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A system of sculptures that is constantly on the brink of collapse. My intention was to capture and sustain the exact moment of impending catastrophe and endlessly repeat it.

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Emanuel Strömgren 1 year ago

That was cool! But I didn't really understand the, well, the meaning of the movie, but it was nice although!
Matthew Joseff 1 year ago

Very cool
Cheryl Cohen 1 year ago

Very cool. I could watch it all day. Its like banging my head against the wall
Kyle Lowe 1 year ago

Brilliant! Nice social commentary. If that's what it is...
Dean Lewis 1 year ago

It was entertaining.
Patrick Satterfield 1 year ago

Nice. It reminds me of the Steven Wright joke that goes something like, "You know that feeling when you are leaning back in your chair and you lean back just a little too far and you just catch yourself before falling? I feel like that all the time."
Julien 1 year ago

Hey, I love this setup, I really feel some "surge of emergency" each time one of the machines knocks...
Glenn (avene.org) 1 year ago

That's great! Very funny to watch
Ian Vogel 1 year ago

this is our society. nice one
Sasha Fornari 1 year ago

brilliant work. thanks for sharing :)
cyphaflip 1 year ago

hammer ftw!
Spudgun 1 year ago

I don't know whether there's a metaphor at work here or not; nor do I care. I just think it's a F+++++g brilliant and innovative piece of photography. Bravo!
Richard Huntington 1 year ago

Interesting!!!
Jay Purcell 1 year ago

Cool.
Bee Emtee 1 year ago

I get it, and I like it... Sort of surrealism in motion.
Kyle Shields 1 year ago

Neat!
DerrickChow 1 year ago

That is amazing. I would have loved to see this in person.
kahve 1 year ago

nice!
Tom Eriksen 1 year ago

Art! The long build-up before the hammer falls gave my mind lots of time to anticipate the outcome. You tell yourself this is all mathematics applied to mechanics. The artist have thought this over. Cool.... But when the hammer hits the board and it starts toppling over I get this feeling in my stomach, like I want to reach out and stop it from falling. Reptile brain - Logic 1-0
Pila Rusjan 1 year ago

all this edgy stuff remind me of rebecca horn's mashines.
I like it! :)
Vormplus 1 year ago

Like the idea. Nice work.
William Hall 1 year ago

Great feeling in the pit of my stomach as 'the machine' almost fell over. Thanks. Visceral art via video.
steve 1 year ago

that is so on the brink, i'm impressed
Curtis Yee 1 year ago

Hmmm, I've heard about this in my car once....
Atnas 1 year ago

I didn't get the deeper meaning, but very nice indeed
stw254 1 year ago

Very clever! How long did it take you to "tune" them?
Oscarh Ortega 1 year ago

That's just how my country works! it keeps standing miracously after being hit so many times.

Do the machines get just to the point before falling? cuz it feels like they could have gone a little further.
Johan Van der Auwera 1 year ago

In my country they subsidise people who come up with such ideas! Nice work!
Matt Rebelo 1 year ago

What an awesome, original idea! I love it!
vamapaull 1 year ago

Interesting idea, it makes me feel like something it's about to crush at some point...
Dan Valentine 1 year ago

Great. It's like you're cheering so much for the hammer and yet the structure is screaming "Nooooooo!"
nic 1 year ago

Que coisa, dá uma sensação de que vai cair, mas não cai! Haha. É um vídeo bem awesome. It's diferente. Pretty Cool.
Stevo Welsh 1 year ago

very intersting.... but who ever built these has ALOT of time on there hands :P
will Anderson 1 year ago

those sculptures would drive me insane
Max Lampin 1 year ago

this is art!
Ben NCM 1 year ago

You could have done so much more with this.
Two Buds 1 year ago

Love it, simple and poignant!
Logan Reynolds 1 year ago

I liked that so much!
Kyle Stebbins 1 year ago

I love this. Was this on display to the public or made solely for a film? I hope both.
kaspars 1 year ago

really entertaining! made me smile. :) great idea!
Julian Battelli 1 year ago

good idea, but they did'nt crashed soo I'm dissapointed
run 1 year ago

This is the balance
Alex Miller 1 year ago

I will never be able to do something this awesome in all of my life.
Dale Storer 1 year ago

that...is why you fail.
(well, if you 'do' fail or something ^_^)
garrettOverheul 1 year ago

