Patrick Martinez, ‘Ball machine’ (2000)
Tag Archives: mechanical sculpture
Kristoffer Myskja
Kristoffer Myskja, ‘Smoking Machine’ (2007)
Go to his website to see the machine (and many more) in action).
Electroboutique
Electroboutique, ‘AirPort’ (2009)
AirPort is placed in a forest, between trees and bushes. The huge departures display shows flight numbers, departures times, gates, airlines and destinations. All information is displayed in real time. A female voice announces changes in the timetable, last calls and other information that is usually announced at airports.
Arthur Ganson
Arthur Ganson, ‘Machine with concrete’ (1992)
Each worm/worm gear pair reduces the speed of the motor by 1/50th. Since there are 12 pairs of gears, the final speed reduction is calculated by (1/50)12. The implications are quite large. With the motor turning around 200 revolutions per minute, it will take well over two trillion years before the final gear makes but one turn.
Ariel Schlesinger @ Galerija Gregor Podnar
Seen last Friday at Gregor Podnar in Berlin; Ariel Schlesinger’s solo show called ‘Reverse engineering’. Although not many works and not all of them as good; a nice show, with quite some energy!
Pauline Bastard
Pauline Bastard, ‘Over the rainbow’ (2009)
A lot of her works are videos that I can’t show you here, because her website’s so Flashy… so go there.
Christopher Chiappa
Christopher Chiappa, ‘Hermit crab’, video (2010)
‘Hermit crab’ is a video manipulating common childhood pet hermit crabs in a way that
depicts power and abuse. The artist’s head is cropped out of each frame as he methodically
glues each of the twenty-five hermit crab shells together to form a circle. The crabs’ behavior
during the gluing evokes human struggle and strategies for coping as a group.
Photograph taken at the end of the production of the film.
Ariel Schlesinger
3 videos by Ariel Schlesinger. Above: ‘L’angoisse de la page blanche’ (2007)
To see the other 2: Read More
Nedko Solakov
Nedko Solakov, ‘Destroyed public sculpture’ (2001) Video here
Destroyed replica of a part from a public sculpture called Citizens (created by Ubo Scheffer, 1970), situated in front of the Police Headquarters, Arnhem
Via VVORK
Chris Burden
Chris Burden talking about his museum installation ‘Samson’ (1985), with added VHS-eighties-please-adjust-your-television effects.
A museum installation consisting of a 100-ton jack connected to a gear box and a turnstile. The 100-ton jack pushes two large timbers against the bearing walls of the museum. Each visitor to the museum must pass through the turnstile in order to see the exhibition. Each input on the turnstile ever so slightly expands the jack, and ultimately if enough people visit the exhibition, SAMSON could theoretically destroy the building.
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Opening Nikki Koole @ Galerie Gallery
Nikki Koole on the keyboard…
Saturday April 3, Galerie Gallery: Opening of the exhibition by Nikki Koole. Pictures of the opening here!
Jon Sasaki
Jon Sasaki, ‘Flyguy triggering his own motion sensor’ (2010)
A flyguy (one of the familiar dancing inflatables that wave people into carwashes and fast food restaurants) has been moved into the gallery and hooked up to a motion sensor.
Click here to view a videoclip
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