DEPT. OF COMPARATIVE MEDIA & AUTOMATON STUDIES // WORKSTATION 95
SERIES 776913–776915: HANS BELLMER (DIE PUPPE, 1935) × KEMPELEN TURK (CT-001)
SERIES 776913–776915: HANS BELLMER (DIE PUPPE, 1935) × KEMPELEN TURK (CT-001)
APPARATUS RD-001 // KEMPELEN SCHACHTÜRKE × HANS BELLMER (DIE PUPPE, 1935)
Stage I · Cranial Reliquary & Acoustic Reed (Plate 776914)
NEGATIVE REBATE: #776914
VOIGTLÄNDER BERGHEIL 9×12 CM
VOIGTLÄNDER BERGHEIL 9×12 CM
STAGE I · FACE
Plate 776914 Reed
Plate 776914 Reed
STAGE II · TORSO
Plate 776913 Horn
Plate 776913 Horn
STAGE III · HANDS
Plate 776915 Modem
Plate 776915 Modem
STAGE IV · BOOTH
Moitié + CT-001 CAD
Moitié + CT-001 CAD
SPECIMEN NOTE (PLATE 776914): Antique bisque-porcelain doll head photographed on 9×12cm orthochromatic glass with direct magnesium flash. Fine craquelure fissures across forehead and cheek; upturned pale glass eyes; parted lips concealing a recessed brass acoustic reed (2mm aperture) that routes the penitent's voice into the torso cavity.
SPEAK INTO THE PORCELAIN APERTURE (TRANSMITS THROUGH STAGES I → IV):
ARCHIVAL INDEX CARD #776914-00 // AWAITING ACOUSTIC INPUT
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• STAGE I (776914): Penitent speaks into the parted porcelain lips.
• STAGE II (776913): Hammered brass cone [ITEM 1] & corrugated rubber tube [ITEM 2] carry the voice past the decoy clockwork [ITEM 4].
• STAGE III (776915): Four ball-jointed porcelain hands hold the Bakelite handset in the acoustic coupler muffs.
• STAGE IV (CT-001): Operator A (Moi-même-Moitié) on the sliding timber rail [ITEM 5] stamps the penance.
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• STAGE I (776914): Penitent speaks into the parted porcelain lips.
• STAGE II (776913): Hammered brass cone [ITEM 1] & corrugated rubber tube [ITEM 2] carry the voice past the decoy clockwork [ITEM 4].
• STAGE III (776915): Four ball-jointed porcelain hands hold the Bakelite handset in the acoustic coupler muffs.
• STAGE IV (CT-001): Operator A (Moi-même-Moitié) on the sliding timber rail [ITEM 5] stamps the penance.