Jenhui Liao's
Self-Portrait Machine helps viewers to draw a portrait of themselves. The machine first takes a photo of the viewer. The viewer straps his wrists onto the machine arms, which then guides the viewer into drawing the portrait.
"The project started with the observation that nearly everything that surrounds us has been created by machines. Our personal identities are represented by the products of the man-machine relationship. The Self-Portrait Machine encapsulates this man-machine relationship. By co-operating with the machine, a self-portrait is generated. It is self-drawn but from an external viewpoint through controlled movement and limited possibility. Our choice of how we are represented is limited to what the machine will allow."
