Kinetic Art with Sunlight
Reflections on Developments in Art Needed Today
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10271954 |
|---|---|
| Authors | P K Hoenich (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1968 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 113 |
| Publication date | 1968-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Leonardo (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0024-094X • E-ISSN: 1530-9282 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1571948 |
| OpenAlex | W2334607888 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
In the author’s opinion the techniques of art should at any time equal and mirror the tendencies of development and the spiritual and scientific levels of their epoch. He describes his own work with the following new techniques of art: The ‘Robot-Picture’—This is a moving and changing sunlight projection system which repeats itself yearly. The artist can fully control this technique and pre-determine a year’s programme. The ‘Robot-Painter’—This, too, is a moving and changing sunlight projection system, but it never repeats itself. With this system the artist cannot foresee the individual pictures that will be produced, but he determines the style of the pictures by choosing the shapes and motion of the reflecting elements in the ‘robot’. Both systems make use of Sun rays and of the rotation and revolution of the Earth; however, the ‘Robot-Painter’ requires an additional source of power for producing irregular movements of the reflecting elements in the ‘robot’. The author has used wind energy for this task. Selon l’auteur, les techniques en matiere d’art devraient toujours correspondre aux tendances du developpement de leur epoque et a son niveau spirituel et scientifique. Il decrit sa propre œuvre comme l’utilisation des nouvelles techniques artistiques suivantes. Le ‘Tableau-Robot’—Il s’agit d’un systeme de projection mobile et changeante de la lumiere solaire, qui se repete tous les ans. L’artiste a la possibilite de controler parfaitement cette technique et de determiner ainsi a l’avance le programme de toute une annee. Le ‘Peintre-Robot’—Il s’agit, ici encore, d’un systeme mobile et changeant de projection de la lumiere solaire, mais ne se repetant jamais. En utilisant ce systeme, l’artiste ne peut prevoir quels tableaux seront realises, mais c’est lui qui decide du style des tableaux en choisissant les formes et le mouvement des elements reflechissants du ‘robot’. Ces deux systemes utilisent, l’un et l’autre, les rayons solaires, la rotation et les revolutions de la Terre; neanmoins, le ‘Peintre-Robot’ a besoin d’une force motrice additionnelle pour produire les mouvements irreguliers des elements reflechissants du ‘robot’. L’auteur, pour sa part, a utilise a cette fin la force du vent
Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Classical mechanics · Kinetic energy · Optics · Physics · Sunlight · Visual arts · Computer Science · Historical Astronomy and Related Studies · Space exploration and regulation · Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
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On Light and the Aesthetics of Color
Cybernetics and Art
On Space and Time in Art
Implementation of Notions of Science in Some of My Reliefs and Drawings
Art and Science
Kinetic Pictorial Art with Sun Spectra
Kinetic Art
Light Symphony, No. 1
Solar-Powered Kinetic Sculpture
Sun Art
Kinetic Art
Lightshows and the cultural politics of light
| Unique citing works | 15 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.26 |
| Citation span | 1969 - 2013 (45) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |