Jean Tinguely: Kinetic Machines

Jean Tinguely was a Swiss painter and sculptor. He is best known for his sculptural machines or kinetic art, known as metamechanics. Tinguely's art satirized the mindless overproduction of material goods in advanced industrial society. His sculptures communicate through their noisy and multifaceted movements where both the functions as well as the movements become art.

Video: Directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara.
Duration: 15 minutes; language: Japanese
Video via UBUWEB

For more information visit: Museum Tinguely, Basel Switzerland

Metamorphose by M.C. Escher (1 hour video)

Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898-1972) is one of the world's most famous graphic artists. His art is enjoyed by millions of people all over the world, as can be seen on the many web sites on the internet.

He is most famous for his so-called impossible structures, such as Ascending and Descending, Relativity, his Transformation Prints, such as Metamorphosis I, Metamorphosis II and Metamorphosis III, Sky & Water I or Reptiles.



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