable equilibrium by a real-time control system, tracking visitors through the space via human skeletal estimation. Accompanied by Pacific Northwest birdsong.
PendulumInverted Pendulum 00001. A carbon-fibre arm held in unstable equilibrium by a real-time control system, tracking visitors through the space via human skeletal estimation. Accompanied by Pacific Northwest birdsong.
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A parametric WebGL gear mechanism set in Escher-inspired architecture: spur, helical, herringbone, bevel, worm, and rack gears physically meshing across three perpendicular gravities.
The Relativity EngineA parametric WebGL gear mechanism set in Escher-inspired architecture: spur, helical, herringbone, bevel, worm, and rack gears physically meshing across three perpendicular gravities.
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Exhibitions
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Morticia's Lullaby — a live sound installation that sonified the bloom of a corpse flower (Amorphophallus titanum) at The Spheres in Seattle, September 2025. Sensor data converted to control voltages, played in real time on an analog Eurorack modular synthesizer.
Morticia2025Morticia's Lullaby — a live sound installation that sonified the bloom of a corpse flower (Amorphophallus titanum) at The Spheres in Seattle, September 2025. Sensor data converted to control voltages, played in real time on an analog Eurorack modular synthesizer.
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A 2023 exhibition with special guest Jacqueline Goldberg, honouring Seattle neon: the Elephant Super Car Wash, the Seattle City Light depot in Georgetown, and the Lost Lake Cafe & Lounge. Large-format acrylic on canvas, painted at Ground Floor Studio.
City Light2023A 2023 exhibition with special guest Jacqueline Goldberg, honouring Seattle neon: the Elephant Super Car Wash, the Seattle City Light depot in Georgetown, and the Lost Lake Cafe & Lounge. Large-format acrylic on canvas, painted at Ground Floor Studio.
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A 300-million-point LIDAR scan of the Amazon Spheres, rendered as pointillist fly-throughs. Three mobile stations with 65-inch OLEDs, custom PCs, and stereoscopic depth cameras let viewers navigate the cloud with their bodies. South Lake Union, 2023.
Seeing with Computers2023A 300-million-point LIDAR scan of the Amazon Spheres, rendered as pointillist fly-throughs. Three mobile stations with 65-inch OLEDs, custom PCs, and stereoscopic depth cameras let viewers navigate the cloud with their bodies. South Lake Union, 2023.
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Portfolio of Possibilities — a six-month residency at Mad Art Seattle, 2016. Bell tones became laser-light on water, an innertube sculpture answered the arrival of a city bus, and four artists turned a gallery into an instrument.
Mad Art2016Portfolio of Possibilities — a six-month residency at Mad Art Seattle, 2016. Bell tones became laser-light on water, an innertube sculpture answered the arrival of a city bus, and four artists turned a gallery into an instrument.
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Studios
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Ender 1.0 — an off-grid mobile art studio built on a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 4×4. Custom roof rack, solar power, Tigerwood deck. Built to go anywhere.
EnderEnder 1.0 — an off-grid mobile art studio built on a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 4×4. Custom roof rack, solar power, Tigerwood deck. Built to go anywhere.
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A year-long artist-and-maker residency in South Lake Union, Seattle. Fabrication studio with CNC mill, the seven-axis robot Waldorf, modular synthesis, painting, and digital art — built in partnership with Amazon GREF.
Ground Floor Studio2023A year-long artist-and-maker residency in South Lake Union, Seattle. Fabrication studio with CNC mill, the seven-axis robot Waldorf, modular synthesis, painting, and digital art — built in partnership with Amazon GREF.
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