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Posted May 28th 2010 under Drawing, Installations, Processing
Godmode by Tim Knapen (2007) is an installation “that allows you to play God by bringing to life any creature you draw”.
I am a very big fan of works like this that bring drawings to life. Another one to check out if you haven’t seen it is Drawn by Zach Lieberman.
In this piece, it uses the metaphor of an old photocopier to bring drawings to life. Take a thick pen and do your drawing. Place it in the photocopier and press scan. A few seconds later, the light coming from the photocopier hitting the ceiling contains your creature moving around with others.
This video shows it in operation.
Its great that it uses a photocopier, as it adds to the magic. Theres no sort of obvious “this is a technology installation” about it, as we are so used to them already. You could put this in schools as a surprise for the young students.
I really like the animation style too, how it bends and warps each drawing. This is shown in this video and this one.
“Inside of the photocopier, there’s a camera, a beamer and pc which runs custom made software that analyses and animates your drawing. The software was written in Java and uses processing by Ben Fry and Casey Reas and JMyron by Josh Nimoy”.
More photos here. Good work Tim.
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