The machine that I’ve chosen for generating art is that which is used to function
a walking toy dog that after a few steps flips to stand on it’s feet again. The
machine upon stripping down the exterior, is battery operated. The battery
functions wheels that allow the rotation of thin iron bar knobs along which are
set the limbs of the toy. There are wheels that separately govern these limbs and
another set, which is larger in number, to regulate a spring mechanism that
facilitates the toy to flip on it’s limbs. These latter set of wheels move slower
than the other to let the spring slowly move downwards upon which it snaps
back up which in turn makes the toy flip. This toy because of it’s relatively heavy
and many different motor activities makes it a preferable machine for multi
tasking in the genre of Generative art. What I have done to modify the machine,
is to detach the limb first to lay bare only the rotating knobs along which pencil
halves have been attached using rubber bands to hold it upright from the front.
Around these pencil halves I have attached ear buds that are supposed to dipped
in color, to give it the quality to generate patterns upon forward movement
which is governed by the pencil sticks. The iron knobs at the back have single
ear buds attached to them which make a pattern as they drag along the forward
movement. At the back, the head of a paint brush is attached to the knob that
extends from the spring system so that at regular intervals, when it’s brought
down, it presses against the surface, to leave a mark
a walking toy dog that after a few steps flips to stand on it’s feet again. The
machine upon stripping down the exterior, is battery operated. The battery
functions wheels that allow the rotation of thin iron bar knobs along which are
set the limbs of the toy. There are wheels that separately govern these limbs and
another set, which is larger in number, to regulate a spring mechanism that
facilitates the toy to flip on it’s limbs. These latter set of wheels move slower
than the other to let the spring slowly move downwards upon which it snaps
back up which in turn makes the toy flip. This toy because of it’s relatively heavy
and many different motor activities makes it a preferable machine for multi
tasking in the genre of Generative art. What I have done to modify the machine,
is to detach the limb first to lay bare only the rotating knobs along which pencil
halves have been attached using rubber bands to hold it upright from the front.
Around these pencil halves I have attached ear buds that are supposed to dipped
in color, to give it the quality to generate patterns upon forward movement
which is governed by the pencil sticks. The iron knobs at the back have single
ear buds attached to them which make a pattern as they drag along the forward
movement. At the back, the head of a paint brush is attached to the knob that
extends from the spring system so that at regular intervals, when it’s brought
down, it presses against the surface, to leave a mark