Gasifier Experimenters Kit - Pole Shift Survival Information

Untitled DocumentHomeProject DescriptionOverviewTechnologyPhysical SpecificsDrawingsPeopleWorkshopsPhilosophyMotivationMechabolic HypothesisLogisticsBudgetSafetyTimelineClean UpContactThe Mechabolic: Physical SpecificsThe Mechabolic creature will be a large sculpture of mixed materials, environments and processes.The sculpture will be much a walkthrough stage set and fun house interactive experience, as it is adiscrete object for aesthetic and sensual consideration.We expect it to measure somewhere around 120 feet in length, 20 feet in width and 15-25 feet tall.The sections of the body will be premade on skids and containerized, with the superstructureformed through a combination of hoop and stretched cloth construction, as well as transparentinflatables. Various cantankerous machines, stainless steel tank processors, clear processplumbing, V-8 dragster engines, wood chippers, fleshy surfaces, flowers, storage bladders, etc etcetc, will fill out the spaces. A weird fantastical mash up of hot rod chrome fetishism with explodedinnards, insides made outsides, fleshy biological anatomy.The current plan is to make the creature mobile, but we are also considering doing it as a stationaryinstallation. The original notion was a stationary installation, but Dann Davis and MichaelChristian, the leaders of the creature conceptualization, design and building, really want to make itmove. This does make sense, of course, as scavenging animals move to their food, not have theirfood brought to them. Details on the locomotion scenario are a the end below in a separate section.Whether we make it mobile or stationary in the end, the basic assembly of organs and materials tomake the superstructure remain the same, so we are not formally committing to one of the otherquite yet. The main difference, obviously, is that the mobile version will need a much morecomplicated floor/belly, and related locomotion system. The materials and budget items that relateto the locomotion are easily separated from the current proposal if we eventually decide against themoving version.http://whatiamupto.com/mechabolic/physpecifics.html (1 of 6) [10/9/2008 08:18:04]The creature is divided into 3 separate section, roughly cooresponding to the head/neck, chest, andabdomen. The biological organs and processes in each of these body cavities informs thearrangement of fuel processing and combustion equipment in the creature. The creature is