Excavator buries itself
You might remember Glue Society, the Australian artist/pranksters who created a melted ice cream truck, among other fun works. Their latest installation, "300 Tonnes," reminds me how difficult it is to really bury yourself in sand at the beach. More at Hi-Fructose. Glue Society's '300 Tonnes'
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I can see the pixels!
(the angle of repose of the gravel at the top of the pile is greater than that achievable with that arm -> something taller than that arm made that pile)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYzAJviXr0Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HB75xtjt0bQ
MDH, I agree, but I think it's not meant to be a technical exercise but a surreal statement..
(I.e., the previous post of their "melted ice cream truck" probably wasn't actually an ice cream truck that melted..)
Takuan, that second video was veryvery impressive.
I have rarely seen a sand pile this deep before. I think the photographer could have at least directed the craft operator to exit the vehicle before commencing to do something inhuman. The driver is probably still in there waiting for the signal to dig out. Hope everybody gets paid.
Related:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Mulligan_and_His_Steam_Shovel
A children's book about a steam shovel that performs its final task before being overtaken by the new diesel engines, digging a foundation for a building but forgetting a ramp to drive out, so it instead becomes the boiler for the building.
Oh hey, these guy's ice cream truck was recently ripped off by Bansky
Whoa, the local union will wonder what that person was smoking, but do nothing about it.
P.S. I know its a 'performance art' bit.
It's not difficult. They're just doing it wrong. Dig a couple of holes. Push the sand into one big pile besides one of the holes. Climb into the hole. Reach out, pull in the sand, it collapses into your hole.
Cool, I can see that exact installation from my living room window in Århus, Denmark. It's part of a current art exhibition called 'Sculpture by the Sea', which includes more than 50 art sculptures located along the beach: Scultpure by the Sea.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RobaJKGMMiE&eurl=http://www.contractjournal.com/blogs/digger-blog/2009/02/liebherr_r312_climbing_stunt_p.html&feature=player_embedded
To the guy who said Banksy ripped him off: I've seen both icecream trucks. They are not at all the same concept or look. The one this article mentions is a melted [icecream truck]. yours is really melted iceacream on an icecream truck, so a [melted icecream] truck. They're really nothing alike. no one was ripped off.