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You know, I like giant industrial projects and all, but based on the headline I was expecting something a little more exciting. Anyway, neat crane idea.

pavel_lishin 2y ago
You gotta be the weirdness you want to see in the world! Let's learn to weld aluminum, and make our dreams come true.
neom 2y ago
If you want something industrial, art, giant, and sometimes spider, there's always Storm King! :) https://collections.stormking.org/Browse/objects https://collections.stormking.org/Browse/objects (It re-opens in April, if anyone happens to be in New York and hasn't visited Storm King, I really cannot recommend it enough, it's a lot of fun, Dia too, Earth Room and Beacon are magic but honestly they're all amazing, so fun! https://www.diaart.org/visit/visit-our-locations-sites https://www.diaart.org/visit/visit-our-locations-sites)
- WJW 2y ago
  I was thinking more towards the strandbeest series (https://www.strandbeest.com/ https://www.strandbeest.com/), although those have entirely too many legs to be spiders and are also not made out of aluminium.
- tempodox 2y ago
  Nice, but sadly no arachnids in sight…
  - neom 2y ago
    Storm King no, although they did for a while, but Dia, yes: https://www.diaart.org/collection/collection/bourgeois-louise-crouching-spider-2003-l-2007-012 https://www.diaart.org/collection/collection/bourgeois-louis... Storm King also had a Louise Bourgeois. To me, if we're talking giant spiders, it's always always Louise Bourgeois.
    - tempodox 2y ago
      Indeed, this one is spectacular.
jletroui 2y ago
If you want industrial giant spider, Kumo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E1PpbncR20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E1PpbncR20 is a must see. "Les machines de l'île" have other beasts of the same kind: https://www.lesmachines-nantes.fr/ https://www.lesmachines-nantes.fr/.
- lobochrome 2y ago
  Super
eschneider 2y ago
For crane geeks, that _is_ pretty exciting. :)
tshaddox 2y ago
You're not unreasonable for expecting something at least vaguely spider-like. This just looks like a big crane for assembling big wind turbines. Is the "spider" part supposed to be the web-like aluminum frame of the crane? That seems like a stretch, but it's the most charitable interpretation I've got.

pavel_lishin 2y ago

You gotta be the weirdness you want to see in the world! Let's learn to weld aluminum, and make our dreams come true.

neom 2y ago

If you want something industrial, art, giant, and sometimes spider, there's always Storm King! :) https://collections.stormking.org/Browse/objects https://collections.stormking.org/Browse/objects (It re-opens in April, if anyone happens to be in New York and hasn't visited Storm King, I really cannot recommend it enough, it's a lot of fun, Dia too, Earth Room and Beacon are magic but honestly they're all amazing, so fun! https://www.diaart.org/visit/visit-our-locations-sites https://www.diaart.org/visit/visit-our-locations-sites)

WJW 2y ago
I was thinking more towards the strandbeest series (https://www.strandbeest.com/ https://www.strandbeest.com/), although those have entirely too many legs to be spiders and are also not made out of aluminium.
tempodox 2y ago
Nice, but sadly no arachnids in sight…
- neom 2y ago
  Storm King no, although they did for a while, but Dia, yes: https://www.diaart.org/collection/collection/bourgeois-louise-crouching-spider-2003-l-2007-012 https://www.diaart.org/collection/collection/bourgeois-louis... Storm King also had a Louise Bourgeois. To me, if we're talking giant spiders, it's always always Louise Bourgeois.
  - tempodox 2y ago
    Indeed, this one is spectacular.

jletroui 2y ago

If you want industrial giant spider, Kumo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E1PpbncR20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E1PpbncR20 is a must see. "Les machines de l'île" have other beasts of the same kind: https://www.lesmachines-nantes.fr/ https://www.lesmachines-nantes.fr/.

lobochrome 2y ago
Super

eschneider 2y ago

For crane geeks, that _is_ pretty exciting. :)

tshaddox 2y ago

You're not unreasonable for expecting something at least vaguely spider-like. This just looks like a big crane for assembling big wind turbines. Is the "spider" part supposed to be the web-like aluminum frame of the crane? That seems like a stretch, but it's the most charitable interpretation I've got.