Interactive & Kinetic Sculpture
Want to push your sculptural practice in new directions? Kinetic sculptures incorporate moving parts that can be provided in many ways: mechanically through electricity, steam or clockwork; by utilizing natural phenomena such as wind or wave power; or by relying on the spectator to provide the motion, by doing something such as cranking a handle. Interactive sculptures typically rely on microcontrollers (such as Arduino) and sensors to create responses to viewers or the environment.
Explore these two avenues of sculpture as you, the student, decide which vein you would like to explore. The instructor will work with you to develop a project that will push your creative and technical boundaries. All completed works will be shown at the end of the season. Check out the syllabus, examples of past work, and links to other artists to get your ideas flowing here!
All students will receive a 8-day shop pass (an $800 value) to work on their projects between class sessions. Students are required to come to all classes dressed appropriately for welding; this includes heavy cotton pants (jeans are fine), leather boots and a long-sleeve shirt of cotton or wool. All clothing and footwear with polyester, nylon or other synthetic fibers is to be avoided (the fibers will easily melt if heated). While some metal for practice will be on hand, students are responsible for purchasing metal and other materials for their own projects. Participants must have take either our Intro to the Metal Shop or Physical Computing course, or have prior experience welding or programming microcontrollers.
Instructor
Christine Whittaker received her BFA in Sculpture & New Media from Kansas City Art Institute, an MFA in Sculpture & New Media from University of Delaware, and an MPS from ITP Interactivity & New Media at New York University. She was an Athena fellow via Mark DiSuvero and Socrates Sculpture Park and has served on the advisory board for Whitebox.Org Gallery in NYC. She has been in a number of group and solo shows and worked on a series of important multimedia projects for private clients, collectors and is currently designing an environmentally interactive sculpture for the Olympia Sculpture Park. Whittaker's work is held in a number of private collections.
Enroll online here, or call 718-715-4961
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