A robotic opera, a wind-up house-cleaner and a solar-powered drawing machine all feature in a new exhibition at the Hazelhurst Regional Gallery.
Machines that make art is theme of the exhibition Dream Machines which opens at the gallery tomorrow.
The Dream Machines exhibition will showcase the work of six artists who use science and technology to produce robotic artworks.
The works also include a remote controlled mutant power tool that paints, and three automatons powered by vintage gramophone motors.
The Dream Machine artists combine the skills and disciplines of artists, scientists, engineers and inventors to produce functional artworks and machines that can interact with audiences.
The artists featured in the Dream Machines exhibition are James Dodd, Wade Marynowsky, David Lawrey and Jaki Middleton, Cameron Robbins, and Tricky Walsh.
Dr Wade Marynowsky’s work has semi-autonomous robots combined with music and video that interact with visitors to the gallery.
At Hazelhurst he is presenting a reconfigured installation based on his 2015 work, Robot Opera featuring eight semi-autonomous robots that combine movement, sound, light and interaction to present the underlying message – will machines one day be more intelligent than humans?
Artist Cameron Robbins has built solar-powered drawing machine.
Mr Robbins builds machines that harness the movement and power of wind, solar and sound to record unique patterns.
His work combines engineering skills and the natural forces of nature to create patterns that may otherwise go unseen.
He describes his machines as instruments that connect to the landscape to record how patterns move through a particular location.
Dream Machines will be at the Hazelhurst Regional Gallery until September 17.
