Dubai Design Week | 26-31 October 2015

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Machining Emotion Dubai #01_radius 1.50m_robotic painting_acrylic marker on canvas

The robotic painting project titled “Machining Emotion” establishes a mutual relationship between human emotions and robotic machines. The robotic painting process is based on a series of consecutive steps, initiated by fast and intuitive 3d sketches executed by the artists using a 3d digitizer and the leap motion controller. From these initial sketches – the “powerlines” – essential data like speed, angular movements and emotive pressure are used to feed the code with variables. Within this process some algorithms are mapping fractal self-similarity on the initial emotive curve, and eventually the 3d assembly is projected on a flat surface. Last step is to instruct the robot as to machine the emotive content with high precision. The human to robot interplay augments the art of abstract calligraphy with a cross-fertilization of intuitive gestures with logical rationale. The Machining Emotion #01 robotic painting is one out of a series of 4 large robotic circular paintings, executed during Dubai Design Week 2015.

ME@DXB#5 | robotic painting | 180 x 180 cm | acrylic marker on canvas | 2015
ME@DXB#6 | robotic painting | 180 x 180 cm | acrylic marker on canvas | 2015
ME@DXB#6 | robotic painting | 180 x 180 cm | acrylic marker on canvas | 2015

Machining Emotion project team | Ilona Lénárd, visual artist | Kas Oosterhuis, the expert formerly known as the architect | Ana Maria Anton, programmer designer | Serban Bodea, programmer designer.

Machining Emotion painting for Dutch Embassy Abu Dhabi

Handing over robotic painting Machining Emotion #02 to Dutch Consul of Dubai Mr Robert de Leeuw_27 October 2015
Handing over robotic painting Machining Emotion #04 to Dutch Consul of Dubai Mr Robert de Leeuw_27 October 2015

During the Dubai Design Week I handed over to the Dutch Consul of Dubai Mr Robert de Leeuw one of the robotic paintings from the Machining Emotion RDM series. The robotic painting will form part of the collection of the Dutch Embassy in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. The Dutch recently moved to a new location in the Capital Centre district in Abu Dhabi, opposite the LIWA tower designed by Dutch architect Kas Oosterhuis.