Artists: Alexander Calder

We have been lingering on the idea of balancing our light source on a mobile device to give it the movement we are looking for. A movement that moves not only left and right, up and down a nd a mobile would give us these movements as well as the rotation around these points.

Alexander Calder has explored the movement of forms through air and is an ideal artist to research.



Alexander Calder:

Mobile circa 1932 Displayed at the Tate in 2002

Metal, wood, wire and string
unconfirmed: 1500 x 2000 x 2000 mm
sculpture

By suspending forms that move with the flow of air, Calder revolutionised sculpture. Marcel Duchamp dubbed these works ‘mobiles’. Rather than a solid object of mass and weight, they continually redefine the space around them as they move. Calder’s subtle balance of form and colour resulted in works that suggest an animated version of paintings by friends such as Joan Miró. This very early example was acquired by Julian Trevelyan when he first got to know Calder in the early 1930s.

http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ViewWork?cgroupid=999999961&workid=20594&searchid=11970&tabview=image

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Calder