The Machine

In making this piece I have also been looking at the machines place in my studio practice.
I see the images I create on the screen as my way of drawing, and leaving my mark, however ephemeral on the space. I have been looking at the work of Bolint Bolyga, Jurg Lehni and Uli Franke, and Robert Currie recently. By creating their own machines to draw they remove their hands from the process, in doing so they rely on the natural universe, and audience participation to make the work. Working within the Electronic Arts department I have become very aware of the huge role the machine plays in my practice and what this means in terms of authorship. I still use my own hands and also rely on the inter-action of others to move and manipulate the machine to create the imagery, but the documentation of the installation is removed serveral times from the truth, through the use of so many machines. In this sense the fact that I staged the work as an installation piece is very important to me, taking the journey to the stairs (I know most people walked) being at the site immersed in the cityscape seemed to balance out all the machines, for a while I was able to look at the imagery as something that belonged, that reflected and was part of the city.