Drawing Machine with James Dodd
Photo: Sam Roberts.
James Dodd exhibits regularly across Australia in publicly funded institutions, commercial galleries and artist-run spaces. He works with a range of approaches including particular interests in painting, machines as art, graffiti, text-based art and public space. He maintains a curiosity in sheds, backyards, suburbia and the creative activities and transgressions that occur in these spaces.
Dodd is active as an educator at Adelaide Central School of Art and regularly delivers youth and community based arts programs across a range of outcomes. He is often finding ways to tap into his kinetic art interests to develop educational projects that lean into both visual art and STEM streams.
Activity
Participants took a spin on the drawing machine and watched their artworks come to life through movement and machinery. Using pens and highlighters, they experimented with different designs while helping power the machine by pushing the pedals.