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Work Type:	installation
Date of work:	2000
Materials:	medium: motor, rope
Measurements:	notes: variable
Style Period:	contemporary art
Subject:	machine, rope, technology, movement
Technique:	assemblage

Description:	‘(...) a motorised skipping rope with one end of the rope attached to a swivel on one side of wall, and the other end to a metal arm with a motor on the opposite side of wall. The motor is running non-stop at approx. 90 revolutions per minute (with pauses in between to cool down the motor). Audience is welcome to participate under supervision (…) There are several contrasts like the human feeling and the coldness of the machinery/tech. age; their different physical limits; different rhythms, different noises heard, different choices…’ [MORE] [LESS] ‘(...) a motorised skipping rope with one end of the rope attached to a swivel on one side of wall, and the other end to a metal arm with a motor on the opposite side of wall. The motor is running non-stop at approx. 90 revolutions per minute (with pauses in between to cool down the motor). Audience is welcome to participate under supervision (…) There are several contrasts like the human feeling and the coldness of the machinery/tech. age; their different physical limits; different rhythms, different noises heard, different choices…’

Source:	Artist's Statement. New Contemporaries 2001 submission form

Date of source:	January 2001

Name	Type	Year	Date	ID
Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2001	1	2001	22/06/2001 - 19/08/2001	51
Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2001	1	2001	22/09/2001 - 04/11/2001	52
Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2001	1	2001	22/09/2001 - 04/11/2001	53