Favorite Artists Part 1

There are a few artists that just blow me away. I have been inspired by these folks in many different ways.

Alexander Calder (1898-1976) created a circus in the late '20's early 30's. It worked in such a way that he would perform it for crowds of people in his apartment. There's a great video about it called Calder's Circus. He also developed the mobile.

Calder was a very prolific artists and a slob.












Tim Hawkinson (1960-) has about as much fun as Calder did. His pieces involve machines, noise, and moving parts. On the left is the "Uberorgan" that he created with a number of bus-sized balloons that operated a light-sensor player piano of sorts. It emits an immense noise, like a fog horn.
On the right is the "Emotor." The self-portrait image has motors attached to each facial expression. The motors are operated by light sensors suction-cupped to a television. So whatever is on TV affects the facial expression.