Pendulum Portrait #10 - Limited Edition of 1 Artwork

This artwork is a part of a series that explore the use of harmonic motion in painting. The flowing style and the resemblance to a vortex make the portrait come to life, with an intense feeling of movement. Nothing is drawn by hand; everything is automatically drawn by an specially designed interactive installation called "Drawing Pendulum": a pendulum that draws portraits, when spinning. You can see in in action in the following videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSqaXOUuY6Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiHDKbsE9tA The installation consists from a "printing-device" that is hanged as a pendulum. The visitor pushes the pendulum and makes it spin. Beside the initial push, the pendulum’s movement is not controlled by any other electrical or mechanical way; it spins naturally. As the oscillation of the pendulum decreases, it covers most of the drawing surface. If the pendulum happens to be on a spot that must to be drawn, some ink is dripped at that spot. In that way a (predefined) portrait is gradually drawn. The style of the dripping generally resembles a vortex that is defined from the initial push. The oscillation lasts about 5 minutes.