Len Lye treated movement almost like musical composition. In works such as Universe, flexible steel does not simply form a sculpture. It bends, vibrates, produces sound and traces temporary shapes through space. What interests me is that the object is never really the whole artwork. Energy completes it. Without movement, part of the sculpture is still missing.
https://govettbrewster.com/exhibitions/2024/len-lye-motion-compositions
Govett-Brewster Art Gallery | Len Lye Centre Len Lye: Motion Compositions | Govett-Brewster Art Gallery | Len Lye Centre New Zealand's most courageous contemporary art museum and home to the collection of modernist filmmaker and kinetic artist Len Lye.
Heri Dono’s Fermentation of the Mind places fibreglass heads on old school desks. Step on a pedal and they nod together while distorted chanting begins. It is funny for a moment, then slightly disturbing. A classroom should create independent thought, yet here agreement has become mechanical. Dono turns propaganda into choreography, using recycled electronics and references to Indonesian shadow-puppet traditions.
https://www.mplus.org.hk/en/exhibitions/heri-dono-fermentation-of-the-mind/
mplus.org.hk Heri Dono: Fermentation of the Mind | M+ Museum Join us at M+ to explore Heri Dono’s kinetic installation 'Fermentation of the Mind' (1992–1993), which resembles a classroom, featuring rows of old wooden desks topped with white fibreglass heads.