Blink, Nemo Gould (USA)
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Blink, 2008

Blink is a kinetic sculpture that “blinks” its eyes by way of displaying two different symbols in its vacuum tube eyes.  The sculpture is made entirely from found and reused materials.

Link to web page:
http://www.nemomatic.com/nemomatic/portfolio_blog/Entries/2008/9/7_Blink_2008_%2847%22_x_24%22_x_18%22%29_.html

Blink is one example of many attempts I have made over the years to build robot-like sculptures that convey a strong sense of character through the use of salvaged materials.  In this case the figure itself does not move, but its “mood” does.  A home made cam mechanism in its head causes a pair of old display tubes to switch from “volts” to “ohms” which has the effect of  blinking, or of a shifting mood from friendly to menacing.  Some of the parts used to build this piece were: Floor polisher, vacuum cleaner parts, baseball bats, fence caps, ski bindings, wooden gear, LED’s, motor, golf caddy cart parts, circuit board.