Aus Rot und Grün wird ....) Farbmischung mit Kreiseln - inklusiv
bunte Papierscheiben tanzen. Plötzlich sehen wir Farben, die vorher gar nicht da waren. Wie kommt das? Und können wir mit nur drei Farben unsere…
Red and green make …? - colour mixing with spinning tops
Mixing colours differently: We build spinning tops and let colourful paper discs dance. Suddenly we see colours that weren't there before. How is that…
Ball sorting machine
Playful tidying up. Yellow. Red. Blue. This machine sorts the small, medium, and large balls among Pierre Andrès' “Machines Singulières” in a playful manner.…
Chaotic Pendulum
Momentum and Joint A long, light pendulum connected to a small but heavy pendulum. A push on the knob sets the entire system in motion. The effect on the…
Chaotic Pendulum II
Momentum and Reversal Three smaller pendulums attached to a large rotating arm. A push on the knob sets the entire system in motion. The effect on the three…
Circular Deformations
Patterns come to life. Ovals form around stationary circles. Funnels emerge, cones rise. Curved lines perform a serpentine dance. Images that, when observed…
Geometric shapes come to life. What we think we see in the shapes of spinning discs! Ovals wrapping around stationary circles. Cones wobbling in a…
Dancing iron particles
«Dancing Trees» 81 electromagnets are covered with fine iron dust. The electromagnets can be controlled either via a sensor surface or via prepared programmes…
Dialog in the Vase
Vase with two faces. At some point, the image flips: first, it’s a vase. It rotates. Wait! There are two faces. Two people talking to each other. Two…
Ghost Images
"Triple Eye Lightsticks" Twelve multicolored, vertically arranged LED rods flicker. As the gaze slowly sweeps from left to right, images, text, and patterns…
Impossible Nuts
A perfectly straight pencil that wiggles. When the brain resists what the eye sees: it seems impossible for the pencil to move through the two nuts in such a…
Solarmobile
Light becomes electric energy. The elements in this mobile each contain a solar cell and an electric motor. If you point the light of a lamp at one of the…
Vertical Mobiles (Chaotic Pendulums)
Chaotic pendulums. Length and amplitude: the behavior of a simple pendulum can be precisely described. No randomness involved. Add another pendulum, then one…
Vibrating Pin Screen
Pulsating images. Almost a quarter-million swinging pendulums! Nails of varying lengths, suspended in a perforated board and set in motion. The oscillation…
Wave Machine
Waves like at the sea. Peter Markley spent many hours on the beach, watching for his father’s fishing boat. Naturally, he gazed at the sea. Time well spent:…
Wind Veil
by Ned Kahn This façade is a real eye-catcher: it makes the movement of the air around us visible in an impressive way. Thousands of small aluminium plates are…
Wire Mesh Sculpture
Movement illusion. With a poetic touch, this artwork depicts movement illusions that underlie film and television technology. The wire figures differ only…
Wooden machine A
Levers on all sides. It looks like a ship engine and provides plenty to do. Operate the levers with your hands, with your feet, on all four sides of this…
Wooden machine B
The Elk. Or is it a dinosaur? Everyone can decide according to their own preference. Elk or dinosaur, the game works like this: first, use the levers, then…
Wooden machine C
The swing rises. With each button press, the ball moves a little higher. On one side, the button lifts it, on the other, the swing drives the ball lift. At «…
Wooden machine D
How? Where? What? Foot pedal: Drives the ball lift. Gear lever: Influences the descent path. Crank with wheel: Keeps the ball in play. by Pierre Andrès: « On…
Wooden machine E
Marble run plus. After the zigzag with tac-and-tac-and-tac, the ball rolls down the ramp and lands on the cymbal. Bing! Machines to play with, artworks to…
Wooden machine F
Delicate sounds. It recalls a log of wood. But the sounds of this machine are more subtle, and the joyful rhythm is different from chopping wood. Operate the…
Wooden machine G
Tug the rope. The marble lift rises, floor by floor, with no display, no button. Here, you are the motor! Your pull on the rope sets everything in motion. At…
Wooden machine H
What's it about? Go up as fast as possible. Go down as slowly as possible. Is that the plan? If you set your own goal: that’s exactly the inventor’s…
Wooden machine I
The good-natured elephant. Rock the lever back and forth, and the ball climbs up, moves over the back, and rolls forward to the trunk. A strong sense of…
Wooden machine L
Wheel, plunger, slider. Turning the wheel launches the ball into play, almost like a pinball machine. The second launch option, using the plunger, makes it…
Wooden machine M
Left side / Right side. Which path will the ball take after starting? And where will it finally end up? Left or right, both sides offer exciting routes to…
Wooden machine N
Pinball. Unlike a classic pinball machine, the ball starts at the top. The position of the two levers determines its path downward and how long it stays in…
Wooden machine O
Piano play. The six keys of this machine serve as controls. They guide the way up – and back down again. Ready for another round? Machines to play, artworks…
Wooden machine P
Steering the ball’s path. On this “tennis racket,” the ball stays in place even without special skill. But to navigate through the labyrinth, you need to…
Wooden machine Q
Around the tower. Start on the seesaw, then, clack, clack, clack, floor by floor, the ball moves down the tower to the exit. Machines for playing, artworks…
Wooden machine R
Unicum. Unique in this park of unique machines: the balls are green and black. They move without ever being touched. Pierre Andrès, creator of the “Machines…
Wooden machine S
Understanding time and space. At the heart of Pierre Andrès' reflections was the intention to make the dimensions of space and time tangible, even for young…
Wooden machine T
Seesaws in motion. Two seesaws influence each other. At the start, the ball sets the movement of the next ball in motion. Machines for play, artworks to…
Benham's Disk
A rotating black-and-white disk produces the illusion of color. Rotate this black-and-white pattern at the right speed, and the pattern appears to contain…
Acoustics
Aggregate states
Algorithms
Animals, plants, habitats
Atomic and quantum physics
Atomic structure
Automats
Biology
Buoyancy
Chaos
Characteristics of life
Chemical Reactions
Chemistry
Colors
Computer science
Cryptology
Currents
Data and information
Design elements
Earth sciences
Electricity
Electricity and energy
Electricity and magnetism
Elektromagnetismus
