Simply Steampunk: A Cache of Kinetic Art

We visit an exhibition of fantastic flying machines and kinetic sculptures inspired by 19th century science fiction. "A Cache of Kinetic Art: Simply Steampunk" features the work of twelve very different steampunk artists from across America. It's the second of a four-year series of shows at the Morris Museum in Morristown, NJ inspired by the museum's own Guinness Collection of Mechanical Musical Instruments and Automata.
Eric G. Schultz produced and directed the feature for State of the Arts. Joe Conlon and Kirk Sohr served as videographers and Dan Gordon narrates.

[@noeldoyle4501]

Thanks for your great video!

[@JasonVidaEnt]

I love how innovative it looks.👍👌🤌

[@dayneallensheetsftm]

We have an annual Kinetic Sculpture Race here in Port Townsend WA every October. It's a wonderful festival of human powered, whimsical vehicles with shades of steampunk. I love it.

[@johnferguson4089]

A fascinating exhibition, I hope you bring it to Melbourne, Australia sometime. :)

[@MrCoconutcat]

omg now I'm gonna get inspiration to make something with all these visual ideas in this video

[@Fairygoblet]

The background music is from the dolls of new Albion, an opera on CD that deals with the subject of dolls being driven by The Souls of the Dead. It's very good. I would highly recommend it to anyone into steampunk.

[@user_5999]

Absolute eye candy.

[@AnimaKino]

Lovely

[@ien2023]

Damn...thats more moving parts than anything in 2020.

[@nadronnocojr]

Wow how do I register to bring down a piece? I make grand father clocks in the flavor of steampunk, so cool to see this

[@giulianolapo7878]

steampunk technology could be new system to still live in a advanced but ecological civilization

[@rg6569]

My thought exactly!

[@ecstaticpenguin768]

It makes me happy that some people think this way. Now we need to work for it. Where do we start?

[@ecstaticpenguin768]

A huge scary revolution, I guess.

[@chalichaligha3234]

@@ecstaticpenguin768 Funny, I'm an engineering student working on exactly these problems. I will start with a mechanically automated machine shop, controlled by fluidic computers. Because the technology can be made in house, it will be possible to make larger automated machine tools and assembly machines at low cost. Thus profit will be high and the company should be competitive. Concurrently, all the technology required for a sustainable industrial society will be developed, modern steam engines, wind and solar. Sewage, water and electricity infrastructure. Cycling, and rail technology. Domestic and lighting tech. Agricultural machinery. That will require a lot of collaboration, but the previous works should inspire enough hope in my fellow engineers that enough will aid in the efforts. People from all fields and backgrounds must be involved in the design process, technology should serve society not the other way around. Finally, enough people, technology and profit will be accumulated to build the world's first industrially independent commune. It must be egalitarian and socialist in nature, with the wealth of society being shared out in a fair way. The residents of the commune would be almost entirely self sufficient and enjoy shorter working hours of creative and fulfilling projects. They would also be able to make products for sale at only material cost in their spare time. Thus the commune will become very wealthy and be able to duplicate itself. Again and again. Love and freedom will out compete the greed of capitalism at it's own game.

[@ecstaticpenguin768]

Even if it's just through sharing ideas.

[@matata66]

Still wondering why they carry those round welding glasses all the time, anyway nice style and love it!

[@vinodvishwam7248]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@rubenhayk5514]

steampunk art - more it rusts more it gains value

[@KillswitchEngage2010]

~NICE,. / ..NICE,.

[@rg6569]

I can't keep wondering how Tesla's World would look like if everything was energized by electricity.......SteamPunk?? ;}

[@kayallhood]

straight from fallout infinite

[@TheNeonRabbit]

Steampunk? It's Jules Verne

[@stephenlokey6711]

interesting but pitiful poor lighting