Lyly’s Magic Depictor is a project by Lydie Greco, inspired by the Sketch’O’Matic created by Bren O’Collaghan (Manchester, Cornerhouse 2011).
The idea is that it works just like a photobooth, but instead of having your photograph taken, you get a handdrawn portrait. How it works is there is an illustrator hidden in one of the booths, able see the sitter through a one way mirror. The illustrator draws the portrait in a few minutes, then slides it in the receptacle outside, just like in a real photobooth. Magic! You get an instant portrait!