Unnatural Bodies

Clip of an Unnatural Bodies show shared by Klaus Littman on Instagram. It’s not clear which of the Unnatural Body shows it is.

Café Table

Found this clip of the Café Table carousell-like machine on Instagram that lifts up as it spins. It looks slicker than the one I remember and the legs don’t seem to stretcg outwards as it spins. Judging by the black curtains I am guessing it is one of his pieces that are part of his Mechanical Theatre installation at the Swarovski Crystal Worlds commissioned by André Heller in 2007 (see more here):

Robodock Festival 2005 and 2007

Couple of video interviews about the installations at Robodock Festivals in Amsterdam in 2005 (Waterbaby II) and 2007 (Jostling Businessmen). The Biog & Show History page also shows there were installations exhibited at Robodock in 2006 (Tapeworm) and 2004 (Wobbly Tower). Haven’t found videos and photos of the shows yet:

Bimbotown Basel 1993

Video from YouTube with the following description that translates as impressions from the Bimbo Town Club in the former Basel garment dyeing factory (Stückfärberei). Also explaining that this was the first version of Bimbo Town running from 1992 to 1994 in Leipzig.

Various Works from Bimbotown

All of these videos were found on Jim’s Vimeo channel. None of them explicitly say they are shot at Bimbotown venues but I remember seeing them at the one I visited in Liepzig in 2011. The one above is titled Gobbling Sofa and description is as follows:

Automated sofa waits till two guests are seated, then ‘gobbles’ them down so that they end up on ride which slowly takes them round a tall circular art slide gallery. Suddenly they are ejected onto a ‘bumpy-bed’.

Flucht – MIB Leipzig

Another video from Jim’s Vimeo channel. No date but title mentions ‘MIB Leipzig’ so I am guessing the show can be indentified. Description as follows: Robots made of Tyre inner tubes, equipped with sensors and processors to detect people and map the space.

Small Bird

Another video from Jim’s Vimeo channel with date or venue. Description as follows: “a bird made of steel, cane, motor, and plastic. It is able to propel itself in a circle by the beating of it’s wings. It is attached to a swivelling branch of a steel tree.”

Walking Women – Coburg

Another video from Jim’s Vimeo channel. There is no date or venue although title includes Coburg which is German town, so may have been more semi-recent exhibit. Description is as follows: Metal Figure. Attempt at simulating walking female figure, with hip and pelvis movement. Walking motion is through traction of metal shoes on floor.

Winged creatures – West Fluegel

There’s no description for this video clip on Jim’s Vimeo channel. Judging by the title and content, I am guessing it from the 2009 Deus ex Machina intallation on 3 3 floors the Westfluegel venue in Leipzig. There’s another video below that is similarly titled on same channel that I think is from same show:

Deus ex Machina, Westfluegel, Leipzig (2009)

Video by Florian Feisel of Jim’s installation on 3 floors at the Westfluegel in Leipzig in 2009 with Carnival of Hellucinations, Michael Vogel, Franziska Merkel and many more.