video

"hank and harriet ", 2005
micro processors, dry erase kit, various electronis

 
   

Two robots are contained within an arena. One pivots on a dry erase marker and the other pivots on a dry eraser. Each has its own personality determined by the code it is programmed with. Both will avoid one another and the walls; if they approach head-on they will perform a dry erase dance. Each is micro controlled independently and relies on a series of three ir emitters and receivers. The drawing surface remains ephemeral.