Mechanical Principles (1930)
directed by Ralph Steiner
This film is just a series of static shots of moving gears and pistons but also so much more. No still photo can do justice to the gentle wave of motion in each connection and subsequent parting.
There's something almost sensual in the willing manipulation of attractive parts by the attractive parts of another. Each movement is nothing less than graceful.
This is precisionism in motion.
2 comments:
do you know francis picabia?
he did great mechanical paintings.
i finally checked them out- stunning!
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