KINETIK: KUNSTWERKE, DIE SICH BEWEGEN ODER BEWEGEN LASSEN–DIE KINETIK ALS SCHÖPFERISCHE EPOCHE, Volkshochschule Köln, Cologne, 1967
Artists: Yaacov Agam, Getulio Alviani, Phillip Anton, Antonio Asis, Davide Boriani, Martha Boto, Pol Bury, Gianni Colombo, Carlos Cruz-Diez, Hugo Rodolfo Demarco, Klaus Geldmacher, Karl Gerstner, Rolf Glasmeier, Marta Hoepffner, Oskar Holweck, Julio De Parc, Adolf Luther, Heinz Mack, Frank Malina, Christian Megert, Jörg Möller, François Morellet, Abraham Palatnik, Henk Peeters, George Rickey, Dieter Rot, Jesús Raphael Soto, Lyubomir Szabo, Jean Tinguely, Günther Uecker, Gregorio Vardánega, Gabriele de Vecchi, Ludwig Wilding, Yvaral (Jean-Pierre Vasarely), and Waki Zöllner
Duration: September 14–November 17, 1967
Opening: September 13, 1967, 6 p.m.
Dimensions: 20 x 10 cm
Invitation text: Eva Tom Moehlen
Further Information: “Opening with sounds from a computer, a collage of sounds from a computer that it produces while working.” (“Eröffnung mit Klängen aus einem Computer, die der Computer bei seiner Arbeit macht, wurde diese Montage zusammengestellt“). The invitation explains the rules to a game with its colors: red = objects can be touched and put into motion; white = a switch can be turned on to start something; green = the object cannot be touched; red/green: look for special rules on the sign. These participatory rules suggest the visitor as a collaborator. It looks for active spectatorship, finishing the work through his or her participation.
The exhibition worked with galleries, such as Galerie der Spiegel and Denise René/Hans Mayer, which have many ties to Concrete Art and the kinetic genre.
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Images: Images of the invitation and all other archival documents shown on this page are part of the online collection of Archiv der Avantgarden, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden.