Kinetic Sculpture
Project, Process, & Response
For this project we were to construct a sculpture that "utilizes the physical aspects of motion". I chose to continue my subject and theme from my last sculpture project, the shadow boxes. I found an old pvc pipe and decided early on that it would be that base and overall form of my kinetic sculpture. I wanted to continue the narrative and from my last project and figure drawing II body of work. I used my organic forms/blobs as the two characters in my scenes. Almost right away I knew what I wanted to do with this form. I believe it was inspired by the Wes Anderson film, The Life Aquatic. In many of his films he shows the overall space, such a house or boat and then zooms out to a wide shot to show every room. The viewer can then see what is going on in all parts of the scene at once. In the pvc pipe I created three scenes, each with a different kinetic elements. I chose to make my piece very interactive so that the viewer could have a relationship with the piece itself. I used copper as the backdrop and landscape inside of the scenes to catch the viewers attention. The reflective quality of the medium brings you in to get a closer look. The process was fun and exciting because I had never dealt with a project anything like this. I was challenged at many points to figure out how to make the mechanisms work. Although it was difficult the best part was the problem solving. By the time critique came I felt that I had learned a lot about how to make objects move.
For this project we were to construct a sculpture that "utilizes the physical aspects of motion". I chose to continue my subject and theme from my last sculpture project, the shadow boxes. I found an old pvc pipe and decided early on that it would be that base and overall form of my kinetic sculpture. I wanted to continue the narrative and from my last project and figure drawing II body of work. I used my organic forms/blobs as the two characters in my scenes. Almost right away I knew what I wanted to do with this form. I believe it was inspired by the Wes Anderson film, The Life Aquatic. In many of his films he shows the overall space, such a house or boat and then zooms out to a wide shot to show every room. The viewer can then see what is going on in all parts of the scene at once. In the pvc pipe I created three scenes, each with a different kinetic elements. I chose to make my piece very interactive so that the viewer could have a relationship with the piece itself. I used copper as the backdrop and landscape inside of the scenes to catch the viewers attention. The reflective quality of the medium brings you in to get a closer look. The process was fun and exciting because I had never dealt with a project anything like this. I was challenged at many points to figure out how to make the mechanisms work. Although it was difficult the best part was the problem solving. By the time critique came I felt that I had learned a lot about how to make objects move.