Arthur Ganson is known for his kinetic sculptures and machines. At moments even a cold metallic machine can appear to be organic and chaotic. This is one of those moments.
Thanks for the link Zack!
Machine with Roller Chain - Arthur Ganson
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This is nuts. I wonder if there's even any load on the final drive mechanism. By all means, that thing has enough torque to chew through that concrete....some day.
Posted by: Andrew | July 22, 2009 4:20 PM
yea get the dvd watson its well worth the investment . i got it a couple years ago. good soundtrack nothing but machines clicking and making noise. great to zone out to.
Posted by: jonnyneedledick | July 22, 2009 7:38 PM
happy to see a living master get his due from a non-visualarts-related blog/community. ganson is great along with tinguely and the rest who exemplify the gorgeous aspects of motion. more! more!
Posted by: kylej | July 22, 2009 7:57 PM
i was lucky enough to see ganson speak down here in april. he had his show in the architecture building here at ut. i also got his dvd a couple of years ago back when it was only $5!
it was fantastic to see his stuff in person, but his video page is super awesome, too. it's essentially the same as the dvd but there are a few that aren't on there.
http://www.arthurganson.com/pages/Sculptures.html
his artichoke and wishbone stuff is super awesome and it is amazing how large of a presence these physically small sculptures have, even when you are standing right in front of them!
Posted by: dancakes | July 22, 2009 8:54 PM