Cities made of broken technology

NYC's Agora gallery is showing the marvellous junk-tech sculptures of Italy's Franco Recchia: " he approaches each subject with that sense of innocent amazement, instinctively following a compositive and rigorous logic until each piece is laid in its correct place. What results are wonderfully distinctive pieces rich in detail, marked by crisp, clean lines and colors that work to delineate the overall composition."

Franco Recchia (Thanks, Mr G!)

I write books. My latest is a YA science fiction novel called Homeland (it's the sequel to Little Brother). More books: Rapture of the Nerds (a novel, with Charlie Stross); With a Little Help (short stories); and The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow (novella and nonfic). I speak all over the place and I tweet and tumble, too.

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Anonymous

for Lobster What?
No picture of Detroit? ;)

Yes there are but not at the Exposition.

Go to Franco personal Site

http://www.francorecchia.it/galleria.php

Detroit sculpure are n. 34 and 35.
Have Fun !

Mister G.
Ant

Need bigger photos. :)
retrac13

These cities remind me of a PES animation, previously on BB.

Ah, here it is:

http://boingboing.net/2010/01/25/stop-motion-battle-f.html

And on a different note… I might be going out on a limb here… but I have an inkling that linlin88′s comment might be spam.
nixiebunny

Similar to the leapsecond guy’s RF connector chess set, but his is made out of working parts:

http://leapsecond.com/pages/chess/
ritmaxer

It’s a very difficult call, but I’m forced to agree about llnlin88.
Lobster

What? No picture of Detroit? ;)
MollyNYC

Semi-related parenting/babysitting tip: If you’ve got an obsolete computer or what-have-you that nobody (including you) is interested in anymore, and a child you want to amuse for a while, give the kid a screwdriver and let him or her dismantle it.

You will, of course, end up with a lot of pieces like those in Mr. Recchia’s sculptures.

NB: [a] Give the kid a container (preferably with a lid) for the screws and small pieces; [b] Obviously, this isn’t for kids who still put stuff in their mouths; and [c] The kid should be clear that he or she is not allowed to dismantle your other computers.