Whip

2024
Interactive Drawing Machine
Rope, black paper, LEGO, ultrasonic distance sensor, servo
25 × 25 × 6 in

As viewers step closer to or farther from the drawing machine, the rope “whips” across the paper, tracing a bird-like shape. By changing their proximity, people literally set the rope’s rhythm and must continually negotiate position—both with the machine and with one another.    

The shared canvas becomes the trace of these gestures, visualizing how individual impulses, when modulated by distance, can ripple across a communal space.