Comments on: Huge Spider of La Machine

By: I saw it

I saw it — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:01:56 +0000

I saw the spider when it was on the side of the building
unfortunately I was away on the weekend it was walking around.

By: Zack

Zack — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 20:09:44 +0000

Looks just like a real life version of Ghost in the Shell’s Tachikomas

By: cormier

cormier — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:29:56 +0000

The spider has just been printed as an original handsigned lithograph… have a look at http://www.husgallery. com . you’ll also find some other drawings by François Delaroziere

By: bob23

bob23 — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:55:09 +0000

i saw the spider and it doesnt walk by itself the legs are fake! it is just mounted on a truck. You would think for 2million they could have made it walk.

By: TwoDragons

TwoDragons — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:34:02 +0000

I would sooooooo hire 16 people to power that thing, just so I could ride it around the block a few times!

the only thing that could make it cooler is if it was a giant Drider. /geek

–TwoDragons

By: Angstrom

Angstrom — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:03:30 +0000

I’ve seen it a couple of times over the last few days.
Last night I went to where it was ‘sleeping’, by the Echo Arena. I got right up close.

I jokingly told the security guard that “some French guy said it was OK for me to take it for a ride” and he said it takes 16 people to do that. There are control seats all over it, sort of embedded into it.

Local taxi drivers are having a grumble-fest about the ‘wasted’ taxes which have been spent on it. If the government asked me what I wanted my taxes spending on, the very first thing would be “a giant robot spider please!”

By: Vinterdekk

Vinterdekk — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:30:47 +0000

I wish I could go to Liverpool and see this for myself. Spiders are way cool.

By: ted

ted — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:30:26 +0000

Oh, well, if they’re only arachnids, I guess my irrational fear of spiders is utterly baseless.

(okay, I’m actually only just a little creeped out by the bigger ones)

By: Martha

Martha — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:26:57 +0000

I love spiders. I wish it could come to London.

I once had a pet tarantula.

Spiders are not insects but Arachnids.

By: alice

alice — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:29:33 +0000

I wish I was in Liverpool!
Anyone there, or actually seen it?

By: SenorMysterioso

SenorMysterioso — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:10:16 +0000

looks like a nightmare for people with fear of spiders

By: anon

anon — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:24:33 +0000

“La Machine” is the name of the performance. The company responsible for this and The Sultan’s Elephant is named Artichoke.

http://www.artichoke.uk.com/

By: Scotchdrnkr

Scotchdrnkr — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:26:03 +0000

This thing gives me the creeps. Imagine seeing this piece of art walking down the street after having a few in the local pub and not knowing about the art show.

By: Lydia

Lydia — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:16:57 +0000

That’s it. I’ll never sleep soundly again.