Etude Number 3
Etude Number: 3
Basic Details: This etude is about my trip to the Kinetica Museum.
Name: Sophia
Pathway Combination: Advertisng with Digital Arts
Title: kinetica Museum
A short statement of intentions
I wanted the piece to be about my visit to the museum and what I experienced.
I intend to create the etude by sharing my experiences and adding lots of photos.
Conceptualisation of the work
The purpose of this was to see some examples of the type of work I can do for my project.
The target audience was for anyone who was interested in kinetic art.
Documentation of Technical and Artistic Process
Here are some pictures I took during my research at the museum.
‘Red Dragon’ by Peter Markey
Technical Analysis
I have discovered that when doing kinetic art, you have to explore how things look when they move. Experiments include light, motors, mirrors and wind to get the sculptures to move.
The biggest challenge is to get the sculptures to balance. This is similar to imagining two people sitting on a see-saw. If they weigh the same, the see-saw will balance. If one person is heavier, he/she will have to move closer to the centre of the see-saw to get it to balance. Therefore, kinetic artists rearrange their mobiles until everything is in balance.
References
www.kinetica-museum.org
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinetic_art
How successful is the etude?
I learn’t a lot during my visit to the Kinetca museum. I saw quite a few fascinating pieces of work. Some of them were quite funny. This allowed me to find out more about kinetic art and how it is done.
