Sculpture III, Spring 2012

03 February 2010

Early machines, automata, artificial life

Morning

* Historical survey. Early machines, automata, artificial life, etc, up to Tinguely.

historical automata
musical automata
The Turk (fraud!)
Jacques de Vaucanson's Canard Digˇrateur or Digesting Duck (partial fraud!)
Henri Maillardet's writing/drawing automaton
Etienne Jules Marey's scientific and medical instruments
Bernie Lubell's Marey-inspired wooden machines

The Draughtsman: one | two | three | four
The Musician: one | two | three
Stampfer, Stroboscope disc, No. 3
a contemporary Stampfer disc
Vaucanson, Duck


Afternoon

* Machine shop demos



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