Mechana Carnevale

Mechana #4: Chittara

Mechana #3

Wood, aluminum copper, bicycle parts

The machinifesto story goes like: "Machines are obsolete. Digital has replace analog, cloud computing replaces hard drive. Therefor machines can evolve and assume forms beyond their function. They can play, fight love and dream. " I imagined them going to a circus or carnival. Instead of Homo ludens, playful man, they become Machina ludens, playful machines.

Mechana #1 Spring 2011- Oak, aluminum

Mechana #2- Spring 2012- Oak, Metal
Our Thought Bridge-Spring 2011

The metal part was initially going to be a strut that would help over engineer the structure of the pianoNovo. I thought it detracted from pianoNovo, and it wasn't needed for structure, but was cool on it's own. I liked a structural element becoming part of a traditionally 2D wall art piece. What does a structure do when it's not needed? Gravity laws don't apply in the imagist world of a painting. These collages are transitions between a world of 2-D imagery and a world of 3-D structure. Would a structure continue to bridge with a ghost of it's original purpose?

The Mechana's material is appropriated as scrap from some of the oldest buildings in town, from un-needed machines and from out-dated signs. The material follows the message of former stable structures being used for frivolous pursuits.