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These soap bubbles are constantly moving and changing. Each bubble is about 3 inches square.
Joseph Antoine Ferdinand Plateau (1801 - 1883) a Belgian physicist, wondered, "If there were only one bubble in the universe, what would its value be?"
Indeed, Mr. Plateau.
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This is a typical, small bubble machine. There are three bubble chambers so people can see three aspects at once:
Movement.
Iridescence.
Waterfall.
Machines like this have been throughout the United States, Canada and Japan. TV shows about them have been global.
I've had one of these machines in the lobby of the physics building in MIT since 1980. Professor French, an old physicist, came up to me to share his thoughts. I anticipated some words of deep math but instead he said, "You know, I've been studying these bubbles for quite some time now. It's really all about joy, isn't it?"
God, I felt like kissing him on the head.
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This close-up is from Seattle. The one below is 20 feet tall.
Although I view these machines as a "magnifying glass" for Mother Nature's jewelry, her soap bubbles, others call them kinetic art sculptures.
But kinetic artists are a flakey lot, likable, but very odd. So, I've written some award wining screenplays about them: Healing Marie and Ultraviolet Child. If you want more information about screenplays or bubble machines, e-mail me at james.ossi@earthlink.net.
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