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Calder’s mobility

Calder with Myxomatose, 1953

Calder with Myxomatose, 1953

“There is more of the unpredictable about them than in any other human creation … A general destiny of movement is sketched for them, and then they are left to work it out for themselves.” — Sartre on Calder’s mobiles

Myxomatose, 1953

Myxomatosis is a highly infectious viral disease of rabbits that attacks the nervous system and causes unpredictable and uncontrollable convulsions before death (OED).

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I’m trying to re-imagine some of this two-year-old paper on playful mobilities…

This was written by Anne Galloway. Posted on Thursday, January 26, 2006, at 09:00. Filed under Uncategorized. Bookmark the permalink. Follow comments here with the RSS feed. Both comments and trackbacks are currently closed.

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  1. Melissa wrote:

    It’s been a long time since I re-considered Calder, but I absolutely love that quote by Sartre. It elegantly describes just how delicate and surprising the sculptures/mobiles are. Thanks for it!

    Thursday, January 26, 2006 at 13:39 | Permalink