That's pretty cute, alright. Funny that I hadn't heard of this couple either, since I've got a strong affinity for "confrontational" works like their whip-chair. Reminds me of another old friend - Chico MacMurtrie. He's an ex-California artist, now in Brooklyn, who's in the orbit of my old group, Survival Research Laboratories. SRL is all about performance - it isn't about the machines, they're just the performers. Chico's work is kinetic and animated sculpture that I expect present company will dig.
You can see it here:
https://www.amorphicrobotworks.org/
I'd suggest starting with the
Totemobile, because it's
big. I don't think it was shown in Venice, but I know it was installed in France. He's got a big list of helpers too, and it includes a bunch of SRL folks. So it's a pretty cool scene that SRL is at the center of, and there's a lot of sharing of personnel and resources. Another SRL guy who spun out on his own is Chip Flynn (originally from Detroit, hooked up with us in NY in '88, moved to SF, and then after working within SRL and as Peoplehater went back to Detroit). I should get back in touch...
(I'm getting a "forbidden" error on this link, so you'll have to remove the spaces.)
www. daily motion. com/video/x14c73
His stuff is mos def more in the SRL mode - dirty and noisy and often on fire.
