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MACCHINA INUTILE
USELESS MACHINE
Bruno Munari
1930s
DESIGNER
Bruno Munari
PERIOD
1930s
TYPE
Kinetic object
SERIES
Macchine Inutili
MATERIAL
Lightweight shapes, wire, thread
Munari’s Macchine Inutili are suspended kinetic compositions created from lightweight geometric elements connected by threads.
Air currents cause the components to rotate and continuously modify their spatial relationships.
By deliberately rejecting practical function, the works investigate movement, balance and perception while questioning the conventional idea of the machine as a productive device.