Moving objects part of series no. 68-427 - Pe Lang
Just the other night, there was a birthday party for a friend of my flat-mate who I was not acquainted with. The party was at our apartment, so naturally, I attended the party too. Anyway, before the night was done, I overheard one of them recommending the other about this gallery opening. The artist was also his friend, but he assured him that the works would be interesting to see. So I invited myself and went as well!
Here, a motor rotates magnets in opposite directions. With this same structure, a variety of movements are created
In fact, that guy was totally right. Pe Lang is a technical genius. Moving Objects is a solo exhibition of Pe Lang's works. All of his stuff has an element of sound and movement, and comes with a magic like surprise. At the same time, there were no secrets. You could see how everything was connected, even the location of the power source. Even so, the honesty of it was elegant.
Small subtle things were happening before your eyes, and if you were listening carefully to what your eyes are watching, you could hear the click clack of the magnets shifting about, or the whirr of the motors turning. But because it was opening night, there was a constant chattering buzz in the atmosphere. It would be really nice to go back when there are less people and just sit and watch the pieces for hours.
moving objects 596-627, edition six.these reminded me of little ants running around minding their own business..and lemmings. video
One could sit in this room for hours and still not figure out when the ball bearings will fall out. They just do. And when it happens, you can only hear the clack! sound of it hitting the hardwood floor, but you cannot locate it, (nor can you see it falling), because it's so tiny. We just know it happens, because we can hear it. At one point I tried to stand under it with my arms out like I would be catching a snowflake, but I still never caught one.
Like jumping spaghetti, all you can hear is the frantic flick, flack, whapp, of the cables. Kind of like clapping too. video
the sound of gliding tissue paper. What happens after a month of crinkling paper? video
no. 502-219 he makes these magnets float between the copper pieces. video
but does it float?
super cool, ideas for cutmr :D
ReplyDeletehaha, not possible. these look simple but are totally complex! This guy even built and programmed his own CNC in his living room.
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