‘Self Organization’, A Cleverly Repurposed Typewriter That Features Giant Reaching Octopus Tentacles

Self Organization
image via Courtney Brown

Artist Courtney Brown has created an incredibly complex and clever sculpture that she humorously named “Self-Organization“. Made from a repurposed 1938 Underwood typewriter, the piece features bronze octopus tentacles reaching over, under and around, blinding searching for the right keys to type up a note for itself. The sculpture recently won first place at the annual California Sculpture SLAM at the San Luis Obispo Museum of Art.

Self Organization Side
image via Courtney Brown

Self Organization Back
image via Courtney Brown

SLAM
image via California Sculpture SLAM

via Colossal

Lori Dorn
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Lori is a Laughing Squid Contributing Editor based in New York City who has been writing blog posts for over a decade. She also enjoys making jewelry, playing guitar, taking photos and mixing craft cocktails.

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