Rube Goldberg machines are unnecessarily complex contraptions that are assembled to perform simple tasks. Rube Goldberg machines were part of the inspiration for a video art piece by Stephen Meierding titled “Bicycle Sounds.” Find out how Stephen went from pursuing chemical engineering to assembling the video in his Brooklyn basement.

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Bicycle Sounds from Stephen Meierding on Vimeo.

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Photo from Stephen Meierding’s “Bicycle Sounds”