Can You Sit on This Chair Without Falling on Your Butt? - Neatorama

This peculiar chair, called the An Lena chair, was created by Simone Harbert as part of a student exhibition at the Burg Giebichenstein College of Art and Design in Germany.

The piece was a commentary on parasitism, as it supported itself from gripping two surfaces: the floor and the wall (I know, I know, I didn't understand it either - anyhoo, the student expo is about Parasites & Hybrids).

But the bigger question is, without looking at Simone's website, would you say that the chair will be able to support your body? Or would you fall flat on your butt if you try to sit on it?

http://www.burg-halle.de/%7Ehybrid/parahytharbert.html - via MoCo Loco

It would clearly support someone.

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Well, i do not have a retardation (mental kind). So I am able to easily deduct that the chair can support somebody unless it cannot grip the surface with its feet.

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I don't see how it wouldn't work, as long as the seat doesn't break off, or the feet/arms don't slide. o_O

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Like many of life's little mysteries, it comes down to a question of friction.

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I guess if you sit near the lip of the seat you're center of gravity would go straight down through the legs --you wouldn't fall; not much of a true sitting position though.

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Whoops, I meant "your", natch.

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Parasites can't function without a host. The chair is a parasite because it needs a wall (host) to function. Since it is a parasite and since it has found a host it will function; one will not fall.

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it's same concept as if you were leaning your chair on its back legs and propped yourself against a wall. you wouldn't fall until you exceeded the weight ratio at 45 degrees. but this chair has little rubber stoppers, so it adds to the friction, and you are supported on the back AND the bottom, so no. everyone here is right. you won't fall.

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If you clean away gravel from under the legs, yes. Obvious much?

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Depends on how well the stoppers grip the road, I would say. But it looks like it would work.

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It's much like a ladder- 2 legs on the ground and the other contact points on the wall. It would hold as long as the bottom legs don't skid out

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"It is very safe to operate."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZhMfzc9RbU

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