Painting Apparatus No. 1 (2006)
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4’ Steel bar, glass jar and plug
suspended over 2 x 2’ canvas.
These pictures show the “painting apparatus” before and after it has been used. A jar full paint is hung from a steel bar, which itself is hung from the ceiling at the balance point. When a plug at the bottom of the jar is removed, the paint pours out and the bar comes unbalanced. A twist in the string causes the bar to spin as the paint drains. The falling paint traces the pattern of motion on a canvas below. The event ends when the jar is emptied, and the foot of the bar rests on the canvas.
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