Artist paints self-portrait wearing Google Glass
Channel: Gallery1500
Date: 28/05/2014

Los Angeles natives Chapo Adrian Lopez and Chris Charlton published their Google Glass experiment that lets everyone see through an artist's eyes while painting his own self-portrait.

Chapo Lopez, 37, a traditional artist who uploads time-lapse footage of his painting sessions onto YouTube has been painting since high school while growing up on the eastern side of Los Angeles. His techie friend since college, Chris Charlton, a 34 year-old tech consultant provided the opportunity for Chapo Lopez to use Google Glass and capture himself painting in his studio without being tied to wires or heavy video equipment.

With the popularity of powerful mobile video recording devices, there are thousands of first-person view recordings of people sharing their unique perspectives mainly advertised around outdoor activities, but to see any artist work on their self-portrait through their point-of-view is really unique.

"Our goal is to see if a device like Google Glass is worth exploring for artists. What we're sharing today is one of many experiments," says Chris Charlton. "As the near future sees artists recording their own moments it'll bring a new dimension to their art and our understanding of creative minds."