Inspired by the old paper shredder his mom was throwing out, artist Japhy Riddle added wheels to it and transformed it into a piece of kinetic art, pulling itself along and endlessly shredding provided it has a piece of paper long enough, and its power cord reaches.

The machine gives off the feel of a ravenous anthropomorphic monster whose only purpose is to constantly feed.

Cool, but where are the googly eyes? I would have assumed that’s a no-brainer, yet here I am watching it, with no googly eyes. Now I’m not sure what they’re teaching in art school these days, but when I went, there were only two schools of thought: tasteful nudes, and googly eyes. I dared to mix both.