Art Making Device, Mark Chadwick Blog #5
Posted by brandonpenny | Posted in | Posted on 2:10 AM
I must say, this project was nothing less of a challenge. My group decided to go with a mechanical device of some sort after deciding that the majority (if not all) of the devices we use to create art are handheld. We threw a few ideas around and eventually came to the remote control car concept. We took a sphere of floral foam and carved out a section in the middle for the car to reside in. We then used the fluorescent colored paint the girls chose to make it more attractive. Afterwards, we hot glued paint rollers to the front and back portions of the sphere and added some eyes for personality. And voilà! The “Art-o-Bot”! On our canvas we used fake art sand, grass clippings, and multiple colors of paints to create the artwork.
On presentation day we ran into a few technical difficulties (we had inadvertently covered up the receivers between the car and remote control with the foam body) and ended up having to push it through the paint and elements ourselves :) We wanted to create a different style of art, something with texture, so we added sand and grass to the composition…’earthy’ if you will. Even though things didn’t go exactly as planned, the overall project was a success.
Our process and device is very similar to that of the artist Mark Chadwick. Not only does he use remote controlled cars, but other mechanical beings (toys for the most part) to create his art. Our finished product looks super similar to the majority of his works, which by the way, I am extremely impressed with. In one creation, he simply taped markers and paint brushes to a mechanical doll to create a colorful, interesting and abstract piece. Our use of colorful paint, a visually intriguing device and spontaneity can be seen in both ours and Mark’s work.
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