To follow up on this off-topic thread, my librarian friend contacted the curator of the museum and got the following response about the machine in this collage http://www.flickr.com/photos/60584010@N00/4304142095/
> Quoting "Davor Kernel" <>: > >> Hello! >> >> About machine in the middle of collage of Černigoj: >> >> After the conviction of the Honorable colleague, dr. Vižintin (University of >> Ljubljana, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering), this is a portable winch, >> which can be used for lifting loads in the construction, forestry or >> elsewhere. The winch can have inner gearwheel or belt transmision. >> >> The picture: lower, brake shaft, that juts out, is prepared to fix somekind >> of winding up drum, small handle in the middle is used as a handle for hand >> or manual drive. Regarding to the year (1925), Černigoj probably wanted to >> show utility for the manipulation or supply of apartments in higher floors >> in the neighbourhood or even on the streets. >> I hope You will be content with my expalnation. >> >> Excuse me, if some technical terms are not so clear and understandable. >> >> >> Davor Kernel >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Anna Fulton [] >> Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 11:12 PM >> To: Davor Kernel >> Subject: Re: question about August Cernigoj image >> >> Hello Davor - >> >> Yes, please. Thank you very much for your time! I've asked about 10 >> engineers and all of them have given me drastically different guesses. >> This piece of art has definitely piqued our interested and we're >> interested to learn more about the collage! >> >> Anna Fulton >> >> >> On 4/11/2013 4:07 PM, Davor Kernel wrote: >>> Hello! >>> >>> Thank You for Your question. If You want to give me few days, I will >>> try to find an answer. I travel around Slovenia (work). When I will >>> come back, I will send You an answer. >>> About Cernigoj: >>> >>> He was faithful to Constructivism and its principles which became his >>> main direction after he completed his studies in the renowned Bauhaus >>> School in Weimar. His motives include figural representations, objects >>> and pure abstract works. >>> >>> Cernigoj was also experimenting with different kind of machinery, >>> especially in the period of the Constructivism (1923 - 1929), so it is >>> not unusuall to see this kind of art works. >>> >>> With best wishes, >>> >>> Davor Kernel >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anna Fulton" >>> To: < > >>> Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 7:19 PM >>> Subject: question about August Cernigoj image >>> >>> >>>> Hello Mr. Kernel - >>>> >>>> My name is Anna Fulton and I am a librarian at the University of >>>> in the US. I have an art student who is trying to identify >>>> a piece of machinery located in the center of Cernigoj's La Strada >>>> Collage from 1925. I have asked a number of engineers at the >>>> university and none of them can identify the piece. Do you know >>>> what it is? I have provided a link to the image. >>>> >>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/60584010@N00/4304142095/ >>>> >>>> Thank you for your help! >>>> >>>> Sincerely, >>>> >>>> Anna Fulton >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try New Relic Now & We'll Send You this Cool Shirt New Relic is the only SaaS-based application performance monitoring service that delivers powerful full stack analytics. Optimize and monitor your browser, app, & servers with just a few lines of code. Try New Relic and get this awesome Nerd Life shirt! http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic_d2d_apr _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
