When activated, the machines run for 15 seconds. The rubber surface of these units are casts from the solar plexus area of the body. Detail is difficult to see in documentation – the rubber casts offer skin texture, moles, etc.
Exhibition History:
1996 The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery (Toronto, Canada); 1995 Galerie Christiane Chassay (Montreal, Canada)
Publication: Brooks, Sharon. Blink. Toronto, The Power Plant Gallery, 1996.
Brooks, Sharon. Gut Machines. Montreal, Galerie Christiane Chassay, April 1995.
Press: Fones, Robert. “Toy Box Junkies.” C Magazine. Issue No. 59, Sept-Nov, 1998, pp. 27-32.
(sculpture) – 1994/95
Materials: rechargeable batteries and charger, cart, wiring, gut machines with ON buttons (cast rubber, fabricated stainless steel, motors, electronics, miscellaneous parts)
Dimensions (h x w x d): 4.5 x 5.5 x 6.5 inches each
Electronics design: Duane Mulder