De Werktank - factory for new and old media art

During the 'Kunstroute Bierbeek' art tour we get to see what is happening in an old milk factory.  The great space has become the creative work space to a few artists.

Impressive light sculptures against the ceiling,  A wire sculpture against the wall... but these are not part of the art tour itself.

Wim Jansen - Static

A few months ago I saw this intriguing piece at another art event.  This time I tried to capture the movement in a very short video :

click arrow to start - very short - video

in another room ...

Wim Jansen - Continuization Loop

click arrow to see the movement of the work

2 works about the phenomenon of television static

My husband willingly demonstrating Reversed Blinking by Ief Spincemaille

'Imagine that your head is captured inside a photo camera...'

Ief Spincemaille - Behind The Horizon

"I am sitting on the beach and I keep a yardstick in front of me, parallel with the horizon. They say that the Earth is round and I want to verify if this is true. But my yardstick appears to be too short or the earth not round enough."

Starting from a childhood memory, Behind The Horizon wants to visualize the bending of the Earth. It is an attempt to look behind the horizon. Not with a yardstick, but with a huge tube with a length of 10.832 km. This tube was carried by 310 volunteers at the Belgian Coast on the 14th of May 2010. The middle of this tube is resting on the ground. Five km to the left and 5 km to the right of this center point, the tube is already 229 cm removed from the earth's surface. A straight tube hanging above a convex Earth. A clearly visible and comprehensible image of the bending of the Earth.

Kurt d'Haeseleer - Scripted Emorions

De Werktank

click to enter site and learn more about the different projects and artists.

Kunstroute Bierbeek - art tour
on 7 locations In Bierbeek, Brabant, Belgium
last weekend : 28 - 29 May 2011, from 14h - 18h
http://www.deborre.be/


more posts the next days

Tinguely's gigantic kinetic toy

This assemblage sculpture is really gigantic.  One pushes a red button to start the engine, and walks up the stairs to get in the centre of the moving elements.

a short video taken from the platform

click arrow to start video (you might need to click it several times to start it)


Tinguely Museum - Basel, Switserland
www.tinguely.ch


related post (one of the many on Jean Tinguely)
playful-drawing-machines

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Jean Tinguely - part 3 - Méta-Matics

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Meta-matic drawings vary enormously, entirely according to how the machine is set up and used. No two drawings are ever completely identical. How close the felt-pen, or whatever is being used, is fixed to the paper, is an important factor, but the fluidity or otherwise of of the colouring agent, or the texture of the paper, will also play a part. The operator can use pencil, ballpoint, airmail stamps, invisible ink . . . The decisive thing is how long the machine is allowed to run without interference, and how long with each separate colour. But however it is set up, it is impossible for the machine to produce an ugly drawing.
Hultén 1975, p. 82.

L'appareil à faire des sculptures - The engine to make sculptures

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Museum Tinguely in Basel Switserland

Jean Tinguely - kinetic art - part 1

museum Tinguely in Basel is a must for lovers of the unusual and of kinetic art. The place is stacked with moving sculptures that rattle, shake, blink, move, squeak, ....
Most of the sculptures are on hold until a red button is pushed to start the movement ... and the noises.
For those who can't stand squeaking sounds I recommend to turn the volume down.






click on arrows to start videos
in the last video I focused on the shadow play, just as interesting as the work itself.
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kinetic art - Peter Bosch & Simone Simons

click on left arrow to start video

Invigorator (Krachtgever)

by Peter Bosch & Simone Simons

the complete explanation about the work is on their site, look at works, look at Krachtgever; it is a bit long to copy.

kinetic art - Anton Cotteleer

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Tommy

by Anton Cotteleer

'the sculptures of Cotteleer are unique in their kind, and reflect a state of alienation of daily reality'

I just laughed out loud when I saw this rug wagging its tail, looked at it numerous times. Seen at the same exhibition. Just need more time to explain more about that.

the sculpture is walking - Julian Opie - part 2

I got a second opportunity to shoot the walking figures. The plane we needed to catch yesterday night was cancelled, we had to stay another night. So going to the city we passed them again, and this is one of the moving light sculptures on O'Connell Street - Dublin, by Julian Opie.
I was told that the artist picked people from the street because of the way they moved. He filmed them and changed it into this moving figure.

I've got a problem here, I can't edit this video (first time I ever do this). How do I get this in the upright position? and can I remove the sound? it seems like this should be easy, but I can't find it.
HELP

Another post on Julian Opie HERE