The Art Of Motion Control
Listening to: Random bleepy music on BBC Radio 1
This has that perfect combination of software,
hardware and art to really get me frothing:
MOTION control –
–term used to describe a variety of techniques for orchestrating the movement
of machinery and objects. The fields of “Robotics,” “CNC,” and “automation” all fall
under its umbrella.The purpose of this site is to suggest that motion control is also an emerging
medium for artistic expression.Despite the universal
use of motion control in industrial settings, its use by artists has been hampered
by the enormous cost of commercial equipment. Because access to the tools of this
medium is crucial for its exploration, one strategy open to motivated artists is building
their own equipment from scrapped components flowing out of industrial sources. I
have spent the past 12 years pursuing this goal. In so doing, I find myself on an
unpredictable path winding through three landscapes: science, art, and education.
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