SPRAY – Dionysus

SPRAY is an interactive piece that untethers painting from the human hand with the aid of a crafted mechanism and a digital interface.

Semi-automatic drawing.

A spray can, suspended with a finely tuned mechanism, is actuated through a Processing script – a control interface allowing for orchestrating a sequence of motions – and an Arduino microcontroller. Propelling the device with the release of air, SPRAY produces a hectic and random piece tracing strokes of its travels as a result of controlled activation – both timing and pressure – of a spray can.