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Beer Can Launcher
The Beer Can Launcher is a mechanical work being designed for the sole purpose of crushing and launching beer cans into the sky. Playing along with the idea of drinking as a right of passage, this machine provides participants with the opportunity to celebrate their momentary drinking achievements one drink at a time.
Read moreJean-Pierre Gauthier – Machine Artist
Battements et papillons / Beats and Butterflies Marqueurs d’incertitude / Uncertainty Marker Marqueurs d’incertitude / Uncertainty Markers (detail) Except from artist website When the Eyes Imbibe Noise Noise surrounds us, it is inside us, it is everywhere. It besieges us constantly. It is a dishevelled heap, a sonorous and protean mass in […]
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SLOW INEVITABLE DEATH OF AMERICAN MUSCLE SLOW MOTION CAR CRASH Excerpt for artist website: This sculpture is a machine that advances two full sized automobiles slowly into one another over a period of 6 days, simulating a head on automobile collision. Each car moves about three feet into the other. The movement is so slow […]
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