Shoal Arts

Artist: EEGB

Title: Gestalt
Medium: Robots (arduino, processing), black ink pen on paper.

 

We are eegb, a contemporary drawing and technology research duo. Our work takes many forms; drawings in a gallery, sculptural performance, interactive public installation, workshops and talks.

Edmund Eva and George Baldwin both studied BA(Hons) Drawing course at Falmouth University, first learning the observational skills and craft of drawing by hand. Later they pushed their understanding of the genre further, George Baldwin pursuing programming as his medium and Edmund Eva building mechanical tools to create imagery. Research driven by overlapping interests has led the two artists to form the research group eegb.

We build machines and robots that draw. We are interested in the anthropomorphic qualities of machines, how the act of drawing makes an audience apply human traits and characteristics. This in turn instigates a reflection on our own relationship and fascination with mark-making.

We  research abstract models that use mathematical language to describe the behaviour of a system. These models range from those found throughout the natural world to those describing manmade constructs such as economics, sociology and politics. Each of these systems contain their own intrinsic aesthetic which we can visualise and investigate through drawing.