With an incredulous attention to detail, an amazing model of Manhattan’s skyline has been created using old computer chips, damaged mobile phones, defective batteries and other such discarded items.
The brain, creativity and implementation behind this is Zayd Menk who worked on the project for around 3 months. through his art class project, the Zimbabwe born 17-year-old fashioned a .0635:100 scale model of Manhattan.
The project used the following:
- 263 hot glue sticks,
- 11 CPUs,
- 27 motherboards,
- 10 CRT monitor motherboards,
- 15 batteries,
- 13 floppy disk readers,
- 4 watches,
- 4 audio cards,
- 3 hard drives,
- 3 graphics cards,
- and 2 clocks to bring the city to life.
Menk explains the inspiration for the project as follows:
“Under my topic ‘Man-made’ I was already studying cities,” Menk tells My Modern Met. I was also studying electronic waste. I’ve always thought that the tiny components on a PCBs [printed circuit boards] look like small cities, so I think It was some sort of subconscious thing that just clicked in my head… I’m absolutely ecstatic that my artwork has gained some attention. Hopefully, it will inspire other artists to come up with some creative ideas.”