Curious Contraptions 2018 | Keith Newstead Artist Bio | Exploratorium

Curious Contraptions Exploratorium, Pier 15 (Embarcadero at Green Street) November 8–January 20, 2019 Meet Keith Newstead, one of the featured artists at the Exploratorium’s Curious Contraptions exhibition. Curious Contraptions explores small, surreal worlds through the charming, often hilarious mechanical sculptures known as automata. These whimsical machines are brought to life by intricate arrangements of handmade cams, cranks, and other simple mechanisms. Each sculpture performs an absurd miniature dr