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Drone Paintings: On Technological Misuse<\/strong>
\nand Emergent Authorship<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The integration of technology into the arts has unfolded in an almost mystical way\u2014
\ntechnological objects are often perceived like crystal spheres, miraculously producing
\nimages, sounds, or movements as if by magic. This perception feeds into a growing
\nnarrative of outsourced authorship, where creative agency is seemingly handed over to the machine.<\/p>\n

Rather than attributing creativity to machines, this new form of technological
\nart reflects a shift in the artist\u2019s role, where the artist becomes a hacker\u2014an interloper
\nreprogramming or misusing tools that were originally engineered for efficiency and task
\nexecution. Instead of aiming for control and precision, the artist intervenes in the
\nsystem\u2019s functionality, exploiting its limits to generate genuinely unexpected results.
\nIn this way, misuse becomes a form of literacy\u2014a method of artistic inquiry.<\/p>\n

The Drone Paintings by Max Moswitzer, created in collaboration with Margarete
\nJahrmann and Stefan Glasauer exemplify such an approach. Four commercially
\navailable Chinese drones\u2014Hubsan H501S X4, LSRC KS66, 4DRC M2S, and Eachine
\nE013\u2014were transformed into ludic objects, affectionately renamed Tina, Rotk\u00e4ppchen,
\nTraktor, and Frankenstein. Upgraded with brushes and tasked with painting while
\nflying, their aerodynamic behavior was disturbed by the weight and drag of the
\nadded tools. As a result, the drones failed to follow their programmed flight paths.<\/p>\n

This \u201efailure\u201c is where the artwork begins. The drones\u2019 inability to execute their
\npredefined trajectories gives rise to new, emergent compositions. Through the
\nentanglement of digital instructions and physical interference, the act of drawing
\nbecomes an unpredictable output.<\/p>\n

Zeynep Aksoez. Critical AI architect, curator and theorist.<\/p>\n

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