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Banksy confirms building shredder into painting frame [video]

14 points| Geekette | 7 years ago |youtube.com | reply

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[+] sopooneo|7 years ago|reply
In the video it shows the setup with all of the blades in a line, pointing in the same direction. How would that produce the effect shown later of the painting being shredded into strips? Do we assume he twisted each blade 90 degrees before installing in the frame?
[+] naikrovek|7 years ago|reply
> Do we assume he twisted each blade 90 degrees before installing in the frame?

Well, since we see it being shredded, I'd say "yes", if you remove your qualification word "before", or clarify meaning by inserting the proper word after "installing". I can't tell if you mean "before installing them" meaning "the blades" or "before installing the painting".

They might get installed in a "safe" way so that they won't shred if the motor somehow turns on without the blades first being armed. Or maybe they are intentionally installed that way and a shaped roller pushes them against the blades, even if they are laid flat.

In short: who cares -- it shredded. I don't care if the full mechanism or method is shown. It clearly worked, at least partially.

[+] Geekette|7 years ago|reply
The blades needn't have been twisted as their tips were sharp pin points. So, pulling paper/fabric across just tips in would have resulted in cuts.
[+] bazooka2th|7 years ago|reply
Was it not meant to shred completely? Was the battery low?
[+] geezerjay|7 years ago|reply
> Was it not meant to shred completely?

Looks like it. A half-shredded canvas is still the original canvas, while a fully shredded canvas woud be a destroyed canvas. The first one increases in value as is, while the second one would be worthless.

[+] qbrass|7 years ago|reply
If you only shed half of it, you keep the new owner from auctioning each shred of it off.

Whether that was intentional or not, I wouldn't know.

[+] n00bdude|7 years ago|reply
Maybe he wanted to save the heart
[+] BugsJustFindMe|7 years ago|reply
What do you mean "confirms"? You thought it was perhaps some frame-shredder installing gnomes who live in the auction house's secret underground tunnels?

Who else would it be?