magi viljanen

MACHINES FROM HELL

Machines from Hell by Magi Viljanen, a tall sculptural construction of pipes, gauges, glass cylinders and a gas mask.

WHAT

Sculptural installation
Vaasa and Lahti, Finland · 2017

HOW

Scrap motors, gears, pipes and other found machine parts were collected from scrapyards and junkyards, then welded and assembled into sculptural machines.

NOTES

A series of functional-looking mechanical sculptures combining industrial materials, found objects and theatrical invention.

The sculpture project was commissioned by a restaurant chain. I was given free rein to create works that suited the theme. I headed to scrapyards and junkyards, collecting anything that seemed to carry the strange fascination of machinery. I combined motors, gears and pipes into machines that worked. Not quite for real, but in their own way, creating just the right atmosphere.

Detail of Machines from Hell by Magi Viljanen, showing gears and mechanical parts framed by large copper pipes.
Machines from Hell by Magi Viljanen, a large assemblage of engines, gears and pipes mounted against a rust-coloured wall.

What

Sculptural installation

Where

Vaasa and Lahti, Finland

When

2017

How

Scrap motors, gears, pipes and other found machine parts were collected from scrapyards and junkyards, then welded and assembled into sculptural machines.

Notes

A series of functional-looking mechanical sculptures combining industrial materials, found objects and theatrical invention.

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