Early Wooden Mechanisms for TEDx
Wednesday, August 31, 2011 at 9:52AM
David and I have been hard at work preparing for his TEDx Talk on Sept. 16th. Oodles of minutes have been shot for new videos and David has spent hours trying to pare down 35 years of discovery and inspiration into 18 minutes of talk. Significant portions of his work which were never captured in video before are now being recorded. Here is a short video collage displaying detail shots of six of his earliest reliable mechanisms.
Top Row (L to R) Anticipation, Wandering Asterisk, Serendipity
Bottom Row (L to R) Inventor Released, Tumbleweed, Crazy Eight
The keyword is reliable. During the early years of Wood That Works David designed many, many mechanisms. Only a few worked reliably and were expanded to become sculptures. Most didn't. I provide this as words of encouragement to those of you trying to create kinetic sculpture yourselves. It takes a lot of experimentation to understand mechanisms and their peculiarities. And even more to control it for creating patterns.
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Reader Comments (1)
EXCITED TO HERE YOU ARE PRESENTING AT TED.COM ON SEPT 16, 2011. I WOULD LOVE TO ATTEND...SINCE I HAVE NOT AS YET ATTEND A LIVE TED EVENT BUT ACTIVE ON LINE AND ONE OF THE MOST ACTIVE NON APPOINTED SPOKES PERSON FOR TED.COM. MY 3 GOALS ARE:
ATTEND A TED NATIONAL CONFERENCE
2. PRESENT MY CONTRIBUTION TO MY FIELD OF PSYCHOTHERAPY ESP ON THE MYTH OF AWARENESS OR AWARENESS MADE EASY" AND 3. CREATE A DECENT KINETIC SCULPTURE.
I AM FORTUNATE TO HAVE ONE OF YOUR EARLY SCULPTURES, "TUMBLEWEED" AND SAVING UP FOR ANOTHER.
ALL THE BEST, MAY YOUR TALK BE WHAT YOU WANT IT TO BE AND MAY YOUR MESSAGE BE SIMPLE,PROVOCATIVE AND IMSPIRING MANY OTHERS. MY BEST FOR PRESENTING YOUR BEST MESSAGE TO OTHERS WITH EASE, STYLE ABD GRACE!
DO YOU KNOW IF THEY PLAN ON MAKING YOURS AND THE OTHER TALKS PUBLIC TO MEMBERSHIP?
THANKS IN ADVANCE - ...AND MAY YOUR SPIRIT BE WITH YOU
MY BEST - RICHARD MONSAERT
Posted @ Tuesday, September 06, 2011 11:28 AM by DR RICHARD MONSAERT RMONSAERT@AOL.COM