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Banū Mūsā ibn Shākir
Banū Mūsā ibn Shākir
founded in, place
Bagdad, Iraq
Members
Abu Ja’far Muhammad ibn Mūsā ibn Shākir
Ahmad ibn Mūsā ibn Shākir
al-Hasan ibn Mūsā ibn Shākir
Biography
9
th
century
Literature:
»Kitāb al-ḥiyal« [The Book of Ingenious Devices], ca. 830
»al-la allatī tuzammir bi-nafsihā« [The Instrument Which Plays by Itself], ca. 850
Artworks
Das Instrument, das selbständig spielen kann
Muḥammad, Aḥmad und Al-Ḥasan ibn Mūsā ibn Shākir, bekannt als Banū Mūsā
Publications
Allah's Automata
Siegfried Zielinski and Peter Weibel (Eds.)
Exhibitions / Events
Art in Motion. 100 Masterpieces with and through Media
Thematic Exhibition
GLOBALE: Allah’s Automata
Thematic Exhibition
Video
Banū Mūsā ibn Shākir | Programmierbarer universaler Musikautomat
Documentary of artworks - 1:44
