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| Around acrylic on canvas - 2010 - 36 "x 24" (91.4 cm x 61.0 cm) series "Plants" www.alec5.com |
The tower, the machine is silent and dusty back of the studio plunged into darkness. Is the resonance of the mass of steel now inert yet reflects its era. She sleeps a sleep from which she never wakes up. Fallen into disuse, it captures the eye with form complex and incomprehensible to the neophyte. It would suffice that the branch again, at the risk of forcing the inner workings, seized by oblivion. She then roar with all his might quiet, impassive and yet so powerful. But not the least amps will flow in its bowels of copper wiring, pulleys and gables. Its rotating shaft is frozen forever. This tour no longer selectively machine mechanical parts.
For those who have already used a walk, or to shape a piece of metal or wood, have you ever been mesmerized by the transformation of matter into rotation? Create a room Tower is an experience of power and finesse at the same time.
Today the towers are digital. You enter the coordinates into a computer, or more simply, we transfer a CAD file and poof, it goes alone. Inside a bedroom window, a six-axis milling head part to manufacture, drowned in a jet of water and oil. In short, we watch. We do not touch! We no longer live the balance of power with the matter. Eat into the metal or wood with various knives and chisels is a unique sensation.
Yes, it took more time, yes it might be less accurate, although some turners were real goldsmiths, and yes it was more dangerous ... But to live safely, we live tasteless.
