WEEK 3

After looking at the photocopier from the microscopic lens, I begin to pay attention to the subsystems within the tool individually – a scanner glass as a frame, a line light as a time and the interaction with paper as a way to produce effects. The recombination of these things provides new possibilities for me to use a photocopier as a motion maker rather than its original purpose.

To develop this experiment further, I explore each subsystem separately and correspondingly by using a single dot as a starting context as it is the simplest form which provides the focus only on the movement.

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In the first experiment, I moved my hand along the straight line continuingly without lifting.

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Second, I continued to move my hand linear way, but this time I used a faster speed than a line light.

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In the third experiment, I continued moving my hand linear way, but instead of keeping my hand still, I moved my hand back and forth in a vertically way and used the same speed as a line light.

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In the forth experiment, I did almost the same thing as the previous one but moved my hand more aggressively to create more friction.

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Fifth, I did the same experiment with the previous one, but instead of using a dot as a starting image in each copy, I only used a dot as a starting point and continued overlapping one by one – copying an image on top of the other.

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Last experiment, I continued using the overlapping process, but instead of only moved my hand back and forth vertically, I did it horizontally as well.

And here’s the final outcome of combining all the experiments together