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, 2009

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, 2009

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, 2009

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, 2009 [1 favorite]

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, 2009

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, 2009

Robots were silly, until that day.
posted by blue_beetle at 5:34 PM on March 1, 2009

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, 2009

Silly Robot
posted by flapjax at midnite at 5:59 PM on March 1, 2009

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, 2009

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, 2009

Whoops, make that the "Kinetica" link.
posted by spiderskull at 7:45 PM on March 1, 2009

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, 2009

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, 2009

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, 2009