'Zuppa Turca' 

Lascia ch'io Pianga - I love that song so much, it gilds anything it touches. I remember seeing Machinations on Channel 4 (a series on automata, featuring Paul Spooner) ages ago and trying to make my own Paul Spooner jointed person. The idea of a puppet without strings or rods, or any mechanism making it move, but that you just pick up and it dips and rises with your hands and fingers - or in this case a machine - is quite magical. Love it!

Not everyone knows about the painting "In a Turkish Bath" so all I was seeing is a motor powered donkey powering a cake mixer which then had cloth placed over it and was covered in naked dolls. Very confusing from that point of view, but thanks to you I understand now. XD

That is really artistic, awesome stuff!! ...Kind of Tim Burtonish but with a more poetic yet dark vintage 'claymation' thing going on... I really like this video, I can see that in a black painted, ambient spot-lit gallery in a glass case. Nice work!*

this is so wonderful!

if we keep circling in cycles on infinite loop then we all slowly sink like being in quicksand

こういうのが愛されるんですね、かわいかっぱよ

writhing bodies bleugh. Your models are brilliant and so funny! I saw Mechanics Alive in Glasgow, sensational

Hi, It's a DC geared motor which runs at about 16 rpm.

The donkey at the bottom is walking on Ingre's painting "In a turkish bath, which depicts ladies in the buff lounging around. This action drives the mechanism by which the carved ladies in the buff on top of the chalice are writhing around, thus echoing the painting below... What's not to get?

I've seen a CSI (Las Vegas) episode about this guy!

Sorry, I forgot to say, that this is probably the most beautiful man made object I have ever seen in my life... (After the rubics cube)

Pinocchio could get him some lovin' here!

@lhynuel11 it means"turkey soup' in italian

these dolls are pretty, any advice on where I could buy one?

mesmerised! What's the motor driving it and how did you get the final movement so slow? I'm looking for one that runs about the same speed for a project of my own.

Great, now I'm gonna have nightmares.

Nice tomatos!

Lindo

Can you re-shoot this? The camera was moving so much we couldn't see the art move.

What are your female figures carved off? What kind of wood?

the ghost of hans bellmer is smiling

well if you could imobilise the camera for one moment in order to observe easier the movement it would be much better!

magnets?

Excelente ¡¡¡¡¡¡ jajajajaj

I saw this in a different video going through a museum. I wanted to know the meaning behind this piece.

nice tomatoes!!!!!!

Love it ! But have to agree - camerawork needs to better observe the movement rather than to track it.This applies to most of the videos.No negative comment re-artwork/mechanicals. Just superb - as always.

I think it has something to do with the donkey working it's butt off so a bunch of other people can lay about doing nothing but enjoying the spoils of its work. Working class/upper class commentary? Who knows, I think the donkey is pretty cute though. :)

Oddly erotic. XD

how make im do this doll of wood

@lhynuel11 It's art, you're supposed to find your own meaning of it.

Very strange!

this reminds me of the scene where john cusack's character gets punched in the face by that little girl's father in BEING JOHN MALKOVICH. hahahaha Dare i call it creepy after hitting the "like" button?.....

verstörend O.o

yeah, because that's not creepy at all...