kinetic art
Motion-based artwork
Kinetic art is art that contains moving parts or depends on motion for its effect.
The movement may be powered by motors, wind, water, or viewer interaction.
Pioneered in the early twentieth century by artists like Alexander Calder and his mobiles, kinetic art challenges the traditional notion of static sculpture and painting.
The museum's kinetic art installation responded to visitors walking past it.
Toothed rotating machine parts
- motorsMachines that produce motion
- pulleysGrooved wheels for rope
- camsMotion-converting rotators
- leversForce-multiplying pivot bars
cranks · automata · pistons · cogwheels · linkages · actuators · sprockets · bearings
Suspended kinetic sculptures
- CalderMobile art originator
- suspendedHalted or hanging temporarily
- installationProcess of putting in
- assemblageCollected group of things
construction · three-dimensional · freestanding · hanging · balanced · cantilevered · gallery · Duchamp
Change in position
- oscillationRepeated back-and-forth movement
- rotationTurning on an axis
- vibrationRapid oscillating movement
- swingSuspended recreational seat
sway · undulation · spin · pendulum · velocity · acceleration · momentum · drift
Involving active contribution
- responsiveQuick to react
- engagementCommitment to wed or attend
- hands-onInvolving direct physical engagement
- gesturalRelating to body movements
reactive · immersive · playful · activation · feedback · human-centered · experiential
gears
Toothed rotating machine parts
levers · cranks · automata · pistons · cogwheels · linkages · actuators · sprockets · bearings · ratchets
mobiles
Suspended kinetic sculptures
- CalderMobile art originator
- suspendedHalted or hanging temporarily
- installationProcess of putting in
assemblage · construction · three-dimensional · freestanding · hanging · balanced · cantilevered · gallery · Duchamp · Rickey
movement
Change in position
- oscillationRepeated back-and-forth movement
- rotationTurning on an axis
- vibrationRapid oscillating movement
swing · sway · undulation · spin · pendulum · velocity · acceleration · momentum · drift · glide
participatory
Involving active contribution
- responsiveQuick to react
- engagementCommitment to wed or attend
- hands-onInvolving direct physical engagement
gestural · reactive · immersive · playful · activation · feedback · human-centered · experiential
moiré
Wavelike interference pattern
- illusionMisleading sensory impression
- perceptionMental interpretation of stimuli
- afterimageLingering visual impression
flicker · pulsation · strobing · retinal · dazzle · geometric · Riley
- artRenaissance, painters, masterpieces, paint, Baroque
- art formspainting, drawing, sculpture, photography, music
- artsartist, creativity, expression, songs, painting
- motionmotion, movement, velocity, speed, momentum
- art stylesimpressionism, surrealism, cubism, realism, minimalism
- art worldartist, painter, painting, paintings, sculpture
kinetic artstill life
Art of inanimate objects
photography · tableau · fresco · oil painting · canvas painting
kinetic artbronze statues
Cast alloy artworks depicting figures
marble sculpture · stone carving · classical sculpture · monuments · memorial statues
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