Professional Artists
- Tim Hawkinson — has made several art pieces that contain complex apparatuses that are generally used to make abstract art or music. Many of them are centered around the randomness of other devices (such as a slot machine) and are dependent on them to create some menial effect.
- Peter Fischli & David Weiss — Swiss artists known for their movie Der Lauf der Dinge (The Way Things Go).
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