The Atlantic: "Exhibited at MINDCRAFT 11 earlier this month at the annual Milan Design Week, Eske Rex's room-sized drawing machine looks like a medieval torture device, bulky and unwieldy, rough and unfinished. But when it starts moving, the wood, stone and steel structure produces beautiful drawings that can cover an entire wall, beautiful drawings that Co. Design's John Pavlus notes 'only the naked laws of physics can produce.'
Friday, April 22, 2011
A Room-Sized Spirograph Machine
The Atlantic: "Exhibited at MINDCRAFT 11 earlier this month at the annual Milan Design Week, Eske Rex's room-sized drawing machine looks like a medieval torture device, bulky and unwieldy, rough and unfinished. But when it starts moving, the wood, stone and steel structure produces beautiful drawings that can cover an entire wall, beautiful drawings that Co. Design's John Pavlus notes 'only the naked laws of physics can produce.'
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This is a pretty cool Spirograph. I found it interesting that he uses two pendulums to produce the drawings and has a static canvas. Much easier to do then make the canvas move and the drawings come out just as amazing. The simplicity behind the machine is great and the pure fact that it happens by just starting it with a release of your hands. The scale of this is also amazing that the drawings produced are on such a large scale.
I LOVE installations in which the installation itself creates art. Especially with all of the technological resources provided in today’s age, I am truly in awe of the artists who dismiss those availables and use traditional methods of physics to create artistic structures. I created a similar, but much simpler, installation during Playground 2010 and now find myself inspired to reinvent the process. I love the concept of applying the medium without an artist’s hand in order to create the picture. It is a true challenge, especially for an artist who cannot give up the power of creation to the arms of another, or a machine for this matter. The mathematical, constructional, and artistic work that has gone into the project is unbelievable and I truly applaud Rex on a job well done.
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