a couple of studies for animation
“That Which Moves: On Mobile Sculptures” by Alexander Calder
The various objects of the universe may be constant at times, but their reciprocal relationships always vary.
There are environments that appear to remain fixed whilst there are small occurrences that take place at a great speed across them. This appears so only because one sees nothing but the mobility of the small occurrences.
We notice the movement of automobiles and other beings in the street, but we do not notice that the turning of the earth. We believe that automobiles go at a great speed on a fixed ground; yet the speed of the earth’s rotation at the equator is 40,000 km every 24 hours.
As truly serious art must follow the greater laws, and not only appearance, I try to put all the elements in motion in my mobile sculptures.
It is a matter of harmonizing these movements, thus arriving at a new possibility for beauty.
