diff --git a/content/works/naturarchy.md b/content/works/naturarchy.md index 45ca7a17139aa6e352a6a1a3f47a520bdc0a48bc..115ea76d97d9b4875c0d7434b98bb6b391ef3bc4 100644 --- a/content/works/naturarchy.md +++ b/content/works/naturarchy.md @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ As the exhibition is comprised of art/science collaborations on the theme of nat A pen plotter is a machine that draws. Or rather, a machine that takes instructions to plot coordinates on the x-axis and y-axis coordinates with a pen while it is up or down. These machines, which date back to the 80s, pre-date the modern office printer as a way to output vector graphics on paper. - + Using a pen plotter is a slow, musical process. We found the "songs" it made came from the shapes it was drawing; the pitch depending on the angle of the line. A plotted circle (which is in reality not a continuous curve, but rather a series of small increments of points) produced a musical run through a wide range of notes. Often we could know which drawing it was making by the song it was playing. Drawing the same shape, for example a flower, but in two different sizes would create the same melody but at a different speed, the small flower sounding faster.