Ball & Line
Axidraw, Sensel, Pen, Paper, Assorted Marbles
December 2024

This piece is about a completely impossible task: move the pen to the ball. As the plotter tirelessly attempts to achieve its singular goal, it inevitably knocks the ball to a new position, beginning the chase all over again. Through the plotter’s eternal attempts to achieve this singular task, it unconsciously authors a far more complex drawing that stands as a scribbled testament to its eternal sisyphean struggle.

The location of the marble is detected by a touchpad placed below the paper, which then directs the plotter to move to the sensed location of the marble.

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