A mechanical model of a flea circus trampoline by artist Eleanor Morgan
Eleanor Morgan is a multi-talented artist with an interested in our desire to connect with animals. Her videos, sculpture, performance and drawings "explore animals as shifting, sticky 'things': animal as activity, rather than animal as object".
This piece is in the form of an automata with 3 jumping fleas on a trampoline, winding the handle causes them to jump up and down, you can see a video of it in action on the artist's website.
Tuesday, 3 June 2008
Jumping fleas
Labels:
Automata,
Fleas,
Kinetic Sculpture,
Trampoline
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The artist has advised me that it's not actually three fleas on a trampoline but one very energetic flea. Sorry for any confusion that might have arisen.
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