Shiny metal garbage city: Chu Enoki's RPM 1200

Posted by Cory Doctorow, January 12, 2008 2:27 AM | permalink

Sculptor Chu Enoki made this beautiful cityscape, entitled "RPM 1200," out of highly polished metal drill bits, junk and garbage. Link (via io9)

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#1 posted by erindipity , January 12, 2008 3:12 AM

Somehow it reminds me of Emerald City and the Tin Man all rolled into one.

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#2 posted by BlackTiger , January 12, 2008 3:35 AM

That's inspiring. I still have a certified 'junk bin' (somewhere) full of neat looking odds and ends I was once planning to make tabletop wargaming terrain out of (old lamp domes, broken toy parts, and all sorts of stuff, with some work, make great bunkers, commercial structures, etc)

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#3 posted by Jeff , January 12, 2008 5:01 AM

Looks like a chuck off the surface of Trantor! Very pretty.

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#4 posted by MWers

, January 12, 2008 1:16 PM

Sweet! I just saw this at the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo last week. The way it's displayed, you can walk up into the center of it and also view it from above. It's also very well lit, casting cityscape shadows on the walls of the room that it's in. Very cool...

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#5 posted by elsmiley , January 12, 2008 1:24 PM

This person is a good artist. He or she makes me smile and feel warm inside.

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#6 posted by vorpalsword , January 12, 2008 6:17 PM

Likewise. This has brightened my day considerably.

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#7 posted by Georgia Tills , January 12, 2008 9:16 PM

Ditto comment #1 by erindipity. What an awe-inspiring Sliver City.

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#8 posted by shredcitizen , January 12, 2008 11:23 PM

i saw this last month in tokyo as well, its amazing. lots of drill bits and saw blades.