Nemo Gould Traces His Kinetic Sculpture Back to a Childhood Discovery About Screws
That impulse led him to dismantle everything from GI Joes to household appliances, and it grew into a deep curiosity about machines and how they work.
Eventually it became his art: discarded objects rebuilt into machines that whirr into motion with a life of their own.
A video portrait of him pairs animations with interviews with his father, a fellow artist, and makes a strong case for keeping childhood fascinations alive.
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The finished machine may be the least interesting part. The pleasure in work like this is the physical, hands-on experience of making, not the result.
Sure, but the screwdriver isn't the art. What turned into the work was a curiosity about how machines function, grown out of taking apart toys and appliances — the hands are only the entry point.