I know what you mean. well said.
Tom Mallan 1 year ago

Movie and sculptures alike are very well done. Mesmerizing, but short enough to leave us wanting more.
brian durkin 1 year ago

very original. good idea.
Tribalwind 1 year ago

creative, and apropos to our times!
Brown 1 year ago

some bizarre comments here eh?
I like the work
Andy Rydzewski 1 year ago

fantastic! great art piece!
Danijel Šivinjski 1 year ago

cool ... nice staff
matthew carrozo 1 year ago

this makes me feel warm inside.
pastol 1 year ago

Simplistic, but the tension is incredible.
Steve Calderon 1 year ago

So awesome! Like existentialist robots!
Paul Cooper 1 year ago

Very very nice :) that is literally on the edge!
Gaspar 1 year ago

Very Good!
Nick Camm 1 year ago

Vertigo.
Ian Gutierrez 1 year ago

cool?
Joacim Schwartz 1 year ago

I love it. Just the excitement of it almost falling back and then it goes back, repeatedly. Nice work on balancing the weights!
kwelwater 1 year ago

Yeah love it dude, like playing on a swing the momentum of hanging and not nowing or you will fall back or go on, nice display.
layedoutnissan 1 year ago

very cool
Ty Acord 1 year ago

please. push....it.....OVER.
True Congress 1 year ago

This really is beautiful. Thank you...
Yann Traboulsi 1 year ago

amazing installation.
benju 1 year ago

terrific concept and realization!
Dale Storer 1 year ago

Absolutly wonderful! Machines that go 'bang' and do not fall over! Simplistic design, grace and balance in equilibrium.
This is something I would love to see on exhibit in a contemporary museum. Elaborate on the idea...
If nothing else to watch an old person passer-by 'cluck' in lack of understanding and contempt for the noise
daniel arenas 1 year ago

good piece. the anticipation is more important that the result, and the way time expands in those seconds when the piece it's about to collapse is great.
reminds me fischli and weiss work - there's a book about the piece "the way things go by" is highly recommended, - that piece has several things in common with this work - the awkwardness, the sense of humor and the way objects are constructed and displayed. cheers.
simon Snowflake 1 year ago

Great, how we seem to hope to see the contructs fall, but obviously they dont. A bit of a metafor for all day problems, they seem devastating but in the end you'll manage.
JethroDethro 1 year ago

very cool. any footage of the development of this project???
garrettOverheul 1 year ago

Brilliant. I love the concept of the installation. For some reason it made me laugh each time the "machine" almost fell over, odd huh? Anyway I enjoyed it, thanks.
Adam Beecher 1 year ago

Nice, I like it.
Beanz Ramirez 1 year ago

Those must've been so hard to make!! Kudos.
smpl 1 year ago

Doom! Doom! We're all doomed :-)
Miles Foxglove 1 year ago

That is very nice.. in the randomness of life, does one ever actually fall over?
MariaNYC 11 months ago

So who is the artist that made these wonderful sculptures? Is it you?
I would really like to know, pls give credit
Michael Kontopoulos 11 months ago

Hello,
I am the creator of all these works. I use vimeo to host my documentation. Please visit my portfolio site for more information: mkontopoulos.com
Marco G. 11 months ago

this is the exact technique used in the berlin wall to stop escaping vehicles. After introducing that type of wall, the Dragon's teeth had been removed. So your sculpture has a deeper meaning than you may think. great work!
Itsbynne Reel 11 months ago

Brilliant work.
Naboo 11 months ago

And do the hammers get their power through some electric cable, or is it maybe some mechanical spring?
Robert Edgar 11 months ago

Beautiful. Thanks.
stevan kojic 11 months ago

Nice homage to Peter Fischli & David Weiss.
Joe Parslow 11 months ago

I like it.
Richard Holdman 11 months ago

Love It!
Ashley Ford 10 months ago

just amazing! love the idea, and really funny.
James Remar 10 months ago

Some snide, high-brow bullshit. Always gets a ton of views. Works like a charm.
Second Brown 10 months ago

Brilliant!
Ben 8 months ago

Niiice. Good thing the video is not longer. Not sure if I could take the tension I felt every time the machines nearly fell over. Puh.
Martin Barnier 7 months ago

Serious business. I like the idea, how long did it take to get right?
Maurice Lock 7 months ago

a real attention grabber and ultimately rather sad for reasons I cannot fathom.
6 months ago

I can identify with this.
mikedidonato 6 months ago

Stunning.
rob ray 6 months ago

totally great.
hendersontwelve 6 months ago

Fantastic!