Digital Wall Exhibition: The Drawing Machine

The Archibald Prize celebrates portraiture of notable characters and awards artists who seek to know another through observation, expression and technique.  

The Drawing Machine is an interactive digital installation created by artist Alex Gibson, that attempts to render a set of notable characters, the viewers themselves. The Drawing Machine does this through kind of mechanical observation and technique - and the expression it makes is still all too human. 

As the audience enters Bunjil Place they too will become subject and collaborator with the artist Alex, to produce the beginning of a painting. A quick sketch of them entering Bunjil Place to see the Archibald Prize. 

The Drawing Machine will exhibit on the Digital Wall in the Bunjil Place Foyer 2 September - 17 October 2022.

_{Header image courtesy of the artist.}

About Alex Gibson

Alex Gibson is the founder of ARTBOX and  an award winning visual artist with 15 years experience exhibiting artworks in Australia, Europe and Asia. He has completed a Masters of Fine Art (Research), and a Bachelor of Fine Art (Drawing) with First Class Honors at the Victorian College of the Arts (2002 - 2008). He is a recipient of the prestigious Australian Postgraduate Award (2007 - 2008) from the Australian Research Council. He has completed 2 international residencies in Tokyo (2005) and Beijing (2012). He has showed at White Night Melbourne 2019 and Kings Artist Run (2019) and has 8 permanent video installations including No. 1 Martin Place, Sydney and the historic GPO Exchange in Adelaide (2017 to present). Alex was selected as one of ‘20 artists in 2020’ for the Sydney Contemporary Art Fair. Alex is represented by Rarity Gallery in Mykonos, Greece. Alex lives and practices in Melbourne, Australia.