Tag Archives: mechanical sculpture


Piero Golia

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Untitled, by Piero Golia

The machine makes the broom sweep the floor every other second.

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Untitled (Carpet), (2002)

Carpet with an arrow always pointing at Golia’s house, like his personal Mecca.


Kris Vleeschouwer

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Wait Until II (2006) by Kris Vleeschouwer

A glass is mounted on a small shelf. Under the shelf a display with 3 numbers is always moving. When, by chance, the display shows 3 identical numbers, a piston pushes the glass a little bit to the edge until finaly it falls. After this “accident” the process starts all over again with a new glass.


Jasper Rigole

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‘OUTNUMBERED, a brief history of imposture’ (2009), by Jasper Rigole

An installation that generates a moving image, using a found panoramic photograph from 1936. The installation is computer-controlled and generates an aleatoric narrative using an extensive database of people who, in some way, are associated with imposture.

Below are two nice documentation-videos of the installation, made in SMAK, Ghent in 2009.

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Patrick Martinez

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Patrick Martinez, ‘Ball machine’ (2000)


Jeppe Hein

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Jeppe Hein, ‘Appearing rooms’ (2010)

As seen at the Lichtparcours ’10, in Braunschweig.

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Justin Schull

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Justin Schull, ‘Terrestrial shrub rover’ (2009)


Kristoffer Myskja

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Kristoffer Myskja, ‘Smoking Machine’ (2007)

Go to his website to see the machine (and many more) in action).


Jeremy Bailey

Jeremy Bailey, ‘Public sculpture’ (2009)

Above is Bailey’s introduction to his public sculpture project, conceived while at the Shargorod residency in the Ukraine.

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Jon Sasaki

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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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Electroboutique

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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.

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