There has been a lot interesting dialog around the use of automation in art. Dr Tina Rivers Ryan (https://twitter.com/TinaRiversRyan) recently raised a good discussion around Agnieska Pilats’ Robot art. How Agnieszka Pilat Became Silicon Valley’s Favorite Artist Despite her Chelsea digs near the blue-chip Gagosians and Zwirners, Pilat does not have much of a reputation in the…nymag.com This post is my attempt to explain why I work with automation and hopefully explain the wider context for why I…

A wheelchair is a joyful, freeing part of my body and sense that I love. I experience a constant clash between my experience and the perceptions of society. Chairs are associated with sitting so a wheelchair is already a challenge to the perception of inactivity, sitting and moving. “geez honey…

Recording motion outdoors through phone GPS and wheelchair motion. Focused on the creative limits of GPS drawing and the connection with the maps the routes are presented on. Uses the myTracks (https://www.mytracks4mac.info) IOS app for tracking. GPS recording settings: Averaging position off - (gives us more accurate GPS results but…

We ran a workshop at the Southbank Centre, London exploring different forms of drawing using the motion of wheelchairs. Starting with physical drawing and moving to digital drawing as forms of activisim. The goal of the workshop was to use tools to find new ways of seeing and exploring spaces…

We worked with UK based wheelchair users to explore different physical & digital ways of mark making using the motion of wheels. Each technique was introduced with work by artists who experience disability. We were interested in the drawing experience and how it might be used by participants. The tension…

Projects or artists who use a wheelchair to draw. Present and absent (2009) The artist Sue Austin part of the Freewheeling group used white marking fluid to make various pieces outdoors and indoors from the back wheels of her powered wheelchair. …

Ways of tracking the movement of active participants using wheelchairs indoors. Considering both realtime and offline solutions with a mix of low resolution motion capture and indoor positioning. Requirements Identity is not essential when tracking since we are working with active participants. Precision matters for movement but we can do post-corrections. …

Art that examines the effects of physical spaces on peoples mind and behaviour through novel exploration of public space. Finding ways of breaking the selective gaze that ignores everything but what is neccessary for the task at hand. Disability as a social construction enforced through the design of physical spaces…

I wanted to explore the experience of digitally graffiting bad design features in public space that create the experience of disability. What I refer to as micro-aggressions of design. Rather than the motion in previous experiments this is about marking with words and how that feels. …