Drawing Machine Straying from Deficiency Utilizes Stepper Motors, a CNC Shield, an Arduino and a Raspberry Pi #piday #raspberrypi @Raspberry_Pi

From Merani Schilcher on vimeo:

Us humans live in tangible space. Secluded from this space is the intangible realm of ideals: there lies the absolute perfection of all imaginable things – the perfect circle.

“Straying from Deficiency” tries to shape a sort of average by means of gathering cumulative input that control the generation of intentionally flawed circular shapes. This average is meant to induce the discussion whether or not whatever is drawn comes close enough to our understanding of a perfect circle.
The accumulated data in the form of a drypoint is conclusively being printed through intaglio print to further visualise and record the preceding interaction.

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