Chromatic Typewriter

Tyree Callahan created the Chromatic Typewriter by modifying a vintage typewriter. While the art in the first image was not actually created by the typewriter, the second image was.
As we can see, the typewriter creates a beautiful paragraph of color. While this is a very literal combination of art and computing, I can see so much potential with a machine like this. I think of Mozart's dice game, where the measures changed as the dice was rolled, or the measures were assigned letters so that Mozart could give each girl he fancied her very own unique piece. With the chromatic typewriter, each color takes the place of a specific letter than we would normally associate with that spot on a keyboard. It would be so easy then, to turn a written name, poem, or story into a color piece of art. You would type the story with the keyboard as if the letters were there, and you would be left with not typed words, but a beautiful colorful piece of work that would be different and unique to each sentence, word, or name. Beautiful!