#SelfTracking is the phenomenon of measuring and sharing of all kinds of physical and personal metrics.

In my assemblage artwork, I explored the theme of self-tracking.

An old thermograph from the 1950s forms the frame and records measurements on the rotating drum scale. Trapped in a cage of technology, the human being—symbolized by the 1940s Schildkröt doll's head—allows all sorts of measurements to be recorded.

The two blue cold cathode tubes represent antennas, as the tracking of the measurements is shared with the whole world. The red light represents the pressure under which the person has placed themselves.

Materials:

• Thermograph manufactured in the1950s by Feingerätebau Fischer, Drebach / Erzgebirge, Germany 
• Doll head "Strampelchen" doll by Schildkröt from the 1940s
• LED illumination: COB LED stripe, RGB changing LED, blue LEDs (doll eyes)
• CCFL tubes: Cold cathode fluorescent tubes 30cm, blue
• Hard disk parts
• Edison incandescent bulbs
• Bakelite sockets, dimmer, switch, textile power cord

Additional Information:

• A Thermograph is a measuring device for detecting and recording the temperature in a continuous time course. A mechanical temperature measuring device controls a recording arm. This in turn has a writing attachment at its tip with which it transfers the course of the temperature to a rotating paper drum and thus displays it graphically. The recording time is determined by the rotation speed of the paper drum.
• Thermographs were previously used for long-term temperature recordings.