Grand Central Original

swiss artist thibault brevet has developed ‘grand central’ – an experimental social exploration through the combined mediums of art and machine as part of his graduation project at the ECAL university of art and design in lausanne. the work is a physical device that responds to a public online platform – a website where people are able to contribute personalized messages and text at their own discretion. a specially programmed apparatus is then able to reproduce this content through a plotting device that physically writes – with markers – on reams of paper left from newspaper offset printing. the work gathers and broadcasts the collective dialogue of an audience – from thoughts and wishes to music lyrics and poems – the work captures the colorful and diverse social spectrum of contemporary culture.