DESIGNING KINETIC ARTS SCULPTURE IN PRODUCING RENEWABLE ENERGY FOR LEARNING PURPOSES.

Abstract

The objectives of this study were (1) To study the Kinetic Arts Design with Renewable energy by experimenting with the sculpture art form, (2) To research and examine the competency of photovoltaic cell generating electricity power which could be enough for moving the sculptural form itself, (3) To present the aesthetic of new designed which is both beautiful and capable to fulfill the human needs through Kinetic art and 4. To produce a manual guideline documentary of the Kinetic Arts Design with Renewable energy for next generation designers and also any researchers interested in this topic.

Learning Garden (LG) is sculpture installation site where located at the center of King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi. Participants involved in the installation area can be divided into two major groups. (a) University residents such as; lecturers, staffs and students. (b) Non-university residents such as; general public that come to use university’s facilities.

Research findings were as follows : (1) The creation of the sculpture involving an aesthetic and science blending together, these two disciplines together creating a sculpture made a unique piece of art. (2) Sculpture could generate electricity by its own, the energy application could be used for developed into kinetic arts, or the art works consisted of movable parts or movement driven by the electric power. (3) From the design with an integration of function and aesthetic. When an energy source generates movements, we call this an illusion-move Kinetic Art.

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