PAM (Portrait of the Artist as a Machine)

PAM is a machine who makes paintings.  It is operated by multiple series of switches and relays which are mechanically activated by various motors and solenoinds.  It contains no programming or software.

PAM was shown from june through october 2011 in the 2011 pittsburgh biennial.

You can view video of PAM at work

• Taken during the show’s opening
• Filmed and edited by luke ohlson

During this show, PAM created a body of work which is cataloged in its entirety on portraitoftheartistasamachine.com.  These paintings can also be seen in their etsy shop, where they are for sale.

And peruse a still images of all the individual parts of PAM which, when wired together, create the machine.