sculptural robotics, cool machines and kinetic sculptures

July 20, 2003 8:52 AM

Sculptural Robotics are whimsical "artificial lifeforms and other curious artifacts," mostly created from hard drive components, solar engines, and brass. Artist Dan Roe also links to Arthur Ganson's Machines, a portfolio of wonderful mechanical creations. Ganson in turn links to Tim Prentice's awesome Kinetic Sculptures - all are fun examples of when technology, machines, and art collide.
posted by madamjujujive (6 comments total)

those kinetic sculptures in the last link are especially great.
posted by crunchland at 9:31 AM on July 20, 2003

Wow. Arthur Ganson's machine with wishbone is fantastic (and a little disturbing, what with the spindly arms of a robotic puppeteer animating a bone).
posted by eddydamascene at 10:13 AM on July 20, 2003

Cool stuff. The re-cycled hard drive parts into moving sculture is very cool.
posted by stbalbach at 12:17 PM on July 20, 2003

Yeah, props mjjv on the Tim Prentice link, those are just hypnotizing. I wish I had a screensaver that would replicate the undulating motions of the wire cat or some of the others. Very cool indeed.
posted by jonson at 1:53 PM on July 20, 2003

Nice :). Thanks!
posted by plep at 12:42 PM on July 21, 2003

Ooo-ooo-ooooo! I especially like Arthur Ganson's machines. Cat whiskers--wonderful. And how'd he get the hand to right 'Faster' in the one called Faster? Great stuff.
posted by lobakgo at 1:03 PM on July 21, 2003