movers and shakers in London town

March 1, 2009 4:07 PM

I'll tell you one thing: if I was in London, I'd mosey on over to the Kinetica Art Fair. It looks like fun.
posted by flapjax at midnite (15 comments total)

Its revival was heralded in 2000 by the Hayward Gallery in London in a largely retrospective exhibition, Force Fields, which demonstrated that kinetic art was "not just silly robotics"

What's wrong with silly robotics?
posted by The Devil Tesla at 4:19 PM on March 1

If I were in London, I'd mosey on over to a dictionary and look up "counterfactual conditional".

Looks awesome, though. I'm all about the kinetic art.
posted by DU at 4:27 PM on March 1

Some people wanna fill the world with silly robotics
And what's wrong with that?
posted by mr_crash_davis mark II: Jazz Odyssey at 4:31 PM on March 1

I'd mosey on over to a dictionary and look up "counterfactual conditional".

If the river was whiskey
and I was* a duck
I'd dive to the bottom
and never come up

*suck it, grammar nazis.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 4:48 PM on March 1 [1 favorite has favorites]

If I were a carpenter,
And you were a silly robot
Would you marry me anyway...
posted by Fiasco da Gama at 5:10 PM on March 1

When all you've got is a silly screwdriver, the whole world is made of silly robots.
posted by StickyCarpet at 5:14 PM on March 1

Robots were silly, until that day.
posted by blue_beetle at 5:34 PM on March 1

If I was in London,
Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum.
All day long I'd biddy biddy bum
If I were a silly robot
posted by Marisa Stole the Precious Thing at 5:53 PM on March 1

Silly Robot
posted by flapjax at midnite at 5:59 PM on March 1

I really wanted to go tomorrow, but I just can't afford the time. My girlfriend's going, and will be sure to tease me with tales of creepy robotic hands galore.
posted by Magnakai at 6:40 PM on March 1

Neat. The guy they interviewed in the "look" link seems like a genuinely nice person -- at least none of the outward pretension you'd expect from esoteric artists:

"This make people smile. You know, it's really accessible. Kids like it, everyone likes it"
posted by spiderskull at 7:44 PM on March 1

Whoops, make that the "Kinetica" link.
posted by spiderskull at 7:45 PM on March 1

nothing more frustrating than still photos of moving sculpture. I will look anyway and imagine them moving around. Maybe I'll throw in some sound effects while I'm at it.
posted by orme at 4:40 AM on March 2

Maybe I'll throw in some sound effects while I'm at it.

Good idea! Try this one.

I know what you mean, though. I really wish there was more video of these things in action.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 5:10 AM on March 2

Looks like a fantastic outing for kids. Especially if you've been looking for a graceful way to bring up the topic of pole dancing.
posted by jfrancis at 8:47 AM on March 2