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About the Pop Art Machine

The PopArtMachine started from the idea that people have an inherent need to tell artists the color of their sofa.

At every opening I have had, at least one person will approach me and almost confidentially say “our couch... in the living room... well it is an off white salmonish beige with a touch of lilac.” Then they’d smile and gaze into my eyes deeply as though they were trying to see if I saw what they saw. For the most part I didn't see what they saw but I valued their vision.

So for every person who holds the color of their couch close to their heart I give you the pop art machine. A chance for you to collaborate with the artist and make decisions about the art you have in your life. Pop Art Machine is a database of imagery that I have created that can be combined and altered in an exponential variety of ways. The machine will randomly generate an image which you can make choices about giving you the ability to apply your vision to my vision and together we create a unique one of a kind piece of art.

As of this date there are over 1,587,200,000 (yep that's billion) possible combinations of images that can be made on the machine.

If you are into what's happening here and would like to contribute images to the database, have suggestion, ideas or you'd like to just say hi contact us at info@popartmachine.com.

Also, we love to receive snap shots of pop art in action -- on your wall or wherever it may be. Send us your photos!

I'd like to thank Luke Kelly for donating his time and energy to make this project happen. He's contributed hours of valuable programming time to take an idea and make it a reality. I'd also like to thank Dan Jenkins for spending many thankless hours prepping images to go into the database. Many thanks also go to the crew at KDS Internet for providing server space and bandwidth for this project.

For more information about the past, present and future of this project be sure to visit the blog where you can find out about new editions to the image database, future capabilities of the machine and general ramblings about how the idea has and is evolving.

Thanks for stopping by -Doug Marx