The Kineticus is an artwork whereby the wind communicates with us by turning around nine characters on three pillars. With as result that the wind creates in total 27 different English trilateral words which will inspire people to communicate 24 hours a day with each other.
Culture Shed
Initially I made this artist impression for the Moma. They were not interested. Now I want to realize The Kineticus for the Culture Shed in New York as Culture Shed will become a temple to talk, to write, to listen, to sing, to dream, to chat, to think and to relax.
Wind
The technique of The Kinetikus is very simple; I only need wind to rotate the triangular boxes freely about their shaft. Although, people can also communicate with The Kinetikus and others by texting one of the 27 words through SMS messaging.
George Rickey
The Kinetikus is inspired by the following kinetic artworks of the great American artist George Rickey “Two Turning Vertical Rectangles” in Rotterdam.
| Two Turning Vertical Rectangles George Rickey |
The Kineticus Artist Impression by Denis de Priester |
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The lightartwork
The white pearls (boxes) are transparent and at night the transparent boxes will be lighted with leds from inside. The Red, Green, Blue (RGB) leds inside are connected with sensors: temperature (red), humidity (blue) and atmospheric pressure (green) and together they are able to show 256 (R) x 256 (G) x 256 (B) = 16,7 million unique colors. Please use the dashboard below to experience the variety of colors The Kineticus can have. You will immediately see the effect.
US edition:
In only Dutch and English I could find the necessary 27 different trilateral words to make The Kineticus. In English we have the following 27 words:
| Pillar I – G, B, F | Pillar II – E, I, A | Pillar III – N, D, T | ||||||||
| GEN | BEN | FEN | GIN | BIN | FIN | GAN | BAN | FAN | ||
| GED | BED | FED | GID | BID | FID | GAD | BAD | FAD | ||
| GET | BET | FET | GIT | BIT | FIT | GAT | BAT | FAT | ||
| GEN | knowledge obtained by investigation {OSPD3} |
| GED | food fish |
| GET | to obtain |
| GIN | to begin/to remove seeds from cotton |
| GID | disease of sheep |
| GIT | intj. used as an order of dismissal |
| GAN | [gin-conj] (to begin) |
| GAD | to roam about restlessly |
| GAT | pistol |
| BEN | inner room |
| BED | to provide with a bed |
| BET | to wager |
| BIN | to store in a bin |
| BID | to make a bid |
| BIT | to restrain with a bit |
| BAN | to prohibit/Rumanian coin |
| BAD | something bad |
| BAT | to hit a baseball |
| FEN | marsh |
| FED | federal agent |
| FET | to fetch |
| FIN | to equip with fins |
| FID | topmast support bar |
| FIT | healthy/to be suitable for |
| FAN | to use a fan to cool |
| FAD | passing fancy |
| FAT | obese/to make fat |