Deus Ex Machina
Deus ex machina
Deus Ex Machina / Gudamaskinen
Cranes to fly people
kranen om mensen te vliegen
Kräne, die Menschen fliegen lassen
Jeřáby, které zvedaly lidi
Gru per far volare le persone
Mecanismos de elevación y “vuelo” de personajes
Kranar för att flyga personer
Special effects and projection
In the Greek and Roman theatre of antiquity, cranes were used to raise and lower actors onto the stage, often to represent the arrival of the gods – an effect known as deus ex machina, literally ‘god out of the machine’.