I have chosen to research kinetic art as one of my interests. The idea of using movement, wether it be physically moving something or by walking past something to enhance an idea or design interests me.
Definition:
A work of art that has movement or parts that are set in motion. The movement may be real or imagined. Movement may be mechanically powered (for example, by electricity, or air or water motion), or produced by the viewer moving past a work, or the work given the illusion of movement, such as op art, which appears to flicker. Kinetic art sometimes merges with other types of avant-garde art, including performance art, computer-generated art, mixed media, and Installation art.
Origins and Early Development
The strides made by artists to lift the figures and scenery off the page and prove undeniably that art is not rigid (Calder, 1954) took significant innovations and changes in compositional style. Édouard Manet, Edgar Degas, and Claude Monet were the three artists of the 1800s that initiated those changes in the Impressionist movement.
Édouard Manet, Le Ballet Espagnol, (1862).
The figures' contours coincide with their gestures as a way to suggest depth in relation to one another and in relation to the setting. Manet also accentuates the lack of equilibrium in this work to project to the viewer that he or she is on the edge of a moment that is seconds away from passing. The blurred, hazy sense of color and shadow in this work similarly place the viewer in a fleeting moment.
At the Races, 1877–1880, oil on canvas, by Edgar Degas, Musée d'Orsay, Paris
Edgar Degas is believed to be the intellectual extension of Manet, but more radical for the impressionist community. Degas' subjects are the epitome of the impressionist era; he finds great inspiration in images of ballet dancers and horse races. His "modern subjects" [6] never obscured his objective of creating moving art.
Claude Monet, Atelier su Seine, (1876)
Degas and Monet's style was very similar in one way: both of them based their artistic interpretation on a direct "retinal impression" [1] to create the feeling of variation and movement in their art. The subjects or images that were the foundation of their paintings came from an objective view of the world. As with Degas, many art historians consider that to be the subconscious effect photography had in that period of time. His 1860s works reflected many of the signs of movement that are visible in Degas' and Manet's work.
By 1875, Monet's touch becomes very swift in his new series, beginning with Le Bateau-Atelier su Seine. The landscape almost engulfs the whole canvas and has enough motion emanating from its inexact brushstrokes that the figures are a part of the motion.
20th Century Surrealism and Early Kinetic Art
The surrealist style of the 1900s created an easy transition into the style of kinetic art. All artists now explored subject matter that would not have been socially acceptable to depict artistically. Artists went beyond solely painting landscapes or historical events, and felt the need to delve into the mundane and the extreme to interpret new styles. With the support of artists such as Albert Gleizes, other avant-garde artists such as Jackson Pollock and Max Bill felt as if they had found new inspiration to discover oddities that became the focus of kinetic art.
Jackson Pollock using drip-technique, 1950
Construction with Suspended Cube, by Max Bill (1935-1936)
Examples of Kinetic Art in Design..
Brisbane airport kinetic parking garage facade by ned kahn, hassell architecture and UAP
images © UAP
American artist Ned Kahn, has collaborated with hassell architecture, UAP and the Brisbane airport corporation to create an eight-storey,
five-thousand square meter kinetic façade for the car park of brisbane’s domestic terminal. viewed from the exterior, the parkade's
entire exterior face will appear to ripple fluidly as the wind activates 118,000 suspended aluminium panels. as it responds to the
ever-changing patterns of the wind, the elevation will create a direct interface between the installation and its natural environment.
as a site-specific reference to the city’s most iconic natural feature, the feature is elaborated with fluttering lines from the surface
of the brisbane river. inside the car park, intricate patterns of light and shadows are projected onto the walls and floor as sunlight
passes through the external panelling system. this provides practical environmental benefits such as shade and natural ventilation
for the interior space of the lot.
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LAb[au]'s m0za1que a kinetic light art installation
all images courtesy of LAb[au]
A permanent kinetic light art installation, 'm0za1que' is featured on the main wall of the entrance hall at maison mecatronique, annecy-le-vieux, france. produced by belgium-based agency LAb[au] the piece relates motion with color through the phenomena of light. the 3.4m x 6m wall is divided into 26x15 squares, where each of the 390 tiles is motorized by a linear actuator with a 10cm range. the individually controlled motion system creates three-dimensional reliefs of geometric patterns, which evolve following the logic of cellular automata. during the day the programmed motifs draw black shadows, while in the evening colored shadows appear. three light-projectors in primary colors of red, green, and blue creates a uniform white illumination on the wall - the shadows in the tiles appear in the secondary colors of light. the colored illuminated surfaces appear and disappear according to the facade's movement.link
'instant art career' by niklas roy
all images © niklas royGerman artist niklas roy has collaborated with kati hyyppä to provide users with an opportunity to give them 15 minutes of fame as an artist. by constructing a 'public painting machine', roy installed a CNC device inside an abandoned gallery storefront, where passersby on the street can paint by pulling on ropes hanging outside the building. presented during the katowice street art festival in poland, the device functions without the use of electricity, as the users power the mechanical contraption with the kinetic motion of the moving cords. working like a computer controlled plotter, paint brush colors are selected with X and Y axis movements, where they are then applied onto the featured canvas.
Interactive community wall transforms fence by chat travieso
all images courtesy of chat travieso
seeking to invert the function and meaning of a fence from a physical barrier to a place of inclusion, 'on a fence' by local brooklyn-based designer chat travieso, is a community orientated project that brings people together.produced in collaboration with graphic designer yeju choi, the installation features in a pop-up park called pier 42 in manhattan's east river waterfront. organized by the lower east side waterfront alliance, lower manhattan cultural council - in partnership with NY state senator daniel squadron, and also the NYC department of parks and recreation - local residents of all ages participated in the design process and volunteered in the construction. working with community partner good old lower east side (GOLES) the installation transforms a portion of the fence bordering the park into an interactive structure. incorporating colorful signage on the outside face with seating and play areas on its inside. the appearance of the fence seems opaque from an oblique angle, and porous when looked at straight on. an arrow pattern acts as way-finding signage to help guide visitors towards the entrance of the pop-up park.
constructed mostly out of reclaimed scaffolding planks and standard 2 x 4 and 2 x 6 lumber, the freestanding structure bridges the existing chain link fence, without touching it - both highlighting and obfuscating its presence. painted vertical wooden slats sandwich the fence and form the main backbone of the installation. attached along the park-side of the wall are interactive pieces; a bike rack, stepped seating, shaded areas, a sand box, a small stage, a chalkboard wall, and seating with tables. on the outside face, layered colors of the slats create a moiré effect, where the colors change and appear to vibrate as one moves past. 'on a fence' is open until november 2013.
the magnetic waves observed in each of roadnarrow's moving sculpture films are formed from a black fluid solution comprised of dissolved nanoscale ferromagnetic particles known as 'ferrofluid'. these are achieved through the positioning of magnetic fields of varying degrees of strength, and from differing angles, around the polarized material. the ferromagnetic particles are added to a solvent such as water, alcohol or oil to enable a more flexible range of movement as a permanent magnet disturbs the liquid.
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