Experiments
with the Painting Machine
A persiflage of the conceptual art in the 70`s and
80`s
Painting-machine Nr.3 1985
The painting machine produced lines which created
a colourful painting through continously changing mathematical
calculations. The "mistake" was consciously made,
introducing a variable element into the composition.
Visual Concept:
At the exhibition in the Clubgalerie, part of the
Wiener Secession, the Painting Machine was introduced. Painting
with "magic" ink, it produced a continously changing painting as
the ink never became permanent.
Painting Machines operated according to the principle of the
"cybernetic mouse". The first machines painted lines in
just one colour. Model no. 3 was controlled by a cylinder,
similar to the workings of a barrel organ. The cylinder
controlled the random output of the 3 primary colours -red, blue
and yellow.