Sculptures that
move! Most frequently
powered by gravity,
wind, or direct interaction with people (
motors are frowned upon, but have been used.) Kinetic sculptures are frequently hanging
mobiles though they may be mounted on
pedestals, to a wall, or
free roving sculptures (designed to be
rolled along a
beach dune, or
gallery floor in a fascinating manner.) Kinetic sculptures in their
purest form have no
representational subject matter. They are
modernist forms whose beauty is seen through the way they interact
through space and over time. Kinetic sculpture was
pioneered by the
constructivists,
Russian artists who were extremely concerned with
time,
space and
communism.
Matthew Brand’s artificial artist at MIT is the latest development in kinetic sculpture. He uses a AI to design fabulous new mobiles that toy with our notions of balance and gravity.