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A Discussion about Machines and Drawings
What is a drawing? List your assumptions.
- A drawing is made by one person.
- A drawing is made on paper….
What is a machine? List your assumptions.
- A machine is electric.
- A machine is not a living thing…
Some Things to View
- Aram Bartholl, PAINT Class (2014)
- Karina Smigla-Bobinski, ADA
- Tim Knowles, Tree Drawings
- Robo-Rainbow by CROMATICS
- Addie Wagenknecht, Roomba Self-Portrait (24:40 — 31:50)
- Blind Self Portrait, Kyle McDonald & Matt Mets
- Being the Machine, Laura Devendorf
- Drawdio by Jay Silver
- Pierre & Damien, Zachary Lieberman et al., IQ Font (2009)
- Vik Muniz, Clouds (2001)
Some DIY Drawing Machines
- Meagan Kombol, Subway Lines
- Rubber band + Spool, by All Lovely Stuff
- Drawing Machine (desk fan + motorized pet), by Kanako Ishikawa
- Harmonograph by Hillary Butterworth
- Pantograph/Spiro machine
- Windup toy, by Echo Yang; Alarm clock, by Echo Yang
- Tom Whitwell’s Mecha-Musical Machine
- Loackme’s Turntable
- Machine that Records Pinball
- Carolee Schneeman, Up to And Including Her Limits (1973)
- Rebecca Horn, Pencil Mask (1972)
A Landfill of Additional DIY Drawing Machines
I’ve bolded a few that I particularly like.
- CMU School of Design DIY machines
- Rubber-band powered drawing machine
- DIY machine workshop
- Box Fan
- Paint Spinner, by Katerina Fisenko
- Installation, by Mary Thompson
- Claire Mitchell, EMG Arm
- Walk with Paintballs, by Korina Anne Cruz
- Gravity Powered, by Amelia Saffron
- Marble Run, by Lindsey Colbourne
- Top, by Lauren Zemering
- Floor Spinner, by Jess John
- Xbox Rumble by Alban Voss
- Bubbles, by Szymon Paśko
- Massager, by Nisha
- Harmonograph, by Michalina Jasinska
- Erratic pendula by Shifra Steinberg
- Ink Spinners by Enna Ikuta
- DIY Pinball, by Maria Mikołajczak
- Drill press drawing machine
- Drawing machine for two, by Kiki van Caspel
- In-Car Drawing Machine, by Kaitlin Carlisle
- https://vimeo.com/user44932168 machines by (CMU alum) Zachary Rapoport
- Electric Whisk Drawing Machine by Arlene Sharp
- https://www.pinterest.com/eindrik/risd-machine-art/
- https://www.pinterest.com/amsircello/kinetic-drawing-sculpture-and-markmaking-machines/
- https://www.pinterest.com/NewCollegeDesign/drawing-machines/
- Balint Bolygo, Trace II
- drill + crayons + rubbing
- Umbrella Drawing Machine by Wen Zhou
- http://www.uturn.org/synapsis/
- Moka, Mechanical Parts
- Olafur Eliasson, Station to Station
- Tinguely Museum exhibition
- Angela Bulloch, On/Off Line Drawing Machine
- Arthur Ganson, Faster
- Jurg Lehni: Otto, Viktor, Hektor
- Bird drawing machine and other drawing machines