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steps of a physical ladder in order to move an automated figure towards a model house, Hunkin has said "I don’t think political art has an enormous effect, but in the short term it is satisfying to reinforce people’s disrespect of the villains." Hunkin spoke more on the subject at a talk he gave at
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Hunkin's machines at Novelty Automation have a technological style that blends old school electromagnetic approaches to movement - motors, pulleys and gears – with some aspects of more modern technology, used for video, sound and programming. Hunkin believes he is exploring a "limitless territory"
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Novelty Automation is Hunkin's paean to the local history of popular entertainment in London, a place he has said he has an almost "missionary zeal" for. Hunkin has professed his sadness for the commercialisation of the city and he believes people appreciate Novelty Automation's political
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Novelty Automation in November 2016 arguing that reinforcing people's disrespect for its targets is the primary purpose of satirical art, "but in the long term it can also contribute to change: there comes a point where the villains can no longer laugh it off".
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in Southwold where he created a number of "reinvented" amusement arcades. Hunkin said of his creations in 2017 that "It's just a hobby that took over my life really, it beats working."
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and that modern world is too focused on “amazing software and simple physical interfaces… very few machines are the other way round".
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Opened in February 2015, Novelty Automation is Tim Hunkin's second arcade, the first being
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incorrectness and it being an antidote to the corporatisation of fun.
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amusement arcade
Holborn
Tim Hunkin
small hadron collider
Cabaret Mechanical Theatre
The Under The Pier Show
slot machine
treadmill



"To mark London History Day, we list the capital's best hidden treasures"
"Robotic dog pants, dribbles warm saliva, and tries to bite you / Boing Boing"
"At This Arcade, You Play to Stop a Nuclear Meltdown"


"Novelty Automation"
"Novelty Automation - An Introduction"
"Interview with Tim Hunkin"
the original
"Tim Hunkin and the Secret Life of Machines"
"Housing Ladder arcade game has players dodging buy-to-let investors"
"Making"
Official website
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