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A grid of 144 sprites representing the 49 Androgynous Daemons expand across a hyperbolic "plane" (Poincare Disk). The piece is driven by radioactive decay measured with a Geiger counter. The Geiger counter responds when a highly charged particle (alpha or beta particle) causes a voltage change in the sensor. This results in a “tick”. The piece has been written so that when a tick is registered it changes the color of one of the demons (chosen by computer generated random number). If the voltage (radioactivity / multiple decay) is above a certain level the sprite is transformed into a Cherubim and the Name is Chosen from a pool of the 49Androgynous Daemons, Angels and 12 Gates, displayed with an expanding ring or exploding flare. Intermittent trails are generated to track the sprites (which begin as blue) and the flares (which are red at first).