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Frequency is an installation showing the intersections among various systems constructing our experience. Radio transmissions are broadcast to living spider-plants. These plants are of two generations, the mother and her five clone-babies. The plants are watered via a motorized passive hydroponics system. The magnetic current surrounding the motor affects the visual display of the electromagnetic spectrum on the cathode-ray tube mounted above the water reservoir. Small ripples disrupt the surface of the water. The wave form is a vehicle for energy transmission in diverse systems, including DNA replication, the movement of electrons in an electrical circuit, wireless transmissions, the magnetic fields surrounding the magnets in a motor, and the movement on the surface of a body of water. Frequency explores the functions of the waveform in our experience, and the interconnected quality that it represents.