WHAT IT IS:
Engine is an ongoing project with the digital painting medium. It has been developed as a collaborative tool that allows the combination of pattern, structure, colour, context and process to produce 'versioned' art works. The software is written to allow for the gestural manipulation of live video and the output of a 'painted' moment in time.

Engine is a site specific, generative painting installation. It is a fluid, real-time, creative experience that invents a new way to paint combining technology and physical output. It comprises of a projection 'painting' surface, a camera, generative Engine software and a printing station. The space looks like a large blank canvas until viewers begin interacting with the piece. Once activated, each movement will trigger a fluid and explosive combination of colour, geometry, pattern and form to emerge. Participants will gesturally 'paint' using their own movement or interactions with others to reveal a series of brush strokes that alternate with every move. For the duration of the exhibition viewers can look through the archive of unique images created. Images can then be selected and printed live during the exhibition.

Engine reveals the entire process from creation to consumption and engages the viewer in a physical and contextual dance to create each piece. Over time, a body of work will be created, produced and sold.

http://www.plankman.com/projects/engine_2009/
http://www.kinetica-artfair.com/

Kinetica Art Fair is produced by Kinetica Museum and is the first of its kind in the UK. It provides collectors, curators and the public with a unique opportunity to view and purchase artworks from leading contemporary arts organisations and artists specialising in kinetic, electronic, robotic, light, sound, time-based and interdisciplinary new media art. For 2010, over 35 galleries and organisations are taking part with over 150 artists exhibiting.