Arthur Ganson, “Machines and the Breath of Time”
September 15th, 02009 by Stewart Brand
Dancing Chairs
“You follow the feeling of the piece,” Ganson explained, “and then wrestle it into physicality.” As long as the idea is nonphysical, it is permanent; it becomes temporary as a physical device; and then it becomes permanent again in the mind of the viewer.
As Ganson spoke, a tiny chair walked meditatively around and around on a rock on the right side of the stage, projected live onto a video screen. (Thinking Chair.) No part in any of his kinetic art pieces is superfluous…
Read the rest of Stewart Brand’s Summary
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