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Fancy a Schaffas?

What would you get if you sent artists all over the world a wooden blank like this and ask them to create what they thought a Schaffas would be? You might get back a myriad of characters as unique as the name…

So, whadayhell is a Schaffas anyway?

The International Fauna Dossier describes a schaffas (Marcum-Schaffidius) as a gentle and un-aspiring creature of great mystery. This exhibition will demonstrate the various and complex forms that the schaffas adopts.

SCREAMDANCE, Adelaideans Sam Barratt & Chris Edser, have hand-picked art-friends from all over the world to customize their own breed of schaffas. They were each sent a similar blank shape and given free reign to add, subtract, paint or destroy these objects. The response was inspiring with a wide variety of styles and approaches covered.

THis one, while not very elaborate, is awsome. YArrrgh!

Meet the Schaffas

Giant LCD Clock: Check Time From Space

Charlie Sorrel from Gadget Lab was visiting the Berlin’s Hamburger Bahnhof Museum and this caught his eye just before he left. He has this to say: Its Huge.

• The piece runs on pneumatics, with a separate piston for each panel, and in the museum silence there is a loud hiss every minute as the display changes. I have no idea who designed it, and as you can see from the picture, it was just before the 6PM closing time, so I didn’t ask. Did I say it’s big?
  

•  Gadget Lab