"They have huge granite-block tables for making precise measurements of finished machine pieces," he said.
Strikes knocked off machine pieces and three strikes or hits would knock off three large machine pieces.
"They do reflect the concerns represented by the Machine pieces, passing through a different mental lens," Paine told us.
Some 700 objects ranging from a replica of Michelangelo's "David" to corkscrews, espresso machines, pieces of pasta, original models of E.T. and a giant bottle of Campari were jumbled on plinths as if at a flea market.
Another septuagenarian Italian designer, Alessandro Mendini, put on what many considered to be the most memorable event in Milan last week: "Quali Cose Siamo," a magical exhibition at La Triennale Design Museum, with some 700 objects — from a replica of Michelangelo's David to corkscrews, espresso machines, pieces of pasta and a giant Campari bottle — jumbled together as if at a flea market.
Next, leaning against the wall in the adjoining passage, are machined pieces of wood like children's toy blocks that are joined as one.
The video screen is composed of over one million pieces: 411,000 pixels, 320,000 fasteners, 150,000 machined pieces, and 30,000 cables are needed to create the visual display at each concert.
Behind the Track Laying Machine, another piece of equipment digs into the gravel and shakes it up, helping settle the tie in.
But Monk also manages to turn herself into a cog in her own organic machine: the piece depends on her ideas about form and sound, not on her charisma.
All employees, upon observing a machine or piece of equipment which is locked out to perform servicing or maintenance shall not attempt to start, energize or use that machine or equipment.
