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Drawing machine for all ellipses, 2008 - neugerriemschneider, Berlin, 2008 - Photo: Jens Ziehe
Drawing machine for all ellipses, 2008
neugerriemschneider, Berlin, 2008
Photo: Jens Ziehe
Drawing machine for all ellipses, 2008 - neugerriemschneider, Berlin, 2008 - Photo: Jens Ziehe
Drawing machine for all ellipses, 2008
neugerriemschneider, Berlin, 2008
Photo: Jens Ziehe
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Drawing machine for all ellipses, 2008

A machine in the most minimal sense, Drawing machine for all ellipses consists of three grooved pulleys, a small piece of cord, and a stick of graphite. Two of the pulleys are fixed with screws to a flat surface, such as a wall, and the graphite is inserted through the third pulley. The cord is threaded between all three pulleys and stretched taught into a triangle. The user then pulls the third and unfixed pulley in either a clockwise or counterclockwise motion, keeping the graphite against the surface. Depending on the distance between the two fixed pulleys, a shorter or broader ellipse results as the graphite makes its orbit around them, dragged against the drawing surface.

Artwork details

Title

Drawing machine for all ellipses

Year

2008

Materials

Aluminium, graphite pencil, lace, screws, dowels, wooden box