Circle Drawing Surveillance System  
             

 

2002, installation
paper, electric train,
charcoal hardware,
mini-video camera
video projector

A train locomotive
travels continuously in
a circle harnessed
with electro-mechanical
appendages, including
a drawing arm holding
black compressed
charcoal to paper. The
train rides on the first
rail, while the two inner
rails function,
respectively, to power
the mini-video camera
mounted on the train
while the other sends
the real-time video
signal from the camera
to the projector. Video
as memory of action in
the immediate
past—over engineered
uselessness feeding
the desire for veracity.


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details of the drawings
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Document of Installation
  The installation in the image took place in Spring of
2002 as part of an exhibition in the "Boys room" of
the Chick House in the Berkeley Hills, CA. The event
"High Light" featured the Foster Goldstrom Collection.

This project was a cooperative
venture curated by:

Refusalon/Culture Lounge