Found this amazing clip from Jezebel.com.
French performance group La Machine creates a giant, hydraulic steampunk spider and parades it down the streets of Liverpool, Tokyo.
I can't help thinking how ALIVE this thing is, this mixture of metal and gas and plastic and ingenuity. I wanted to reach out and shake it's leg, say hello. Acknowledge its existence.
It's also terrifying. Note the staged "battle" between spider and humanity (with fireworks!).
This saddened me a little: it was a very "Frankenstein" like moment.
Amazing what they can do with technology nowadays.
Watch it in action in Liverpool here:
Sunday, April 19, 2009
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