kinetic art

Arachnophilia: La Princesse in Liverpool

Posted Wed, 02/25/2009 - 16:56 by Nick Winterhalter
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Photo by Peter Carr

"As part of Liverpool's Capital of Culture year, the French group La Machine were commissioned to create a large piece of street theatre, on the scale of their earlier work, the Sultan's Elephant. Many were expecting to see something using the iconic Liverbirds, the symbol of the city but instead we got a spider.

One of the best photos sets of the La Princesse event I've seen yet.

Via Boston Globe

Ferrofluid Sculpture and Kinetic Art

Posted Wed, 09/03/2008 - 18:43 by Nick Winterhalter

Here's a fantastic example of kinetic art using ferrofluid, a magnetic liquid.
Also see Protrude, Flow (2001) by Sachiko Kodama and Minako Takeno

Morpho Towers — Two Standing Spirals (2007) by Sachiko Kodama

The body of the tower was made by a new technique called “ferrofluid sculpture” that enables artists to create dynamic sculptures with fluid materials. This technique uses one electromagnet, and its iron core is extended and sculpted.