The Front

Arthur Ganson is a kinetic sculptor specializing in existentialist Rube Goldberg machines. That is to say, he builds very elaborate machines which don’t really have any obvious use. They do, however, have an obvious purpose, and that is to make us question why he would go through the trouble of building such a thing in the first place. If you click on his name in the youtube link, you will see that he has dozens of similar machines to show you. Some serve purposes (such as oiling themselves, or cleaning a violin), but many are totally useless, existing only as manifestations of Ganson’s ingenious sense of humor.

More videos can be found on Ganson’s youtube page, found here.