Variety Machines: Jean Tinguely's Artwork-Machinery

by Corry Shores
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[May I sincerely thank the sources of these images and videos:
about.ch
saintluc.over-blog.com
saschafuchs12345
henrichy0205yt of VernissageTV
PincoPallonzio
Stephen Cornford
qberyl
kidtwistnola
franckstudio13
RUUUUTA
gerar158
ryancordell
glamourbombtv
Credits given below the images and at the end. Visit their sites by clicking on the links.]

Variety Machines:
Jean Tinguely's Artwork-Machinery

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Méta Harmonie IV – Fatamorgana, 1970
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What do Tinguely's machines got to do with us?

The parts of our lives are all working to make up the life we live. But do these parts work together? Are not the many parts of ourselves and our world so very different, and yet the machinery of our lives still seems to go on? Our relationships with loved ones might seem to work in counter-action to our professional lives, but somehow, the one without the other might not work. The two are very different, yet their functioning is forced together. The machinery of our lives is more like a Frankenstein's monster. And yet it is inconceivable any other way.

Brief Summary

Jean Tinguely created artwork-machines made of heterogeneous parts that work together differentially for some creative function or for no specific function at all, other than to be a work of art.

Points Relative to Deleuze

Tinguely's machines demonstrate a basic mechanical principle: functioning is differential and the parts of functioning things are heterogeneous. Rube Goldberg's machines show this in a slightly different way.


Below are some video clips of Tinguely's machines provided by a variety of sources. [It's better to see the higher quality version at their original location. Click on the title links to do so.]

Jean Tinguely. Heureka

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Jean Tinguely. Méta-Harmonie II

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Jean Tinguely. Méta-Harmonie II

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Jean Tinguely. Homage to New York

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Jean Tinguely. Self Portrait

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Jean Tinguely. Altar

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Jean Tinguely. Le Cyclop

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Jean Tinguely. Le Cyclop

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Jean Tinguely. Le Cyclop

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Jean Tinguely. Fountain in Basel

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Universal Newsreal of Tinguely machines

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Images:
Machine image:
http://saintluc.over-blog.com/article-ut-pictura-poesis-38078192-comments.html
Thanks saintluc.over-blog.com

Portrait image:
http://www.about.ch/various/famous-swiss.html
Thanks about.ch


Video clips:
Heureka
saschafuchs12345
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlrsSWxXEDQ

Meta Harmony II, 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8g31wr8mLc
Thanks henrichy0205yt of VernissageTV

Meta Harmony II, 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsfvsBxVxbk
Thanks PincoPallonzio

Homage to New York
http://vimeo.com/8537769
Thanks Stephen Cornford

Self Portrait
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMPLRm56_ZI
Thanks qberyl

Altar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaisD756Ats
Thanks kidtwistnola

Jean Tinguely. Le Cyclop, 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx5GXZk_Q3c
Thanks franckstudio13

Jean Tinguely. Le Cyclop, 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHF_bXfoThw
Thanks RUUUUTA

Jean Tinguely. Le Cyclop, 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ss4CSFahCc
Thanks gerar158

Fountain in Basel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx7e5BRekIA
Thanks ryancordell

Universal Newsreal of Tinguely machines
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cl_WVGDzxT4
Thanks glamourbombtv