Wow! I think this is really neat. More than the art itself. It shows the thinking process of creation. He tells how the sculptures are conceived and then the creating thereof. Although I am not overly fond of the sculptures I find the presentation fastinating. Another thing which makes this very interesting is that he invents the processes for manufacturing his kinetic works.
- Idea
- Inventing the tools to create the physical manifestation of the idea.
- Manufacturing the sculpture.
From the TED website:
A modern-day creator of "twittering machines," Arthur Ganson uses simple, plain materials to build witty mechanical art. But the wit is not simply about Rube Goldberg-ian chain-reaction gags (though you'll find a few of those). His work examines the quiet drama of physical motion, whether driven by a motor or by the actions of the viewer. Notions of balance, of rising and falling, of action and reaction and consequence, play themselves out in wire and steel and plastic.
Ganson has been an artist-in-residence at MIT (where the Lemelson-MIT Award Program named him an Inventor of the Week, and where his show "Gestural Engineering" is ongoing) and has shown his work at art and science museums around the world -- including a current, held-over show at the phaeno in Wolfsburg, Germany.
