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Olga Kisseleva 26-10-2015
This mutant bicycle, the pedal and gear mechanism of which is made up of a flexible ladder, symbolizes the “seven deadly wishes”. Visitors are invited to climb up to the seat but when they try, the mechanism moves into reverse, turning the user into a laboratory rat. Has the machine from Kafka’s Penal Colony come to life?
Olga Kisseleva: Powerbike, 26-10-2015, in: Archive of Digital Art This mutant bicycle, the pedal and gear mechanism of which is made up of a flexible ladder, symbolizes the “seven deadly wishes”. Visitors are invited to climb up to the seat but when they try, the mechanism moves into reverse, turning the user into a laboratory rat. Has the machine from Kafka’s Penal Colony come to life?
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