Maquinas na arte: entre logicas programadas e o campo das possibilidades

Abstract

This research deals with the use of machinery in artistic works, in which the machine itself constitutes the artistic proposal. The approach of artistic proposals is not restricted to a specific type of mechanism. Automatic mechanisms and motors, analog media and computer controllers are addressed in order to contextualize the artistic use of the machine and the relationship established between human and machine since industrialization. In this context, we intend to show how visual arts approach any stage of mechanization. To support the discussion on the artistic use of industrial machines, we also addressed questions about the relationship between human and machine since the emergence of the technique. In this sense, the research includes studies on the motivations for technical tendency in humans, manifestations of pre-industrial machines that have strong aesthetic appeal, and the industrial machine, with the changes introduced by them in the everyday life of its users.