Description: ManiCrank The Jackalope THE PROJECT ManiCrank the Jackalope is a large scale kinetic interactive sculpture, part giant mechanical toy, and part marionette...
ManiCrank the Jackalope is a large scale kinetic interactive sculpture, part giant mechanical toy, and part marionette. In a circus aesthetic, a giant jackalope is perilously balancing on stilts on a ball, juggling hearts and brains, his head infinitely spinning…
All its movements are induced by participants, using pulley systems and apparent gear mechanisms. By the installation, a smaller station showcases a functional hand crank music box and a writing station.
The solar-powered installation is programmed to be light-reactive to the participant’s interactions with the different mechanisms.