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Abstract-In the author's opinion the techniques of art should at any time equal and mirror the tendencies of development and the spiritual and scientific levels of their epoch.He describes his own work with the following new techniques of art: 1. The 'Robot-Picture'-This is a moving and changing sunlight projection system which repeats itself yearly. The artist can fully control this technique and pre-determine a year's programme.2. The 'Robot-Painter'-This, too, is a moving and changing sunlight projection system, but it never repeats itself. With this system the artist cannot foresee the individual pictures that will be produced, but he determines the style of the pictures by choosing the shapes and motion of the reflecting elements in the 'robot'.Both systems make use of Sun rays and of the rotation and revolution of the Earth; however, the 'Robot-Painter' requires an additional source of power for producing irregular movements of the reflecting elements in the 'robot'. The author has used wind energy for this task.
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