Pious machine
Artists have robots copy the Bible
The artist group robotlab has installed a KUKA KR 16 robot in Dordrecht. The art project is part of the celebrations to mark the 400th anniversary of the Dordrecht Synod - the landmark event of Dutch Protestantism. The KUKA robot independently transcribes the Bible in Dutch. For this purpose, it is equipped with a specially developed spring-loaded pen holder. Integrated into this is a calligraphy pen that is connected to an external ink system. This ensures a continuous supply of ink and thus continuous writing. The process was ceremoniously launched by the Dutch king. Writing on the five rolls, each around 200 meters long, takes a total of nine months.
Bible text stored as digital code
The robot's software contains the Bible text in the form of a special digital code. It also contains the calligraphy font, which was specially developed for this project based on historical templates. The Bible-writing robot is set in the context of the 400th anniversary of the Dordrecht Synod. Dordrecht was the meeting place of the Reformed Church in the Netherlands in 1618/19. At that time, the decision was made to produce a new translation of the Bible from Greek into Dutch. This led to the creation of the Bible that is still authoritative today. This was reproduced using the printing press. Previously, scribal work had mostly been carried out by monks. This monotonous and detailed work, which is now carried out by robots, combines the culture of handwriting with machine reproduction. dsc
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