The Profilograph is a device created by Chicago artist Pablo Garcia based on a series of four books written in 1528 by German artist Albrecht Dürer which examine the geometry of the male profile through carefully documented illustrations. The device transforms a series of Dürer’s drawings into a contiguous 3D extrusion that rotates on a circular spindle causing a shadow that morphs between each profile. The machine was designed in 2008 for an exhibition at the University of Michigan.

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