Jackoon: The Soul Of Jackson Pollock In A Robot Body
May 11th, 2009
Jackoon Painting from Oscar G. Torres on Vimeo.
The oddly named Jackoon is the work of grad student Oscar G Torres. It’s a robot that paints. The name is a combination of Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning, because the robot’s art resembles their work. Jackoon doesn’t just throw paint around randomly. It uses a camera on the ceiling that knows where the robot is on the canvas and directs it based on an image that the robot is supposed to imitate, and on the color paint that the robot has.
It’s all fun and games until the little bot starts imitating Pollock’s drinking.
