- subject :
- Drawing Robot
- date :
- 2006-05-06
- location :
- Amsterdam [add to pdf]
>> Installation on the conflict between perfection and its
>> manifestation in reality.
> Exhibited in May 2006 at the 6th KunstVlaai in Amsterdam.
The setup consists of a plain white floor and a robot on wheels. A crayon is attached to the "driving" robot.
The robot's single intention is driving in perfect circles. The crayon draws a line on the white floor, thereby documenting the robot's path and simultaneously its success or failure in complying with its own intention. However, the robot is not the only player in the game. Visitors are able to disturb the robot by walking on the white floor.
A circle is a mathematical ideal and an analogy for both perfection and failure of our ideas. The robot in its striving for perfection is hampered by its own physical limitations as well as the visitors' disturbances. The ideal form remains forever out of reach. The robot is able to approximate its ideal only through repetition, reflected by the lines drawn on the white floor. A line remains as the robot avoids the visitor, marking the latter's place in history - as a flaw in the struggle for perfection.
>> manifestation in reality.
> Exhibited in May 2006 at the 6th KunstVlaai in Amsterdam.
The setup consists of a plain white floor and a robot on wheels. A crayon is attached to the "driving" robot.
The robot's single intention is driving in perfect circles. The crayon draws a line on the white floor, thereby documenting the robot's path and simultaneously its success or failure in complying with its own intention. However, the robot is not the only player in the game. Visitors are able to disturb the robot by walking on the white floor.
A circle is a mathematical ideal and an analogy for both perfection and failure of our ideas. The robot in its striving for perfection is hampered by its own physical limitations as well as the visitors' disturbances. The ideal form remains forever out of reach. The robot is able to approximate its ideal only through repetition, reflected by the lines drawn on the white floor. A line remains as the robot avoids the visitor, marking the latter's place in history - as a flaw in the struggle for perfection.
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