tractor with machine sculpture on top: scrap iron, wooden wheels, barrels, rubbish pail, garden gnome, various percussion instruments
Size: 315 x 660 x 315 cm
Elements of a sound sculpture are mounted here atop an old tractor. Bells, cymbals, pots and barrels are struck, developing in conjunction with the striking background noise of the powerful tractor motor the accidental melody of the “Méta-Harmonies”. Added to this are firecrackers and smoke bombs ignited by the driver, which with their loud bangs and stench lend the driving sound sculpture an apocalyptic note. “Klamauk” also accompanied Tinguely on his last drive, the parade through Fribourg on the occasion of his funeral on September, 4th 1991.