Within the last decade modern computer technology has developed an eye-tracker enabling the eye to replace the hand.  Modern man applied his invention to the art of war, targeting the Gulf War missiles with the blink of an eye.  Timidly, after the killing, he developed the device to help the disabled operate computers.

Our research explores the eye-tracker's potential in the art of drawing.  The eye, which moves in characteristic ways, can draw in space a particular kind of line: jagged, nervous, so fast that it appears like a thought instantly materialised.  The video installation "Free-eye Drawing No1" is a first.  It represents the mirrored image of an eye filmed in real time as it is drawing.  The red dots are the fixations where the gaze stopped for a few milliseconds before moving on.  After the London Institute Gallery (7-27 June 2001, see http://tltp.linst.ac.uk for more details), the display will tour the Calcografia Nacional in Madrid, and the Hibel Museum in Florida.  Details of the procedures are described in "Can the eye draw?" and are published in Point, Issue 11, pp. 36 - 41 (April 2001).