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Create > Kinetic Sculpture

Goal: Create kinetic art that involves movement of from in point of time and space.

Catalysts:

Combine, change, animate, motion

Studio Activity:

Create a 3-dimensional art form that: -flies, -floats, -grows, -moves, -radiates sound, -changes its appearance, -reacts with water, -reacts to light, -reacts to gravity… Research kinetic art > https://www.google.com/search?q=kinetic+art&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8 . Look into the artworks of Alexander Calder. Talk to technicians. Go to flea markets or garage sale to acquire interesting found objects. Think of the game Mouse Trap and then look at the cartoons of Rube Goldberg for more inspiration.

Kinetic Concepts:

Transformation = evolution, transition, change, mutation.
Game = cooperation, viewer response structures, play.
Homeostasis = self-balancing systems, self-organizing, self-seeking
Teleological = self-destructing, consumable
Auto creative = self-structuring
Mimesis = of nature, ecosystems, biological

Be inspired by the works of Alexander Calder > https://www.wikiart.org/en/alexander-calder Kinetic art is art from any medium that contains movement perceivable by the view or depends on motion for its effect. Calder’s mobiles > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_(sculpture) are 3-dimensional sculptures that move naturally or are machine operated. The moving parts are often powered by wind, a motor or the observer.