photo: Estate Stephan von Huene, ZKM, Karlsruhe
Kaleidophonic Dog
Kaleidophonic Dog
1964–67
S 1967–1
wood, leather, metal, computer (at first punched tape)
pneumatic system, whistles, percussion
190 x 61 x 56 cm
Los Angeles County Museum, Gift of the Kleiner Foundation
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Hamburger Kunsthalle 2003,
Jan-Peter Gehrckens (© NDR 2003)
1:37 min
photo: Victoria & Albert Museum, London
The motif goes back to the sculpture Tipu’s Tiger in the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. There, however, a white man lies on his back with the tiger on top of him.
“I had […] been influenced by the old automatic band organs, playerpianos and other automatic instruments. I saw these machines in a museum and became fascinated with the inherent mechanical sound.”
(S. v. H. in: Interview with the magazine MIZUE, Tokyo 1973; reprinted in: Stephan von Huene, Split Tongue, Texts & Interviews, München 2012, p. 55)
photo: Estate Stephan von Huene,
ZKM, Karlsruhe
“The sculpture is controlled by a punched tape and a pneumatic mechanism that moves the dog figure and plays the accompanying sound. The controlling continuous loops work in a phase pattern. Wood, leather, and metal were the main materials used. This and all the following sculptures function completely automatically.”
(S. v. H. in: exhib. cat. Stephan von Huene: Tune the World. Die Retrospektive, Ostfildern 2002, p. 185)
