Kinetic Sculpture - Fisher Technical Services, Inc.

Fisher Technical Services, Inc. (FTSI) is a Las Vegas-based entertainment automation company best known for its sophisticated "Navigator" software and automation products. Their work spans the entertainment world from movie sets to theme parks, theaters to rock tours, and everything in between. FTSI's mechanical design and fabrication services, automation software, and show control system were used extensively for the Macau Bubble Show, as well as in a myriad of the most technologically advanced theaters and attractions in the world.
In 2009, sixteen of the largest private corporations in China decided to finance the Chinese Private Enterprise Pavilion at the 2010 World Expo. They reached out to Fisher Technical Services to create their dream of a kinetic sculpture and 120 days later they had a grid array of 1,008 150mm diameter spheres, each suspended and motivated by its own micro winch.

[@christophersimmonds1024]

Jaw dropping stuff. I don't get surprised or taken aback by much. That blew me away though. So beautiful to watch. My mouth got a bit dry from being open for six min's or so. He he. Thank you from my heart for sharing such a beautiful creation. The work of your hand's is really blessed by the most high Yah. Thank you again for sharing.

[@Graphicshiv]

Each ball is made of dense steel attached with a very fine steel string to the ceiling where it is control by micro winches on motors. Now control the timing and distance allowed of each ball to go up and down to create whatever pattern you want. Hell of a lot of programming and wiring involved with this very simple looking sculpture.

[@TheresiaSwiebel]

Great artwork With Kinetic! I Wonderful invention! So beautiful!

[@dougcamp741]

Keep it

[@azurieone3002]

This Is Amazing!!...Beautiful!!

[@ryanbarker5217]

i'm too hard to please/impress, i guess. kinetic sculptures interest me for about a minute as i say, 'huh, well, that's pretty cool, i guess.' automatons, though, that stuff blows me away.

[@0The0Web0]

great piece, very poetic

[@ilannknochen]

@FTSIAutomation thank you very much!! it is just amazing

[@Bohemian_Raspberry]

Kinda hard to believe that they're all on micro wires, it looks more CGI to me. Don't get me wrong, this vid was awesome!

[@TeQuieroMujer]

I might get one of those for my room...

[@rr7firefly]

Very beautiful and technically superior. I'd replace the music after 2:50 however as it becomes really cheesy -- like being at a ice skating program. For me it goes over the top after 5:06. Try watching some of this with sound muted and it becomes spatial poetry.

[@robertnicholls9917]

Agree! This deserved my h better more futuristic music, with a little funk. Someone should redo this with better music.

[@ddsk16]

is breathtaking!!! i want to learn how to do it

[@fabianleotteau1]

simply spectacular

[@albatrossrock]

Amazing, very good job.

[@jqdsilva]

This was beautiful

[@dbooooodb7]

Wow this ia truely amazing, i enjoyed watching this ..

[@SchottenbauerVideos]

Amazing!

[@MissSaiko]

breathtaking....

[@jas4797]

awesome!

[@kyungseohan4272]

what's that? wow that's very beautiful. i want to see that directly

[@elorele]

Это невероятно чудесно!

[@harpartlab]

Great.Well done.

[@christianchambasq]

Awesome!

[@RIXRADvidz]

Great Video Wallpaper

[@SuperTechIT]

I'd love to see how this was built.....

[@matthewjogden]

so its a load of balls on strings! crazy , like it

[@kaliljacobo]

This is touching...

[@lifelinesomalia]

This is great.

[@CrescentBunny]

If the strings ever got all tangled, this would turn into a giant mess. Hooo boy.

[@franciscocarlosgeovane8702]

muito bom excelente misica

[@Jorickhoofd]

This video should be in 3D. I'd go mad

[@BiggDogg25100]

Amazing

[@cheeseggproductions]

beautiful

[@Edie007]

Anybody knows which music is playing? Very nice!

[@TenzingOrtega]

Simply amazing, shame the music is too tacky.

[@coltonrooster]

i wanna see this in person

[@medben5587]

سبحان الله (﴿اللَّهُ الَّذِي رَفَعَ السَّمَاوَاتِ بِغَيْرِ عَمَدٍ تَرَوْنَهَا﴾). [سورة الرعد الآية: 2]

[@carlosdelrivero898]

omg esta muy padres!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Y)

[@SarahYeung]

I love the music , what is the name of these song ?

[@layyang8071]

很赞，想知道工作原理是怎样的？

[@ilannknochen]

amazing! how does it work?

[@laurafacelli8776]

beatiful, but dont get the kinect part. what is it used for?

[@syverlauritz]

Who did this first, these guys or Art+Com?

[@SeanChristophCullen]

Well that escalated quickly...

[@andriyblyznyuk5590]

i want to see this in real life

[@bedelguezorionZOr]

[@davidaustin6962]

Whats with the old lady singing at the end?

[@kaisar1]

wow! thats amazing. If your brain doesnt consistently tells you that these balls are only controlled by computers for the right height individually, you'll find yourself lost.

