Day 2 was more exciting than I expected. We tweaked some ideas to the machine and decided to fully inclose the contraption within a box, so we can get a fully covered piece of art. Having a talk with Luca this morning really opened our eyes to the possibilities of where we can take this machine. Looking ahead, we are going to play with different mediums to have the fan spin with, different textures as to what the paint can splatter on and the size of the fan as a whole.
We did a test before we finalised and kept pushing through with this idea. Though the test was an overall success, we did run into some issues. The box was leaking in parts that we didn’t tape, so we just have to make sure the box is water tight beforehand. We ran the fan for about 30 seconds before we heard it stop working, but because the box was sealed we couldn’t see what the problem was. Going forward we want to up the scale and experiment with different mediums etc.
The final product of test numero uno.
Seeing the image come out this way reminded me of some advertisement for the Kill Bill movies. This piece has a certain violence to it and I think making the ink red could further push the boundaries of that concept. The Kill Bill posters does this in a way that attracts your eyes to the gruesome scene being played out and I kinda want to implement that within this brief.
