The drawing machine was created for the end-of-semester architecture open house. A physical pen is controlled by a video signal. When objects move near the pen’s virtual location, both the virtual and the real pen move to follow those objects. The result is a sympathetic flying pen that jitters and arcs across the canvas as it chases after everything it sees. The marks on the page are chaotic, but have an order imposed on them by the mechanical limitations of the machine.
Adam Michalak and Tom Heltzel collaborated in the conception and physical construction of the drawing machine.