The Human Copy Machine
Project organized by Lya Finston
Description
The Human Copy Machine is an interactive performance exploring uniformity and repetition, human error, and the role of the hand in the mechanical reproduction of multiples. One volunteer at a time will sit inside a large box, decorated to look like a giant copy machine. Participants will draw a simple image revolving around the conference theme, place it on the scanner, and choose how many copies they’d like. The person inside the machine will quickly reproduce the image as many times as the participant has requested, sliding finished copies through a slot to the outside of the machine.
About the artist
Lya Finston is an artist and printmaker born in Brooklyn, raised in north New Jersey, and currently based in central Pennsylvania. She works as Bucknell University's Printmaking TA and Shop Technician. In 2021, Lya relocated to PA from Chicago, where she was a fellow at Spudnik Press, a publishing assistant at Hoofprint, and an Access Services Assistant at the Ryerson & Burnham Library of the Art Institute of Chicago. In 2018, Lya graduated from Oberlin College with a BA in Studio Art and German Language. She is also the current secretary for the Mid America Print Council.
Participants
Mary Climes
Vic Barquin
Henry Gepfer
Jacob Gibson
Jaquelee Chau
Charlie Bloede
K. MacNeil
Johanna Winters
Time
2-3:30pm, 3:45-5:15pm Friday
10:30am-12pm, 1:30-4:40pm Saturday
Location
Kent State University School of Art
Center for Visual Arts (CVA)
Room 232
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