Uli Franke developed the Hektor for his diploma project (at école cantonale d'art de Lausanne) way back in 2002. In theory the Hektor is a large printer capable making any design; however, this printer uses only a spray-can to apply its toner instead of using LEDs, lasers, or inkjets. The spray-can is put in the can-holder that uses two motors and toothed belts to move the can in any direction in one plane. The Hektor is linked to a laptop and runs off the software program known as Scriptographer (Adobe Iluustrator). The Hektor foregrounds an artist’s own content on its given form. However, the Hektor itself is its own unique individual piece of art. The Hektor was created to evoke people’s interest and allow other artists to experiment with a newly conceived tool. This forces people to go outside the realm of displaying images on computers to create abstract geometries displayed the almost the same way the average day printers do. Unlike, the tiny printers we have, the Hektor shakes and quivers to produce a low-tech aspect to the high-tech applications used to design the preliminary image on the laptop. This overall though, evokes gentle and soothing sensations, and creates distinctiveness in all the art it creates. Personally, I wish I had one of these; I would be able to create art anywhere. I would probably decorate my own dorm room with it. Thanks to Uli Franke’s masterpiece, we can make masterpieces of our own. I may download Scriptographer offline, supposedly it’s free; I just wonder how much the Hektor costs. (Watch Videos)
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