A wildfire is triggered by a downed electrical line and accelerated by low humidity, dry grass, and hot winds. An epidemic is triggered by a patient zero and is accelerated by recycled air, poor hygiene, and unfinished antibiotic regimens. A social movement starts with a new idea and is accelerated by organizers, followers, resources, and attention.

Binary Outcomes mirrors the function of many scientific and social phenomena through a simple, music- based model. The piece uses pressure-activated sensors to respond to human touch, producing one track of a musical score to play through headphones.

INTERACTION: Visitors were invited to place their palms on one of the boxes and push gently to hear a few notes from an oboe come through. Then, nudged to get others to join in to build up to a familiar melody when all five stations were touched.

Starting from a paper prototype and ending at the final piece was quite the journey. Some of the challenges included figuring out how to daisy chain the boxes, how to program the system of 5 nodes to communicate, and also how to make sure visitors pushing on the boxes could ultimately figure out what was going on.