Photographer's Note
Tear the roof off the sucker
The giant ‘Luminator’ kinetic sculpture of Jean Tinguely seems to have so much unleashed power in it that it could easily tear thru the lightweight roof of the KunstHal Rotterdam museum if it wants to leave. But there’s no need. The roof of the building was actually temporary removed to get the most bulky items of the Tinguely exhibition in. And this will be done again when the sculpture returns to the Jean Tinguely Museum in Basle. During the design phase of the KunstHal, it was prepared for this kind of operation and with this architect Rem Koolhaas from OMA took his deconstructionist design practises again a step further ;-)
A picture of the “Mιta Harmonie IV” industrial music machine s in the WS and a video clip of it is: here
There’s no shortage of available words when you want to describe the facinating work of Jean Tinguely. Amongst much other things it’s pretty funky.
‘Tear the roof off the sucker (give up the funk)” was a single from Parliament, from their Mothership Connection album. Released in 1976 on Casablanca
A Treklens pic with the same title, shot in Paradiso Amsterdam, is here
The process: For a graphism-lover like me, entering the exhibition felt like coming to an exciting party. But it actually wasn't easy to make photographic sense of the whole gestalt … certainly with the limitted focal range of my trusted little Fuji. A little tilt saved the day here.
The PCS3 tech: altered the saturation, contrast, curves and levels for the whole pic and some elements separately, using different layers, enhanced the edges, USM-ed, added a frame and resized and did a gentle USM again.
exif data
Camera Manufacturer : FUJIFILM
Camera Model : FinePix F30
Exposure time [s] : 1/80
F-Number : 4.5
Exposure program : Aperture priority (3)
ISO speed ratings : 100
Date taken : 2007:10:21 14:47:41
Exposure bias value : -67/100
Metering mode : Evaluative, Multi-segment (5)
Focal length [mm] : 36 mm (35 mm equiv)
Colour space : sRGB
image width : 3504
image length : 2336
Contrast : Normal
Saturation : Normal
Sharpness : Normal
jhm, Tue, Angelillo, Dpbours, lucasgalodoido, john_c, brevbrev14, syd1946, alvaraalto, feather, UlfE, elmec, danos έχουν(ει) επιλέξει αυτή τη σημείωση ως χρήσιμη
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jhm
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(211734) 2007-10-23 8:49
Hallo Bert,
Gelukkig hier is Bert terug van weggeweest.
Ik zie dat u werkt met een ander fototoestel, eens een kleine wijziging of hand gemakkelijker.
Bert dit is een kunstwerk dat ik nog nooit gezien heb, gelukkig was u daar voor de foto te nemen.
Samenstelling en kleur zijn van goede kwaliteit, dus een tien voor u Bert.
Groeten uit een helder blauw Maldegem,
John
Tue
(91450) 2007-10-23 9:06
Hej Bert,
Dat moet inderdaad een flinke klus zijn geweest zo'n gevaarte het museum binnen te krijgen. Interessant om te lezen over het dak dat verwijderd kan worden. Je hebt het kunstwerk uitstekend vast weten te leggen, al die lichtjes doen het ook leuk hier! Mooi werk!
Groeten,
Lars
carper
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(96) 2007-10-23 9:21
mooi stuje kunst Bert,
uitstekend op de gevoelige plaat gezet, geen gemakkelijke foto doch uitstekende uitvoering, goed werk. prettige avond
groet Jaap
Angelillo
(9374) 2007-10-23 11:20
Hi Bert,
Impressive machine/sculpture/robot... and your POV is very good for enhacne its bigness, the tilt is very useful. Interesting note too! Thanks.
Greetings,
Angel
Dpbours
(222) 2007-10-23 12:24
Hi Bert,
That is a very interesting contraption! I just went to the Dutch Design week here in Eindhoven. Quite often, the artist's view and explanation of the work did not entirely match up with the actually piece of art. I'm now wondering what the actual idea was behind the contraption that you show us here!
Thanks for sharing!
Greetings,
Dennis
lucasgalodoido
(27698) 2007-10-23 15:47
Hi Bert!
Very interesting this machine, like a old flying machine!!! The DOF and lightning was great and good note too!
Congratulations and Hug!
john_c
(24666) 2007-10-23 18:51
Hi Bert,
The contraption is so monstrously incongruous with the surroundings that it reminds me of a beached whale. The graphism is great, especially with the main portions of the device seen against the ceiling of windows. And yes, the tilt is apropos and gave you the extra room. Well captured.
John
syd1946
(1167) 2007-10-24 2:22
Hello Bert,
A giant kinetic sculpture!Looks very impressive in this place of arts.I always like this kind of exhibition,so I enjoy yours very much.You captured also the atmosphere in a very good way,nice perspective through the exhibitions.Very interesting file mou for one more time!
Have a nice day,
Thomas
alvaraalto
(42804) 2007-10-24 12:11
Hi Bert,
Gelukkig dat Rem hieraan gedacht heeft. Van Annelies hoorde ik dat een aantal van haar kindertjes (groep 4) hier naar toe zijn geweest in de herfstvakantie. Echt een tentoonstelling die jonge kinderen het leuke van kunst laat zien.
groet Rob
feather
(51130) 2007-10-25 2:48
The tilt is not that noticable and I think you could have got away with more so that the structure had a bit more room to "breathe". It's not exactly my cup of tea but I can see the fascination of such a monstrosity. I'm amazed how much light must be in the building as you managed 1/80 sec on only ISO 100. Good work
Kath
brevbrev14
(140) 2007-10-25 3:54
Hi Bert, really interesting image with a very good note too..
a particular subject well captured!
ciao!
have a great week! :)))
ciao!
Valeria
UlfE
(14641) 2007-10-26 23:20
Hi Bert,
A fantastic art shot. I love your POV and your presentation of the sculpture. A really well composed picture with excellent sharpness even though you could see that the lighting conditions were not the best. Have a fine week end!
Cheers,
Ulf
P.S. There are scultures by Jean Tinguely and Niki de Saint Phalle outside the Moderna Museet in Stockholm. It would nice to post a picture of those some day.
elmec
(12210) 2007-11-09 3:08
Hello Bert!
Such a crazy construction!
Great shot shown us this thing!
Good work!
Best regards!
toto
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(0) 2007-11-13 0:30
Belle photo de cette grande sculpture qui est bien illuminιe. Bonne nettetι, jolies couleurs et bien vu, bien pris, bon POV.
Amitiιs Thomas
Je reviens
Stepan
(27210) 2008-04-19 23:41
Strange, mysterious and probably poetic... What else could I say ?
Huge maybe too ?
Whatever, an interesting arty comp
Stιphane
danos
(110407) 2012-01-11 0:38
Hello Bert,
nice the view of this huge and kinetic sculpture of Jean Tinguely.Strange its construction with the video clip of the Mιta Harmonie IV,to completes perfectly the image.
Have a good day,Danos
Photo Information
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Copyright: Bert Hoetmer (bertolucci)
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(14052) - Genre: Τοποθεσίες
- Medium: Έγχρωμο
- Date Taken: 2007-10-21
- Categories: Αρχιτεκτονική, Έργο τέχνης
- Camera: Fuji FinePix F30, Fujinon 36-108mm/2.8-5.0 int, Olympus xD H 1 GB
- Έκθεση: f/4.5, 1/80 δευτερόλεπτα
- More Photo Info: view
- Έκδοση φωτογραφίας: Πρωτότυπη έκδοση, Workshop
- Θέμα(τα): Photos with Titles of Songs 09 [view contributor(s)]
- Date Submitted: 2007-10-23 8:25
