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Gut Machine

- 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

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)