Elliot Nacht, 12, successfully used a mechanical crane to stack one geometrically shaped brick onto another one. Moments later, it all came tumbling down.
That’s what happens in the world of using a claw machine, just like the ones at the arcade.
“It’s very challenging,” said Nacht, who was visiting the Cristin Tierney Gallery on the Bowery in Manhattan. “It’s not as easy as it looks.”
The claw machine is the centerpiece of an interactive installation at the gallery called “Balancing Act.” It’s the work of Toronto-based artists Jennifer Marman and Daniel Borins, who have been collaborating for nearly 25 years.
“People tend to really get into it, and you’ll
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