Tag Archives: Rube Goldberg

pelican & piano

Posted on April 21, 2012 by Dave

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) this little poster (a repro given to me by my pal, scott mcdougall) is for an appearance by carol doda signing copies of the The Pelican, a humor/opinion newspaper/magazine of the students of Berkeley College, … Continue reading →

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cloudbusters: the friendly skies

Posted on April 1, 2012 by Dave

Forget rain dancing and prayer. Call cloud busting a different sort of appeal to nature. It is something like a Rube Goldberg apparatus meeting a Marcel Duchamp ready-made. It completes the mundane task of restoring an equilibrium in nature through … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Donald Sutherland, Jean Tinguely, JMW Turner, Kate Bush, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Marcel Duchamp, Orgone Energy, orgone engineering, Rube Goldberg, Walter Nejamin, Wilhelm Reich | Leave a comment

the future looks bright

Posted on April 1, 2012 by Dave

Rube Goldberg.A fantasy world. And a fantasy not always in harmony with reality. W.C. Fields used to say “blame it on inertia” The inertia, the near fear and terror is technology in conflict with the established aesthetic rules of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Arthur Penn, Arthur Penn Mickey One, B.F. Skinner, Jean Tinguely, kamatari fujiwara, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Marcel Duchamp, Rube Goldberg, W.C. Fields, Warren Beatty, Wilhelm Reich | Leave a comment

politics, cash & art: from sublime to ridiculous

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Dave

Is it the commodification of everything? Sometimes its hard to tell the difference between the programming and the commercials, with sometimes the latter being more authentic and less predictable since it sometimes captures fragments of the cultural dialogue that the … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Madame Pickwick Weekend | Tagged Adbusters, coldplay back to the start, eminem chrysler, fed ex dominoes, Max Horkheimer, milton friedman, Naomi Klein, nissan leaf gas powered everything, Noam Chomsky, praise tabernacle grosse pointe, Rube Goldberg, Simon Houpt, Theodor Adorno, Thomas Frank, Thorstein Veblen, Vance Packard, willie nelson | Leave a comment

tape it up

Posted on December 26, 2011 by Art

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) i wonder how many people know what this stuff is any more? do you recognize this? this is called “punch tape”. this used to be what digital computing looked like. the very first time i … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged american graphic design, art chantry, cold type method type generation, graphic design, hot type typesetting, linotype, ludlow type setting, photo typesetting process, punch tape, punch tape machine, rubber cement, Rube Goldberg, typesetting, typesetting devices history | Leave a comment

deja vu: it looks vaguely familiar

Posted on April 3, 2011 by Dave

Handed-down distortions of truth. Its all about challenging the idea of originality and walking delicately over eggshells or hot coals depending on the context. The image seems familiar but the projection, or its juxtaposition or message is not. Where are … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Miscellaneous, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged Andy Warhol, Christian marclay, gillian wearing, Piet Mondrian, Richard Prince, Rube Goldberg, Saul Steinberg | Leave a comment

the cat in the cavern: surreal manifesto of yuzz, zats, fuddle…

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Dave

We all have some recollections of Dr. Seuss and in particular the unusual illustrations ( Theodor Geisel) which seemed to overshadow the narrative of the story. Nature was constantly bent, shaped and metamorphisized into hybrid living forms with unlikely and … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Miscellaneous, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged Andre Breton, Antoni Gaudi, Jon Agee, M.C. Escher, Max Ernst, Philip Nel, Rene Magritte, Rube Goldberg, Salvador dali, Theodor Geisel, Yves Tanguay | Leave a comment

A FETISH FOR MOVEMENT

Posted on March 5, 2010 by Dave

In 1973, Rowland Emett( 1906-1990 ) created The Aqua Horological Tintinnabulator, more popularly known as the Victoria Centre clock, or the Emmet Clock. The unique water-powered structure is an icon of Nottingham and a popular meeting place for shoppers.Mr Emett also … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous, Modern Arts/Craft, Visual Art/Sculpture/etc. | Tagged Alexander Calder, Braque, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Dick Van Dyke, Frederick Roland Emett, John Healy, Kinetic Sculptures, Nicolas Schoffer, Picasso, Pol Bury, Rowland Emett, Rube Goldberg, Theo Jansen | Leave a comment

Test Driving with Spinoza

Posted on August 27, 2009 by Dave

A determinism that follows a pattern both irrational and illogical to arrive at its end. Its not results oriented, its the journey that counts and accounts. The Honda commercial using the Rube Goldberg dynamic is like hundreds of small interrelated … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Baruch Spinoza, Honda, Honda Cog, Mark Jenkins, Rube Goldberg | 3 Comments

Rube Goldberg: Suds and Pubs

Posted on June 10, 2009 by Dave

A pertinent example of Rube Goldberg ideas and its reinvention in popular culture is the Guinness Beer ”Tipping Point” television commercial aired in Europe in November 2007. The ideas of Goldberg are realized to perfection by Danish producer Nicolai Fugslig … Continue reading →