{"id":3250,"date":"2022-02-02T01:29:32","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T06:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-480\/s2022\/?p=3250"},"modified":"2022-02-02T01:29:33","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T06:29:33","slug":"aaron-mckenzie-art-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-480\/s2022\/3250\/aaron-mckenzie-art-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Aaron McKenzie | Art Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After googling for &#8220;soft moving sculpture,&#8221; I found an exhibit of a large icebag which inflates, deflates, and rotates in a very human-like manner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pulitzerarts.org\/feature\/claes-oldenburg-ice-bag-scale-b-1971\/\">https:\/\/pulitzerarts.org\/feature\/claes-oldenburg-ice-bag-scale-b-1971\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-480\/s2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2016_Feature_Ice-Bag.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3251\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I also found a kinetic sculpture which uses rigid parts, but gives the illusion of soft movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-colossal wp-block-embed-colossal\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"wOcmf4xC8C\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/2020\/03\/julia-nizamutdinova-kinetic-sculpture\/\">Undulating Kinetic Sculpture by Julia Nizamutdinova Mimics Intertwined Infinity Signs<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Undulating Kinetic Sculpture by Julia Nizamutdinova Mimics Intertwined Infinity Signs&#8221; &#8212; Colossal\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/2020\/03\/julia-nizamutdinova-kinetic-sculpture\/embed\/#?secret=wOcmf4xC8C\" data-secret=\"wOcmf4xC8C\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I continued searching for soft kinetic sculptures from these two sites, but had trouble finding any art from soft mediums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was interested in the idea of soft architecture, when researching this topic I found this project for a soft transforming pavillion:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"15k0TA1s7Q\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.interactivearchitecture.org\/lab-projects\/furl-soft-pneumatic-pavilion\">Furl: Soft Pneumatic Pavilion<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Furl: Soft Pneumatic Pavilion&#8221; &#8212; Interactive Architecture Lab\" src=\"http:\/\/www.interactivearchitecture.org\/lab-projects\/furl-soft-pneumatic-pavilion\/embed#?secret=15k0TA1s7Q\" data-secret=\"15k0TA1s7Q\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.interactivearchitecture.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Internal-Person-Perspective-CMYK.jpg?resize=700%2C378\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The pneumatic tentacles raise and lower according to environmental conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Furl: Soft Pneumatic Pavilion\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/107719937?h=414e6703f2&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After googling for &#8220;soft moving sculpture,&#8221; I found an exhibit of a large icebag which inflates, deflates, and rotates in a very human-like manner. https:\/\/pulitzerarts.org\/feature\/claes-oldenburg-ice-bag-scale-b-1971\/ I also found a kinetic sculpture which uses rigid parts, but gives the illusion of soft movement. I continued searching for soft kinetic sculptures from these two sites, but had<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-480\/s2022\/3250\/aaron-mckenzie-art-research\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Aaron McKenzie | Art Research<\/span> <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-480\/s2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3250"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-480\/s2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-480\/s2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-480\/s2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-480\/s2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3250"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-480\/s2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3252,"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-480\/s2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3250\/revisions\/3252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-480\/s2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-480\/s2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-480\/s2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}