NARCISSISTER AUTOMATA, Carnival, jeffrey deitch gallery, new york, june 2025
Narcissister Automata with Praxinoscope (Jump Rope), 2025
The praxinoscope is a pre-cinema optical toy invented in France in 1877 by Charles-Émile Reynaud. Viewers are invited to turn the bike pedal to animate the sculpture.
This sculpture was commissioned for the Carnival exhibition at Deitch Projects.
Fabrication: Teruko Kushi, Adam Wolcott Smith
Head Mechanism: Michael Candy
Electrical: Nick Wong
Animation Painting: Martha Colburn
Costume Consultant: Karen Boyer
Video: Jean M. Coleman
Images: Leo Sans