Can You Sit on This Chair Without Falling on Your Butt?

By Alex in Art, Pictures on Mar 10, 2008 at 12:49 am

This peculiar chair, called the An Lena chair, was created by Simone Harbert as part of a student exhibition at the Burg Giebichenstein College of Art and Design in Germany.

The piece was a commentary on parasitism, as it supported itself from gripping two surfaces: the floor and the wall (I know, I know, I didn’t understand it either – anyhoo, the student expo is about Parasites & Hybrids).

But the bigger question is, without looking at Simone’s website, would you say that the chair will be able to support your body? Or would you fall flat on your butt if you try to sit on it?

Link – via MoCo Loco

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Anthony
Mar 10th, 2008 at 12:56 am
It would clearly support someone.
NyaR
Mar 10th, 2008 at 1:10 am
Well, i do not have a retardation (mental kind). So I am able to easily deduct that the chair can support somebody unless it cannot grip the surface with its feet.
Micah
Mar 10th, 2008 at 1:38 am
I don’t see how it wouldn’t work, as long as the seat doesn’t break off, or the feet/arms don’t slide. o_O
Becca
Mar 10th, 2008 at 1:49 am
Like many of life’s little mysteries, it comes down to a question of friction.
SiteSeer
Mar 10th, 2008 at 1:58 am
I guess if you sit near the lip of the seat you’re center of gravity would go straight down through the legs –you wouldn’t fall; not much of a true sitting position though.
SiteSeer
Mar 10th, 2008 at 2:00 am
Whoops, I meant “your”, natch.
Nbob
Mar 10th, 2008 at 2:07 am
Parasites can’t function without a host. The chair is a parasite because it needs a wall (host) to function. Since it is a parasite and since it has found a host it will function; one will not fall.
MoonCake
Mar 10th, 2008 at 6:13 am
it’s same concept as if you were leaning your chair on its back legs and propped yourself against a wall. you wouldn’t fall until you exceeded the weight ratio at 45 degrees. but this chair has little rubber stoppers, so it adds to the friction, and you are supported on the back AND the bottom, so no. everyone here is right. you won’t fall.
Orjans Morjan
Mar 10th, 2008 at 11:00 am
If you clean away gravel from under the legs, yes. Obvious much?
L
Mar 10th, 2008 at 3:06 pm
Depends on how well the stoppers grip the road, I would say. But it looks like it would work.
ardyjay
Mar 10th, 2008 at 4:17 pm
It’s much like a ladder- 2 legs on the ground and the other contact points on the wall. It would hold as long as the bottom legs don’t skid out
dgaicun
Mar 10th, 2008 at 5:31 pm
“It is very safe to operate.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZhMfzc9RbU

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