A Cricket And An Algorithm Drew This Picture

How does a cricket become an artist? Try placing it in one of Harvey Moon's drawing machines where its movements will be tracked by a camera and turned into original works of art. Bugs Draw For Me, just one of Moons' impressive setups, are "happy collaborations" built in his Chicago studio where he creates the system, a set of rules, and allows a machine to do the rest. The machines are created from motors and servos, while the drawings they create are defined by algorithms which determine the m...