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Machines that almost fall over

A post by George

Michael Kontopoulos has created a system of sculptures that are constantly on the brink of collapse. He captures the exact moment of impending catastrophe and endlessly repeats it.

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6 Comments on “Machines that almost fall over”

  1. emma
    October 1st, 2008
    4:08 am

    if i had that at home
    i won’t get anything done bc i’d sit there and wait for it to fall over
    the anticipation is the best part
    but it’ll never fall over

  2. 555
    October 2nd, 2008
    11:08 am

    pahahaaaaa I’d love to get inside that guys brain, just for a day.

    It’s brilliant. I’d like to see a whole bunch of them, all with different tempos, timed perfectly to make some kind of block rocking beat.

  3. George
    October 2nd, 2008
    11:26 am

    haha i like your thinking @555 :) could make an awesome song with them!

    Talking of making songs from strange things, have you heard this?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAKXTvyYSfc

    It’s made completely from mac sounds!

  4. charlie
    October 10th, 2008
    7:17 pm

    that youtube link you just posted has my little sister messing around with her alert sounds now. “i didn’t know there were other sounds!”

    -_- i suppose i have you to thank for this… lol!

  5. charlie
    October 11th, 2008
    8:21 pm

    also i blogged you and posted a response ^_- http://vimeo.com/1609077

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