Grayson Morris [Anemograph]

Anemograph is a land-bound sail. The mast is allowed to turn freely, and the boom is restrained from rising up in high winds. India ink at the terminus of the boom applies a beautifully inconsistent stream of ink onto a continuous roll of vellum.

When the sail moves in response to a gust or a breeze, Anemograph writes the
wind.
The velocity of incoming winds pushes the sail side-to-side and paints an interpretation of wind redirections and gusts. The resulting paintings resemble the spikey line of a seismograph, shifting to a painted landscape as the wind changes direction and intensity. Mountains, plains, and valleys (some riddled with oil wells) can be seen in the ink, written by the wind. The peaks of those mountains coincide with real spikes in wind speed.
Visitors pull the roll of vellum, determining the speed and duration of the wind event recording. This creates a linear painting and focuses on the wind event as well as the visitor’s relationship with the machine.
-GM