Oppenheimer's Enigma
Assemblage Sculpture
NOT FOR SALE
This piece is considered Dieselpunk or even more Atomicpunk, however a steam engine is a part of this work. The foundation of this piece, which pays homage to Julius Robert Oppenheimer, is a WWII era Graphotype metal stamping machine. It was used to produce dog tags for military servicemen during the war. Built around this mixed media, interactive assemblage are many working items from the past century during the Cold War era and before.This piece, like others produced in the past, uses an analog CRT television, (this one in classic b&w) and plays movies from an external DVD player. Programming include, Dr. Strangelove, Atomic Cafe, Fail Safe and other Cold War classics. Mounted above the CRT is a 1956 Chevrolet eagle/jet bomber hood ornament. A B&W CCD camera is in place for a live video feed of the mechanical operations of the stamping process, and the clarinet mounted in front houses the television speaker with LEDs installed inside the musical note holes. The red neon tubing Atomic Bomber Cafe comes from a 1950’s clock.The steam engine operates from compressed air and can be used during any power outage from an EMP.A General Pacific Corp. QuickAid Fire Guard soda acid fire extinguisher is the holding tank for compressed air. RCA transmission vacuum tubes illuminated with amber LEDs are used for CONELRAD broadcasts and Western Electric telephone parts are used for land-line communications or a Hot Line to the Kremlin. To measure gamma radiation a Victoreen Model 6A Geiger counter and a Bendix CD 742 Civil Defense radiological dosimeter are installed. The Ford Model T coil box contains the battery and charger for 12V DC operations, as well as a Coca Cola bottle opener to open your favorite brewski. A pistol grip from an AK-47 of the Che Guevara Battalion of the PLO is mounted on the right side. The General Electric watt hour meter, an Acme neon transformer, the 1940’s RCA promotion thermometer, a Seth Thomas clock mechanism and a Western Electric mechanical counter to record the number of dog tags stamped, is located on the left. A Kollsman altimeter from a WWII era B-29 bomber that also displays barometric pressure, a digital clock for timekeeping, a 1940’s Ford flathead 8 distributor cap with telephone rotary dial installed, vintage ammeter, pressure and micrometer gauges, copper tubing, placards, test equipment knobs and miscellaneous period electronic parts, and the shattered clock mounted came from the ruins of Hiroshima, stopping at 8:16 when the Little Boy atomic bomb detonated over the city completes this piece.
Assemblage Sculpture
NOT FOR SALE
This piece is considered Dieselpunk or even more Atomicpunk, however a steam engine is a part of this work. The foundation of this piece, which pays homage to Julius Robert Oppenheimer, is a WWII era Graphotype metal stamping machine. It was used to produce dog tags for military servicemen during the war. Built around this mixed media, interactive assemblage are many working items from the past century during the Cold War era and before.This piece, like others produced in the past, uses an analog CRT television, (this one in classic b&w) and plays movies from an external DVD player. Programming include, Dr. Strangelove, Atomic Cafe, Fail Safe and other Cold War classics. Mounted above the CRT is a 1956 Chevrolet eagle/jet bomber hood ornament. A B&W CCD camera is in place for a live video feed of the mechanical operations of the stamping process, and the clarinet mounted in front houses the television speaker with LEDs installed inside the musical note holes. The red neon tubing Atomic Bomber Cafe comes from a 1950’s clock.The steam engine operates from compressed air and can be used during any power outage from an EMP.A General Pacific Corp. QuickAid Fire Guard soda acid fire extinguisher is the holding tank for compressed air. RCA transmission vacuum tubes illuminated with amber LEDs are used for CONELRAD broadcasts and Western Electric telephone parts are used for land-line communications or a Hot Line to the Kremlin. To measure gamma radiation a Victoreen Model 6A Geiger counter and a Bendix CD 742 Civil Defense radiological dosimeter are installed. The Ford Model T coil box contains the battery and charger for 12V DC operations, as well as a Coca Cola bottle opener to open your favorite brewski. A pistol grip from an AK-47 of the Che Guevara Battalion of the PLO is mounted on the right side. The General Electric watt hour meter, an Acme neon transformer, the 1940’s RCA promotion thermometer, a Seth Thomas clock mechanism and a Western Electric mechanical counter to record the number of dog tags stamped, is located on the left. A Kollsman altimeter from a WWII era B-29 bomber that also displays barometric pressure, a digital clock for timekeeping, a 1940’s Ford flathead 8 distributor cap with telephone rotary dial installed, vintage ammeter, pressure and micrometer gauges, copper tubing, placards, test equipment knobs and miscellaneous period electronic parts, and the shattered clock mounted came from the ruins of Hiroshima, stopping at 8:16 when the Little Boy atomic bomb detonated over the city completes this piece.
Assemblage Sculpture
NOT FOR SALE
This piece is considered Dieselpunk or even more Atomicpunk, however a steam engine is a part of this work. The foundation of this piece, which pays homage to Julius Robert Oppenheimer, is a WWII era Graphotype metal stamping machine. It was used to produce dog tags for military servicemen during the war. Built around this mixed media, interactive assemblage are many working items from the past century during the Cold War era and before.This piece, like others produced in the past, uses an analog CRT television, (this one in classic b&w) and plays movies from an external DVD player. Programming include, Dr. Strangelove, Atomic Cafe, Fail Safe and other Cold War classics. Mounted above the CRT is a 1956 Chevrolet eagle/jet bomber hood ornament. A B&W CCD camera is in place for a live video feed of the mechanical operations of the stamping process, and the clarinet mounted in front houses the television speaker with LEDs installed inside the musical note holes. The red neon tubing Atomic Bomber Cafe comes from a 1950’s clock.The steam engine operates from compressed air and can be used during any power outage from an EMP.A General Pacific Corp. QuickAid Fire Guard soda acid fire extinguisher is the holding tank for compressed air. RCA transmission vacuum tubes illuminated with amber LEDs are used for CONELRAD broadcasts and Western Electric telephone parts are used for land-line communications or a Hot Line to the Kremlin. To measure gamma radiation a Victoreen Model 6A Geiger counter and a Bendix CD 742 Civil Defense radiological dosimeter are installed. The Ford Model T coil box contains the battery and charger for 12V DC operations, as well as a Coca Cola bottle opener to open your favorite brewski. A pistol grip from an AK-47 of the Che Guevara Battalion of the PLO is mounted on the right side. The General Electric watt hour meter, an Acme neon transformer, the 1940’s RCA promotion thermometer, a Seth Thomas clock mechanism and a Western Electric mechanical counter to record the number of dog tags stamped, is located on the left. A Kollsman altimeter from a WWII era B-29 bomber that also displays barometric pressure, a digital clock for timekeeping, a 1940’s Ford flathead 8 distributor cap with telephone rotary dial installed, vintage ammeter, pressure and micrometer gauges, copper tubing, placards, test equipment knobs and miscellaneous period electronic parts, and the shattered clock mounted came from the ruins of Hiroshima, stopping at 8:16 when the Little Boy atomic bomb detonated over the city completes this piece.