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Enormous walk-in sculpture made of dead computer parts

Enormous walk-in sculpture made of dead computer parts
It took three years of searching electronic junkyards to gather all discarded parts for Marek Tomasik's sculpture
It took three years of searching electronic junkyards to gather all discarded parts for Marek Tomasik's sculpture
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Computer parts sculptor Marek Tomasik
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Computer parts sculptor Marek Tomasik
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It took three years of searching electronic junkyards to gather all discarded parts for Marek Tomasik's sculpture
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It took three years of searching electronic junkyards to gather all discarded parts for Marek Tomasik's sculpture
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It took three years of searching electronic junkyards to gather all discarded parts for Marek Tomasik's sculpture
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It took three years of searching electronic junkyards to gather all discarded parts for Marek Tomasik's sculpture
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We tend to quickly forget about technology that's no longer shiny and state-of-the-art, which is part of the reason that piles of discarded electronics are becoming larger and larger. Polish sculptor Marek Tomasik, however, thought of a way of bringing them back to life ... sort of. He created an enormous and disturbing rectangular, walk-in sculpture made of several thousand discarded computer parts. The piece, entitled "Sometimes You Have To Be Open," is in the form of a room measuring 5m x 4m x 4.5m (16' x 14' x 15'), based around a wooden structure.

The installation is located in a 14th-century castle in the town of Świecie, central Poland, and it is open to visitors from May 28, 2011. It took Tomasik three years to gather all the discarded parts from over 300 old computers, mainly searching through electronic junkyards.

The electronic waste issue is the first association that comes to mind. Ninety percent of American e-waste is actually exported to China and Nigeria and 68 percent of Americans store their old televisions and computers at home, as there's nothing else to do with them, 1800Ewaste reports.

Computer parts sculptor Marek Tomasik
Computer parts sculptor Marek Tomasik

Tomasik, however, does not provide guidance on how to read his piece. He said in an interview that it's best to "walk in, close the door and feel it." He also noticed that younger visitors tend to ask less questions. Those youngsters just step in and simply enjoy the piece or not, but without trying to find logic and purpose in the installation.

In order to experience the installation without being there, it's possible to see a nice spherical view, or you can check it out in a YouTube video (in Polish).

Source: Bit Rebels

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2 comments
2 comments
Griffin
Interesting comment about the younger generation.
That\'s good concerning art but dangerous concerning serious social issues.
Unfortunately, their response is becoming about the same...
kenstru
Hey, it\'s Richard Pryor\'s mega-computer from Superman III! (very cool...)