Monday, May 26, 2014

Turntable with robotic arms draws beautiful spirographs


Artist Ally Mobbs has built a turntable that can draw. "Turntablism For The Hard Of Hearing: Harmonic Motion" is an exhibition that shows what a turntablist's stylings would look like if the pitch, direction, and speed changes were represented on paper.


Mobbs attached robotic arms equipped with pens to a turntable, then allowed the rotations of the record players to create geometric shapes made out of curves. Adjust the settings of the turntable, and the drawing changes. The piece debuted in Montreal, where hip hop collective Beat Picnic played the turntable. Their drawings are now on display.


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