Alan Storey - Excerpt from the Climatic Drawing Machine (contemporary art museum)

A Detailed Study of a drawing from Alan Storey's Climatic Drawing Machine - which creates drawings generated by wind speed and direction.

The paper covered receiving drum of the Drawing Machine is oriented to the prevailing wind via the weather vane on top of the building. The wind speed itself moves the drum up or down and determines the vertical position of the pen relative to the drum. Hence the 'activity' in the lower left correspond to a south/westerly wind gusting at low speeds and the activity on the upper right, a north easterly storm

Each of the drawings below is a plate editioned from the original drawing created by his 'Climatic Drawing Machine' located in Toronto, Canada at the exterior of the Power Plant Gallery on the shore of Lake Ontario. These drawings are 'self-drawn', using only the wind. The paper and it's drum (which holds the paper) is oriented by the direction of prevailing wind... the wind velocity (speed) moves the drum downwards as it increases - and so lines traced or tracked 'higher up' on the paper represent a stronger wind (those at the top are the strongest of course).

This piece is a fascinating study in environmental interaction between man and 'machine' - in this case climate drives the drawing. For more information about the artist and his work (including this one) - please click here.

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