[hailpixel]

You know, I like giant industrial projects and all, but based on the headline I was expecting something a little more exciting.

Anyway, neat crane idea.

[neom]

If you want something industrial, art, giant, and sometimes spider, there's always Storm King! :)

https://collections.stormking.org/Browse/objects

(It re-opens in April, if anyone happens to be in New York and hasn't visited Storm King, I really cannot recommend it enough, it's a lot of fun, Dia too, Earth Room and Beacon are magic but honestly they're all amazing, so fun! https://www.diaart.org/visit/visit-our-locations-sites)

[WJW]

I was thinking more towards the strandbeest series (https://www.strandbeest.com/), although those have entirely too many legs to be spiders and are also not made out of aluminium.

[tempodox]

Nice, but sadly no arachnids in sight…

[neom]

Storm King no, although they did for a while, but Dia, yes:

https://www.diaart.org/collection/collection/bourgeois-louis...

Storm King also had a Louise Bourgeois. To me, if we're talking giant spiders, it's always always Louise Bourgeois.

[tempodox]

Indeed, this one is spectacular.

[jletroui]

If you want industrial giant spider, Kumo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E1PpbncR20 is a must see. "Les machines de l'île" have other beasts of the same kind: https://www.lesmachines-nantes.fr/.

[lobochrome]

Super

[tshaddox]

You're not unreasonable for expecting something at least vaguely spider-like. This just looks like a big crane for assembling big wind turbines.

Is the "spider" part supposed to be the web-like aluminum frame of the crane? That seems like a stretch, but it's the most charitable interpretation I've got.

[pavel_lishin]

You gotta be the weirdness you want to see in the world! Let's learn to weld aluminum, and make our dreams come true.

[eschneider]

For crane geeks, that _is_ pretty exciting. :)