MADE ON EARTH

Report from the world of backyard technology

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Photography courtesy of Krištof Kintera

Shock and Awesome

Krištof Kintera likes to make people nervous. He installs spinning circular saws in gallery floors, and rigs the plug at the end of an electric cord to release 50,000 volts in short bursts.

Artworks that, just like your neighbor’s homemade flamethrower, scream “Stay away, don’t touch!” and then, after the initial jolt of fear, turn out to be super fun.

The Czech artist’s latest cringe-inducing masterpiece, Do it yourself (after Brancusi) ...

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