Digesting Duck
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The Canard Digérateur, or Digesting Duck, was an automaton in the form of a duck, created by Jacques de Vaucanson and unveiled on 30 May 1764 in France. The mechanical duck appeared to have the abilit
Three of Vaucanson's automata: the Flute Player, the Digesting Duck and the Tambourine Player
An American artist's (mistaken) drawing of how the Digesting Duck may have worked
Cloaca (art installation)
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Cloaca is a series of art installations by Belgian artist Wim Delvoye. The installations are computerised machines that recreate the human digestive process. The machine takes in food which it moves t
Digesting Duck
…duck is also a key element to Max Byrd's mystery novel The Paris Deadline. In 2002, Belgian conceptual artist Wim Delvoye introduced the world to his "Cloaca Machine", a mechanical art work that actually digests food and turns it into excrement, fulfilling Vaucanson's wish for a working digestive automation. Many…
Cloaca Professional at the Museum of Old and New Art
Faeces produced by Cloaca
Cloaca N°5 in Charleroi, Belgium
Delvoye feeding Cloaca N°5