Danny Frommer: Fluffy Transmission

Danny Frommer, FluffyTransmission, 2011. Photography Lily Feng. Danny Frommer, FluffyTransmission, 2011. Photography Lily Feng.

Exhibitions
11 March – 21 April 2011
Gallery 3

Opening: Thursday 10 March, 6-8pm. To be opened by Helen Hughes, writer and curator.
Free artist talk: Saturday 2 April, 2pm

The mechanical and the handmade combine in kinetic sculpture.

Fluffy Transmission is a new installation combining the soft and somewhat organic forms of pom-poms with the mechanically limited motion of a rotary transmission system. This 'mechanism' has not been assembled as a means toward an end goal, but rather to reflect on how machines operate, transmit forces and propagate values.

The synchronic, sensual and pseudo practical forms, unify to create a kind of temporal mandella.

Danny Frommer's practice spans a variety of art forms including painting, photography, sculpture and installation. His recent work reflects on the relationship between the body and the machine; the machine-made and the hand crafted. Frommer's machines are often made out of recycled or found materials, or objects that are not usually considered as mechanical components.

Frommer holds a Bachelor of Visual Arts from ANU, has undertaken numerous residencies and is currently completing a Certificate III in Engineering Studies at NMIT.

Download list of works here

Photography by Lily Feng