MIT Museum's Kinetic Art exhibition The MIT Museum in Cambridge has a new exhibit featuring kinetic art called "5000 Moving Parts." It features large-scale works of sculptures and machinery by contemporary artists such as Arthur Ganson, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Anne Lilly, and John Douglas Powers. The art will be on display until November 2014. In the following cinemagraphs of selected pieces, artists and the show's curator, explain their thought process behind creating each one and provide insight into kinetic art. Electro-Magnetic I, No. 13 “[Takis] has persistently been interested in the idea of invisible forces, and this sculpture is an example of that kind of force.” - Laura Knott, guest curator Haliades “[It’s] capturing that notion of the sirens, that there’s something beautiful and seductive, but perhaps a little bit menacing at the same time.” - John Douglas Powers, artist Breathe “I’ve always been interested in movement and gesture. To Conjugate Ialu
Light sculptor| PAUL FRIEDLANDER Brilliant is this man who is a physicist and light sculptor. And his name is Paul Friedlander. Not only does the man have degrees in physics and maths, Friedlander is a professor at Cambridge (at the same department as Stephen Hawking!!), he’s also an cosmologist and interstellar prolusion expert (Google it). Professor Friedlander’s kinetic light-art isn’t something new. What we like most about Paul is not necessarily his amazing kinetic light sculptures, but also his views on how the art-world can be so backwards. Read more on Professor Friedlander in this interesting piece by Things Worth Describing.
A Basket That's a Wiggling Work of Kinetic Art [Video] The incredible thing about Bidum is that it's a basket, and it swings, shimmies, and shakes like some sort of cross between a Slinky and a giant Koosh Ball. The more incredible thing is that it's a basket, and we're actually excited about it. Once you see the videos, though, you'll get what all the fuss is about. Industrial designer Laetitia Florin produced Bidum for her graduate thesis at the École Cantonale d'Art de Lausanne, in Switzerland. What you actually do with the basket is up to you. Well, that's good. [Images courtesy of Laetitia Florin]
The Sun Altered Cube: A solar powered kinetic installation by Michael Jantzen The painted steel Sun Altered Cube is a large solar powered kinetic art installation designed by Michael Jantzen to be placed into a public park. An array of solar cells is mounted on the top of the cube. These solar cells power two electric motors that are connected to two corners of the cube. The corners have been separated from the rest of the cube so they can be slowly rotated in and out of phase, by the solar powered electric motors. The speed of the rotating corners varies in relationship to the intensity of the sun. The cube has been painted with a strong black and white graphic in order to emphasize the ways in which it continually changes. The Sun Altered Cube is part of a series of structures designed by Michael, which explore ways in which the built environment can interact in unexpected ways, with the natural environment.
May 2015 Here is a segment on the Morris Museum that was broadcast by WMBC-TV in the New York City & northern New Jersey area last weekend. The first two-thirds of the video is on the mechanical music instruments, and the rest is about the automata. Not only do we get to see and hear some of these wonderful machines, but we also get some valuable commentary from the both the Conservator and Curators of the collection. Here is where you can learn more about the Morris Museum in Morristown, New Jersey Labels: antiques, autoamta, collections, France, interview, mechanical music, monkey, Morris Museum, Murtogh D.
spellbinding animated gifs by james r. eads and the glitch sep 23, 2016 spellbinding series of animated gifs seemingly suck you into your screen two artists — one painter and one animator — have collaborated on a series of digital gif works that seem to suck viewers into their computer screens. colorful and vibrant illustrations by james r. eads have been brought to life chris mcdaniel, known as ‘the glitch.’ these looped sequences see van gogh-like strokes swirl and coil into seemingly living, breathing compositions, expressing vivid motifs soured from the sky, stars, universe and beyond. art by james r. eads, motion by the glitch the collaboration between james r. eads and the glitch sees static paintings brought to life, digitally morphing into hypnotizing on-screen graphics. endlessly looping in a continual cycle, the colorful compositions seem like portals to a fictional and fantasy-inducing universe. nina azzarello I designboom
Loving Vincent Animated Film Features 62,450 Hand-Painted Frames The animated film Loving Vincent is one that’s nearly six years in the making. If that seems excessive, just wait until you find how it’s made. The movie, which examines the life of post-Impressionist artist Vincent van Gogh, uses hand-painted canvases to bring its action to life. It takes 12 oil paintings just to create one second of footage! Produced by the Oscar-winning studio BreakThru Films, the plot of Loving Vincent takes a deeper look into the iconic artist. The feature-length film includes 62,450 frames that were hand-painted by 115 oil painters. Loving Vincent is composed of 62,450 hand-painted frames. These are some of the characters in the film—it’s hard to believe they weren’t Van Gogh paintings all along. Vincent van Gogh, played by actor Robert Gulaczyk Armand Roulin played by Douglas Booth The process is nothing short of incredible! Postman Joseph Roulin played by actor Chris O’dowd Here’s the film making in progress… …including the painstaking painting process.
