The Dutch artist Lukas van de Vrande brought a piece of art he made to the MAD Museum in Stratford upon Avon. His machine ‘Two Million Years’ is a combination of art & science. Stripes move up and down, back and forth, and when the machine stops after 20 seconds, the composition of the stripes will always be different. Always? Yes. Well, at least for the next two million years.

The machine plus the protecting box was a bit heavy, so Lukas decided not to go by plane. Because he is Dutch and is not used to drive on the left side of the street, he chose to come all the way by train. Luckily his father accompanied him to fulfill the job, as getting in and out the train and subways in London isn’t that easy with a big box.

The machine will be in Stratford for the next couple of months. To find out more about the machine and see it working, visit the MAD museum or see www.LukasArt.nl.

I am Jelle Bakker and I live in Amersfoort (the Netherlands). I was born in Wervershoof (near Hoorn, the Netherlands) in 1983 and my biggest hobby is constructing marble machines. Since 2001 I began constructing more complex room sized marble machines with elevators and multiple paths. My biggest milestone was setting the guiness record longest marble run in the world on 21st May 2009. This marble run was 210.31 meters long. Unfortunately, it’s already broken by someone else in September 2011.

The Marble Machine “Marble MADhouse” is my first international project outside of the Netherlands and Belgium. This marble Machine has 3 marble lifters and lots of paths with bells, chimes and woodblocks. Now i hoping of a international project outside of Europe.

My biggest dream is having a big hall with a giant marble run with thousands of track meters with light shows and multiple paths and lifters.