N.Sputnik

It was great to see everyone tonight at our Cyberdeck September meetup! We sold all of our Cardputer ADVs and showed everyone how to load the M5Launcher firmware. We met a group of CSULB computers science students, got an update on Ed’s badge for OC Maker Fare (which he helped to debug with his Cardputer he got a few days ago), we got a demo of Barzem’s voice interactive senior assistant device, and Mitov’s software demo for ESP32 S3.

I'll have my interactive phone installation tomorrow at the anual sound art event SOUNDPEDRO taking place at Angels Gate Cultural Center June 6th from 7pm to 10pm. Listen to any of the 114 songs about making or receiving a phone call, your horoscope, stories about the old phone system, and historic speeches on old analog phones from the 70s, 80s and 90s. Call other participants. https://www.facebook.com/events/1534502601360381

We are less than a week away from the next exhibition of Voices on the Line at soundpedro, June 6th.

On-site event 2026 soundpedro2026 Tin– FREE, one night on-site eventSaturday, June 6, 7-10 PM Angels Gate Cultural Center3601 South Gaffey Street, San Pedro, CA 90731 Riffing on the traditional ten-year anniversary gift, Tin– will feature installations, performances, and roaming presentations, as soundped

Thank you Amy and for having me and my installation piece “Voices on the Line” today as part of Arts Open San Pedro today.

Voices on the Line by N.Sputnik will be an Angels Gate Cultural Center on April 26 as part of Open Studios Day Spring 2026.
Voices on the Line is a collection of vintage analog telephones sit together, on a table in a room, or on a blanket in a park. Wires connect them to each other, but there’s no phone company, no line running to the wall. Pick up a receiver and there’s a dial tone anyway. A little black book sits beside each phone with numbers listed. Extensions leading to recorded speeches, songs about phone calls, stories about the way phone systems used to work, voices from decades past. Some extensions are unlisted. Some you find by accident. Dial 411 and see where it takes you. Or figure out how to call the other phones (there’s a clue in the little black book) and find yourself connected to a stranger who is also interacting with the piece.