Kinetic Sculpture, From Duchamp to Anthony Howe 2 clicks Art that contains movement perceivable by the viewer or that relies on motion for its effect—this is the definition of kinetic art. While the definition explains the practical notion, it doesn't emphasize the hypnotic capabilities of the artform. And though it comprises any medium, it's actually kinetic sculpture that most comes to mind when thinking of the genre. So where did kinetic sculpture get its start? While we often think of motion driven artwork as the only examples of the art from, in reality, kinetic art can be divided into two categories. At either end of the kinetic spectrum, mathematic principles are paramount to the success of the art. The movement owes its name to Naum Gabo, an early 20th-century artist who dubbed his sculptures “kinetic rhythms.” Naum Gabo. Many consider Duchamp's Bicycle Wheel the first piece of kinetic sculpture due to its spinning wheel. Marcel Duchamp. Alexandre Calder began making his mobiles in the 1930s. Alexander Calder Bridget Riley.
Giant puppets made by Royal de Luxe- click on title gif The Washington Ballet’s hardest dance moves, dissected (VIDEO) The Washington Ballet's hardest dance moves PostTV goes behind the scenes at the Washington Ballet to get six professional dancers to show off the most difficult moves in their repertoire. PostTV goes behind the scenes at the Washington Ballet to get six professional dancers to show off the most difficult moves in their repertoire. (Jason Aldag/The Washington Post) PostTV goes behind the scenes at the Washington Ballet to get six professional dancers to show off the most difficult moves in their repertoire. Power is usually hidden in ballet. You won’t see all these moves in the company’s production of “Peter Pan,” which the Washington Ballet performs April 16-27. Maki Onuki’s split leap can be a real kick in the head — literally. Tickets for “Peter Pan” are available from the Washington Ballet.
Intel sends hundreds of drones over L.A. to celebrate the home release of Wonder Woman 14 Incredible Kinetic Sculptures that are Poetry in Motion click 2x The sculpting world was once one of marble and still life. It was a place where movement was impossible, and thus often a dead place where immobile representations stood like mausoleums. Then came the world of kinetic sculpting, where motion and movement were as much a part of pieces as were the sculptures themselves. Change was intentionally built into these modern designs, giving them life and a level of interactivity that’s something more than mechanical, and allows the dynamic environment to turn the sculpture into more than the sum of its parts. In a celebration of dynamism, we’ve found 14 of the most astounding kinetic sculptures ever devised by human hands. Sisyphus from Lego by Jason Allemann Rather than admire from afar, we’re going to kick off with a kinetic sculpture that you can make yourself. About Face by Anthony Howe Anthony Howe is a combination of artist and engineering mastermind. Colibri by Derek Hugger Do not let the wooden work of Derek Hugger pass you by. Kinetic Rain
A ‘Skate Migration’ Is Changing How Atlanta Rolls To parse the different regional roller skating styles in metro Atlanta rinks, watch the traffic patterns. Sparkles Family Fun Center in Smyrna, Ga. on a recent Thursday night offered a case study: Locals skating in the hometown style churned the floor’s edge, punctuating their synced steps with hand claps that rose from the shoulder. Skaters in the New York-New Jersey-style bobbed steadily and pivoted in tight circles at the center of the crowded rink. It was the warm-up party for the Jivebiscuit Skate Family Reunion, one of the longest-running national gatherings of Black roller skaters. “It’s definitely like the Great Migration meets the skate migration,” said Reggie Brown, 40, a JB skater and music producer who grew up in Chicago. That commingling has Atlanta’s stalwart skaters concerned about keeping their distinctly energetic and percussive style alive. Paul Antonio Johnson led a procession along the perimeter, his high knees evoking a drum major in a marching band. D.J.