[@vijnitz]

Mais quelle est cette musique incroyable?

[@user-pd9rr6yb5t]

😎

[@MLaizans]

Simple! there should be a strings! If not, all as i saw there is posible by strings!

[@jpxyUA]

I need Morgan Freeman to explain this to me

[@MilMike]

wow, is this some cgi? after effects? or is this real??

[@guutobtu]

Anyone know the name of these songs?

[@BelieveWhatURTold]

Wow.

[@CpTiMaN]

someone know the music nmae??

[@tomthompson7400]

id like to see the top view of the grid ,, and the guy who put the floor washes in needs his arse kicked ,,, but a very good and some what inspirational video

[@marcelocarlosrodriguez9353]

la banda del golden rocket 1 balazooo

[@MarieIppodimonte]

can anyone tell what music is being played here (title and composer) ? Thanks Magic!!!!

[@MarieIppodimonte]

awesome to watch this!!!

[@shomcotter]

Does anyone know what the music is?

[@Aneurin]

kinetic means moving

[@dogfightvj]

does anyone know the name of the song?? D:

[@sadabmostafa9800]

coolllllll

[@ralphbenjamin9948]

can anyone tell me what the song is, please ?

[@rtr0615]

スゲーなー

[@geekyourlikeslulu]

how do they make this? are they connected with strings? or magnets?

[@philredbud3589]

It is alchemy, lumen alchemy ;o)

[@rr7firefly]

If you watch this at the highest resolution you will see the wires that connect the spheres to the winches above the supporting superstructure. The spheres obviously are weighted so that they do not wobble or move if there is any ambient air movement. IMHO: the music is a bit much. It destroys the poetry of motion by overdramatizing it.

[@deanwood3253]

Is that even possible

[@user-wl6lv6zm9g]

Какое количество не известно но интересно что происходит

[@thegooodlistener]

Tape " Waiting Time " on KZbin

[@ljonesvc]

@adrelanize Human beings had to conceive it first, program it, create the microwinches. Don't count us out yet.

[@StephanosB81]

yet!!!

[@kc4908]

own micro winch? I thought it's electromagnetism. BTW, pity didn't see it in 2010 World Expo.

[@parkerwoodcraft]

Is it just me or does it seem a lot more like a good job at computer animation than a kinetic sculpture. I'd like to see the machinery or at least a person interacting with one of the spheres before I'll believe it.

[@ryanbarker5217]

i watched their demo reel, it's real.

[@sophiashen6]

HOW TO DO IT?CAN YOU DO IT IN ASIA?IS IT EXPENSIVE?

[@cnccarving]

+沈方琦 in shenzen you can order it.. I believe..

[@REIKANOweb]

CHANGE THE SOUNTACK pls

[@gcmarita]

made in china? haha amazing!

[@RyckGaming]

screw gravity

[@DistortedPerception1]

Holy shit.

[@charries96]

I'm genuinely confused if this is real or CGI, could someone explain? :S

[@CluebotUK]

It's explained in the description: "... a grid array of 1,008 150mm diameter spheres, each suspended and motivated by its own micro winch."

[@charries96]

Ahh that's me skipping the description as always!

[@vantonspraul]

I didn't trust it either, but there's a "behind the scenes" video at watch?v=DrEUyEHxW2I.

[@ZZZZZZZayac]

Вообщем ясно. На ниточках шарики.

[@hungrytomato]

Screensaver, IRL.

[@miguelleoquispe8061]

chebre

[@stepansiminets8509]

як називається мелодія?????

[@zawzero]

@WindowsSoftwareDe Real

[@philredbud3589]

Beautiful, can we please see this without the scrolling frames? It appears as a fault in the rendering. Fabulous work nonetheless.

[@TheParabolik]

This is computer animation!

[@ryanbarker5217]

it's not, though, but that was my first assumption, too.

[@NMWMN]

.... boring screen saver

[@SethHesio]

Music sounds too much like a Disney land show.

[@musliminkarben]

what the fuck is good

[@ericnkoana9708]

muslimin karben would like to see yours

[@musliminkarben]

would like to see yours. what that mean?

[@KironKhashnobish]

Eric Nkoana I don't think you understand :P

[@Vladman226727]

Seriously? actual matter......

[@sicfxmusic]

What would happen if I run though them?

[@krustyone]

Fart in the wrong direction... Show over!!!

[@parkerwoodcraft]

On second thought, I don't believe it at all. If it's computer generated just tell me and I'll appreciate it much more in a different way.

[@25262x]

This is a bad copy of the sculpture at the BMW museum!

[@ginobilly]

Is this CGI ?

[@Memory_Blanks]

great automation lame music.

[@christophersimmonds1024]

Jaw dropping stuff. I don't get surprised or taken aback by much. That blew me away though. So beautiful to watch. My mouth got a bit dry from being open for six min's or so. He he. Thank you from my heart for sharing such a beautiful creation. The work of your hand's is really blessed by the most high Yah. Thank you again for sharing.

[@exgiovanexgiovanex]

Amazing!