Kinetic Sculpture BMW Museum (2008)
The Kinetic Sculpture is a metaphorical translation of the process of form-finding in art and design. 714 metal spheres, hanging from thin steel wires attached to individually-controlled stepper motors and covering the area of six square meters, animate a seven minute long mechatronic narrative. In the beginning, moving chaotically, then evolving to several competing forms that eventually resolve to the finished object, the kinetic sculpture creates an artistic visualisation of the process of form-finding in different variations.
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Client
BMW Group
Services
- Original idea
- Conception and development of the sculpture
- Construction of prototype
- Media design
- Software development
- Media technology planning
- Supervision of realisation of media technology
- Site management of media technology subsections
- Project management
Technology
- 714 metal spheres, individually controllable with millimetre accuracy
- Cable winches with individual high-precision motors for each sphere
- Software for defining animation paths and controlling motion
Special features
- Technology of the Kinetic Sculpture: MKT AG
- The BMW Museum is a joint project of ART+COM (spatial media design, interactive installations) and Atelier Brückner (architecture, exhibition design).