This installation presents a whimsical scenario in which painted ink forms appear to come to life, rising off the page and interacting with very hands that drew them. Inspired by early film Lightning Sketches, in which stop-motion animation techniques were used to create the illusion of drawings escaping the page, Drawn presents a modern update: custom-developed software augments a video signal in real time, creating a seamless, organic and even magical world of spontaneous and improvised performance of hand and ink.

Originally created for use in a concert-performance, in this incarnation, visitors are invited to become performers themselves, learning quickly how to utilize the system in order paint and then tap, nudge and poke the ink across the paper. By turning simple brushstrokes of ink into complex and energetic life forms, Drawn explores the musicality and immediacy of drawing, and the playful joy of magic.

Zachary Lieberman (USA) is an artist, engineer and educator whose work explores the creative and human uses of technology. He produces installations, on-line works and concerts concerned with the themes of kinetic and gestural performance, interactive imaging and sound synthesis. Lieberman teaches courses in audiovisual synthesis and creative image processing at Parsons School of Design.

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