You Cannot Go Back

"You Cannot Go Back" is a digital drawing system that nullifies almost all advantages of digital visual creation; an “anti-photoshop” in a way. Visitors input marks using a joystick to draw on a screen, and every 5 seconds, whatever is on the screen is printed. No undo, no filters or automation, no shininess, low precision, and incessant recording via printing make any sort of advanced rendering impossible.
On interaction, most people try to control the system to the best of their abilities, trying to draw something realistic or spelling out words, but in the end the restrictions in place usually end up making people’s artwork look similar, no matter how much they try to control it. The printed record becomes the evidence of a control battle between human and system.

Minkyoung Kim

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Barron Webster

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