At present i have been working on drawing machines. The aim was to create works which were not totally directed and controlled by the artist. the drawings are drawn by machines which are made by and switched on by the artist so the work is only indirectly created by a person. the actual decision making involved during the drawing process is left down to the machines, by chance and by the environment the drawing is drawn in. the drawing therefore is a record of an event, if you consider an event to be a happening or occurance of some kind or another be it large or small.
This idea of recording an event but leaving much of it up to chance is mirrored by 'Gwillam the Movie' and is something which i am very interested in. Chance is very important to me, i feel that each persons life is directed indirectly by the individual themselves but controlled predominantly by chance. this notion of each drawing being a record of an event enduces several questions. one of the questions that i have been considering is the difference between focusing on the event or focusing on the documentation of the event ie. the drawing.
This idea of recording an event but leaving much of it up to chance is mirrored by 'Gwillam the Movie' and is something which i am very interested in. Chance is very important to me, i feel that each persons life is directed indirectly by the individual themselves but controlled predominantly by chance. this notion of each drawing being a record of an event enduces several questions. one of the questions that i have been considering is the difference between focusing on the event or focusing on the documentation of the event ie. the drawing.
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