Scumaks

Scumaks

6th Oct 2011

Roxy Paine's Scumaks are machines that, through some computerised data process, produce these weird sculptures:

removing the artist's hand in the creative process and replacing it with a computer program is the crux of Roxy Paine's machine-based works...

The machine:

melts plastic polyethylene beads with pigment and periodically extrudes them, creating unique, bulbous-shaped sculptures

More details at The University News.