Plates · 85 × 55
clustercrabs-v3a
One enormous mechanical crab hangs from a ceiling gantry on cables, its riveted carapace and two gear-eye optics filling the frame, while two long pincer actuator-arms reach down to scratch a tiny grand piano dwarfed at the bottom. A solitary automaton plays an instrument it could crush, kasakasa, the soloist that needs no second chair.
The plate
Fig. 185 across, 55 down.
The grid itself
.
╔═══════════════════════════ GANTRY · 7 ═══════════════════════════╗
║ ││ ││ ││ ││ ││ ││ ║
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╱││╲ ╱││╲ ╱││╲ ╱││╲ ╱││╲ ╱││╲ suspension
╱ ││ ╲ ╱ ││ ╲ ╱ ││ ╲ ╱ ││ ╲ ╱ ││ ╲ ╱ ││ ╲ cables ↓
╱ ││ ╲ ╱ ││ ╲ ╱ ││ ╲ ╱ ││ ╲ ╱ ││ ╲ ╱ ││ ╲
' '' '_' '' '_' '' '_' '' '_' '' '_' '' '
T H E S O L O I S T · one machine, no second chair
_,.--====================--.,_
,.-=" ___ ___ "=-.,
,-" ,(@@@@@), ,(@@@@@), "-.
,' (( ╳╳╳╳╳ )) ░░░ (( ╳╳╳╳╳ )) ',
/ ___ '========' | '========' ___ \
| ,-' '-. gear-eye | optics ,-' '-. |
/ / /\ /\ \ .------------+------------. / /\ /\ \ \
| | ( )( ) | | o o o o o o o o o | | ( )( ) | |
| | ( )( ) | | o RIVETED CARAPACE o | | ( )( ) | |
| \ \/ \/ / | o o o o o o o o o | \ \/ \/ / |
\ '-..-' .--| o ARMOUR · SEGMENT o |--. '-..-' /
\ __ / ░ | o o o o o o o o o | ░ \ __ /
'. ( ) .' '----------. | .---------' '. ( ) .'
'-..-' ___ | | | ___ '-..-'
| | ,' '. ____ \ | / ____ ,' '. | |
______| |___/ servo \__/ \|||/ \__/ servo \___| |______
╱ | | ( ◉ ◉ ) pincer ANY pincer ( ◉ ◉ ) | | ╲
╱ leg-A | | \ ══ / actuator | actuator \ ══ / | | leg-B ╲
╱ ══════╧═╧═╗ '-..-' ╲ | ╱ '-..-' ╔═╧═╧══════ ╲
' ║║ ╲ | ╱ ║║ '
║║ ╲ _____|_____ ╱ ║║
║║ ╲ ╱ | ╲ ╱ ║║ scratch-reach
╚╝ V | V ╚╝
.---------+---------.
╱ scratch | scratch ╲
- - - - - - - - - - - - ╱ - - - - - | - - - - - ╲ - - - - - - - - - - - -
╱ | ╲ the stage, far below
________╱_____________|_____________╲________
/:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::\
/ the tiny grand piano · lid up · 88 keys cower \
/::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::\
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♪ · ♩ · ♪♪ · ♩ ·
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six hundred faces · silent · watching a machine perform entirely alone
it is so much larger than the song it has been built to make
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