Ms bachelor machinist – (Die Junggesellenmaschinistin)

Intro Ms bachelor machinist – (Die Junggesellenmaschinistin) edition

The bachelors

Ms bachelor machinist – (Die Junggesellenmaschinistin) online game

Intro 

Ms bachelor machinist – (Die Junggesellenmaschinistin)

The edition consists of the title page, a digital print in landscape format A4, printed on both sides and folded in the middle. Inside is an insert printed on both sides in portrait format DIN A 5, each showing one of the nine bachelors with assignment and job title. Both printed products rest in a box with the format 148 x 210 x 20 mm. The box is covered with green velour and contains a reverse bottom. The bachelors are descendants of Marcel Duchamp’s bachelor machine from the large glass. They have a camouflage-like coloring, are of striking contour and are reminiscent of chess pieces. The figures have brought their defined functions based on their occupational titles. The occupations chosen by Duchamp denote dependent activities with a subordination to a higher authority. Some job titles are no longer common in today’s language – but their activities are.    

 Ms bachelor machinist – (Die Junggesellenmaschinistin)

interactive presentation & edition

The bachelors are:

fig. 1 Cuirassier

fig. 2 Gendarme

fig. 3 Footman

fig. 4 Errand boy from a department store

fig. 5 Stationmaster

fig. 6 Guard

fig. 7 Piccolo

fig. 8 Priest

fig. 9 Pallbearer

The Duchamp bachelor machine has been replaced by Ms bachelor machinist. In fig. 10 of the title page, the nine bachelors are grouped together in the form of an ellipse with a discontinuous line. 

Ms bachelor machinist – (Die Junggesellenmaschinistin) – fig.1 Cuirassier  

Photo: Tyyne Claudia Pollmann

Fig. 10 is called: closed company. They belong to fig. 10 and their location in the green box forms the connecting and contextualizing aspect for the bachelors. The nine boxes each contain Ms bachelor machinist, with fig. 10 and one of the nine bachelors. All printed products in the edition are unique. A tenth box contains Ms bachelor machinist with fig. 10 and duplicates of of all bachelors for exhibition purposes.

The interactive presentation Ms bachelor machinist contains rudimentary game buttons with which a player can call up the bachelors. The protagonists, accompanied by characteristic sounds, can be activated simultaneously and repeatedly. In this way, individual acoustic as well as scenic compositions are created in the playful action on the basis of the bachelors.  

The bachelors

Ms bachelor machinist, game presentation work in progress

The interactive presentation Ms bachelor machinist contains rudimentary game buttons with which a player can call up the bachelors. The protagonists, accompanied by characteristic sounds, can be activated simultaneously and repeatedly. In this way, individual acoustic as well as scenic compositions are created in the playful action on the basis of the bachelors.  (data conversion under construction)