CHRISTOPHER MADDEN

Dada sculpture - barograph creating a drawing

Barograph/drawing machine

The work is composed of a barograph, of the type sometimes found in art galleries for monitoring the atmospheric conditions in the gallery.
A barograph normally draws a graph recording air pressure over the course of time on a sheet of graph paper attached to a rotating drum.
This barograph however, in the spirit of surrealism and dada, is creating a fine pen and ink drawing of a landscape.
If exhibited in a gallery setting it would be fitting to display this work adjacent to the gallery's own barograph.