Sundays are a good day for decompressing and, if inclined, reflecting on things not related to the daily grind. Like Art.
Here in DC we are embarassingly rich in expressions of artistic skill. And not just the architecture of the city. Any Sunday, or other day for that matter, we can visit the Corcoran, the National Gallery of Art, the Phillips Collection, the Hirshhorn, and the list goes on.
With so many genres available just about any taste can be indulged. One wonders where all the creative spirit comes from to produce new and original work. One might also wonder what might be just over the horizon.
Ben Grosser wonders as well. He asks the question "how does the intelligence (that flows through all our technology devices) evolve to make its own work for its own needs"
That question was the " ... launching point for my interactive robotic painting machine".
That launching point led to many related questions. Such as:
- Does an art-making machine of my design make work for me or for itself? How does machine vision differ from human vision, and is that difference visible in its output? Is my own consciousness reinforced by the system or does it become lost within? In other words, it this machine alive, with agency as yet another piece of the technium, or is it our own anthropomorphization of the system that makes us think about it in these ways?
To investigate these questions, he has built a device that paints based on ambient conditions in its environment.
Follow the links above to see how the device evolved and where the questions lead him.
Enjoy your Sunday.
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