Kinetic and Interactive Art

Kinetic Art

Kinetic art is a blanket term, similar to ‘flat stuff’, it relates to any piece of art form any medium which contains movement perceivable by the viewer or depends on motion for its effect. The first kinetic art was painted work like that of Boccioni which looked like it was moving but was in fact stationary, these days the term relates to 3D work which move in a literal sense, such as mobiles, environment powered works or machine power sculptures. Some kinetic work rely on the viewer to interact to achieve functionality, this is engaging and unusual in the art world because the interaction between work and viewer is direct and tangible. It’s possible to segregate art which looks like they’re moving and is in fact moving, virtual art is work which appear to move, apparent works actually move. Kinetic art had its origins in the impressionist movement when Monet, Manet and Degas all started to paint in a style which accentuated movement. There are two major reasons I want to create an apparent kinetic art piece for my final design idea, firstly it is an intriguing media which lend to my themes and the concepts I wish to depict and secondly it is a new avenue for me as an artist which will mean I can try genuinely new things.

Interactive Art

Interactive Art interests me greatly the idea that the spectator become part of the art take art on step further than just being something you experience in a detached way but instead in a way that you become part of it. The work takes the focus away from the artist and put it on the viewer they become part of the art and allow it to achieve its purpose. Most interactive art is in the form of installations whereby the observer or visitor can walk in, on or around the instillation an example of this is the 2007 Tate modern instillation where slides were put in the turbine hall and visitors could directly interact by sliding down them. What I like about installation art is that it is a rapidly growing and developing medium because of its tight links to technology it is evolving and changing more than any other medium in present day art.