Jeffu Warmouth

Stir-Crazy Device

Stir-Crazy Device Stir-Crazy Device (gizmo with 3 can openers), 1997, electric can openers, aluminum, cast iron, plastic, paper, linoleum, utensils, 12 x 60 x 48 inches

Viewer steps on pedal to activate simultaneous stirring

Participant-spectator steps on a control bar, thus engaging complex mechanism to MIX (combine ingredients, confuse, use quantifiers of unlike kind in logical arguments, etc.), or to create a STIR (general excitement, disturbance, or stir of hope)

Stir-Crazy Device Experiment #9099: Stir-Crazy Device, 1997, ink on paper, 5 x 7 inches

Stir-Crazy Device, 1997, installation view, Aidekman Art Gallery, Tufts University, Medford, MA

Stir-Crazy Device, 1998, installation view, White Elephant Gallery, Boston, MA