Art- orate is a machine that makes art while rotating and gives the meaning itself.The machine consists of a motor connected to battery. It is placed inside the inverted cup. Head of ear- buds dipped in color are attached to the bottom rim of the cup that makes a pattern visible on the paper. When circuit is complete, motor rotates making cup move in random direction. The random movement of cup makes patterns on the paper creating a certain kind of generative art. We didn't want to make a circular pattern with the machine we used and thus this machine was perfect. It moves in itself making random patterns and is continuously moving. Most machines have a winder which needs to be wound at regular intervals for the machine to move but we did not want that. Not controlling, as the battery is connected, the motor keeps on rotating without stopping thus the ever-rotating cup.
Experiment is the key to Discovery. So, to start upon I targeted small objects like toys to and separated all its parts. Every small part was disintegrated and I examined working of it. I took a toy pull car and found its mechanism. With the machine I attached different coloring mediums like paint brushes, sketch pen nib, ear bud dipped in color and attached to the moving part of machine. Machine moved randomly and made patterns on paper. The machine moved in vertical circular motion.
It was quite challenging for me to break down the alarm clock and disintegrate the moving parts. Well I was not successful to separate all the parts, but the ticking needle was moving when whined the clock key. I tried to attach some medium to the clock to make pattern when needle moves, but that was difficult and I could not come up with any outcome. So, I left it for further investigations.
Hackathon is an event where computer programmers and people involved in software development (graphic designers, interface designers and project managers) collaborate intensively on software projects. I attended Image Podium Design Challenge hackathon organized by LensBricks in Bangalore on 5th of April 2014. Our challenge was to get stories from a photograph in an interesting way. `I along with my team members designed a website "Picalore" layout where people can plan their vacation tour by referring just pictures on web. Click to one picture will lead to another picture along with options of web search, share, socialize and plan journey. Below is series of our primary attempt to make layout of website. The most basic rule of Generative art is the act of Randomness. At the beginning of Generative art, computer artists and software designers feed computer with a set of rules /instructions. The computer followed those rules and created pattern. Later, artits created generative art wihout using computers. They used methods which were mechanically suported to form patterns at randomness.
Generative art also exist in music and theatre field. It’s the art where mechanism of the machine in not inour control. The non-predicted outcome surprises the artist and that is what brings up the art. Unlike the name “Generative” , here artist actually do not generate art and is purely based on the patterns of randomness. |