Lipstick Enigma

Lipstick Enigma

Lipstick Enigma, a sculpture by Janet Zweig made using 1200 resin lipsticks, powered by 1200 stepper motors and controlled by 60 circuit boards.

This computer-driven sentence-generator, using rules and lexicon written by the artist, invents and writes a new line of text, and displays it on the sign when triggered by a motion detector. The sentences mix the language of engineering with the language of beauty advertising.

[via who killed bambi?]

Scott Beale
Scott Beale

Scott Beale is the founder of Laughing Squid and is based in New York City. When not running the blog, Scott can be found posting on Threads and sharing photos on Instagram.