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Cyberman kinetic sculpture 1998 (featured design): Cyberman I

Bronze visual elements, CyberSign programmable armature.
Obelisk 2023 2023: Obelisk 2023

Pre-kinetic version of the Obelisk as shown at the New Zone Gallery in Eugene;
plaster over wood and foamcore pattern.
Revolution in 8 Pieces 2022: Revolution in 8 Pieces by Glenn Smith and Barbora Bakalarova

Kinetic/photo sculpture as shown at the New Zone Gallery in Eugene;
click here for supplementary experimental video by Craig Mahaffy.
Sentinel II 2021: Sentinel II

Design for a kinetic sculpture; polished aluminum visual elements,
Cybersign programmable armature. Backdrop is Nevada's Jean Dry Lake.
Sentinel I 2021: Sentinel I

Design for a kinetic sculpture; polished bronze visual elements,
Cybersign programmable armature. Backdrop is Nevada's Jean Dry Lake.
Jet Age 2021: Jet Age (Homage to Fitzpatrick and Kaufman)

Design for a kinetic sculpture; polymer visual elements,
Cybersign programmable armature.
Crossroads Oregon 2021: Crossroads Oregon: Totem of the Four Winds

Design for a kinetic sculpture; polished aluminum visual elements,
Cybersign programmable armature.
Domestic Machine I 2021: Domestic Machine I (Homage to Duchamp)

Design for a kinetic sculpture; drive system indentical to Signaling Machine I;
strap metal racks with arbitrarily-rearrangeable wine bottles.
Stellar System Y87 kinetic sculpture 2020: Stellar System Y87 as seen from Planetoid Y87b

Design for a kinetic sculpture; bronze and aluminum visual elements,
Cybersign programmable armature. Backdrop is Nevada's Jean Dry Lake.
Couples I kinetic sculpture 2020: Couples I

Design for a kinetic sculpture; acrylic visual elements,
augmented Cybersign programmable armatures.
Signaling Machine (Homage to Klee) kinetic sculpture 2020: Signaling Machine (Homage to Klee)

Design for a kinetic sculpture; acrylic visual elements,
motor, metal and delrin components.
Traveler's Column 2020 (Homage to Arnaldo Pomodoro) kinetic sculpture 2020: Traveler's Column 2020 (Homage to Arnaldo Pomodoro)

Design for a kinetic sculpture; polished bronze visual elements,
CyberSign programmable armature.
Dancer I (Homage to Bridget Riley) kinetic sculpture 2019: Dancer I (Homage to Bridget Riley)

Design for a kinetic sculpture; polished aluminum visual elements,
CyberSign programmable armature.
Construction I (Homage to Gropius) kinetic sculpture 2019: Construction I (Homage to Gropius)

Design for a kinetic sculpture; acrylic visual elements,
CyberSign programmable armature.
"Together let us conceive and create the new building of the future,
which will embrace architecture and sculpture and painting in one unity
and which will rise one day toward heaven from the hands of a million workers,
like the crystal symbol of a new faith."
   (from the 1919 "Bauhaus Manifesto")
Cosmic Man I kinetic sculpture 2019: Cosmic Man I

Design for a kinetic sculpture; polished aluminum and polymer visual elements,
CyberSign programmable armature.
Thunderbird I kinetic sculpture 2018: Thunderbird I

Design for a kinetic sculpture; acrylic visual elements,
CyberSign programmable armature.
Homage to Giacometti II kinetic sculpture 2018: Homage to Giacometti II

Design for a kinetic sculpture; acrylic visual elements,
CyberSign programmable armature.
Homage to Giacometti kinetic sculpture 2018: Homage to Giacometti I

Design for a kinetic sculpture; acrylic visual elements,
CyberSign programmable armature.
God Object IV kinetic sculpture 2018: God Object IV

Design for a kinetic sculpture.
God Object III kinetic sculpture 2017: God Object III

Design for a kinetic sculpture; visual elements of polished bronze,
CyberSign programmable armature.
Flower Power kinetic sculpture 2017: Flower Power (Homage to Botta)

Design for a kinetic sculpture; acrylic visual elements,
CyberSign programmable armature.
God Object II kinetic sculpture 2017: God Object II

Design for a kinetic sculpture; visual elements of polished bronze,
CyberSign programmable armature.
God Object I kinetic sculpture 2017: God Object I

Design for a kinetic sculpture; visual elements of polished bronze,
CyberSign programmable armature.
Ariel IV kinetic sculpture 2017: Ariel IV

Design for a kinetic sculpture; visual elements of polished aluminum,
CyberSign programmable armature.
Catalina I kinetic sculpture 2017: Catalina I

Design for a kinetic sculpture; visual elements of polished
aluminum, CyberSign programmable armature.
Search Engine III kinetic sculpture 2016: Search Engine III

Design for a kinetic sculpture; visual elements of polished aluminum,
CyberSign programmable armature. Backdrop is Nevada's Jean Dry Lake.
Sunset Limited kinetic sculpture 2015: Sunset Limited

Design for a kinetic sculpture; 60" locomotive drive wheel set;
electronically-synchronized gear motors; painted steel and aluminum.
Icarus I kinetic sculpture 2013: Icarus I (Homage to Josef Zuber)

Design for a kinetic sculpture; polymer visual elements, Cybersign
programmable armature.
Girl with a Mirror kinetic sculpture 2011: Girl with a Mirror (Homage to Picasso)

Design for a kinetic sculpture; visual elements of polished
bronze, CyberSign programmable armature.
Symbolic Machine I kinetic sculpture 2010: Symbolic Machine I

Design for a kinetic sculpture; visual elements of powder-coated aluminum,
CyberSign programmable armature. Depicted at the Grand Rapids Art Museum.
Cyberman IV kinetic sculpture 2010: Cyberman IV (Homage to Schlemmer)

Design for a kinetic sculpture; visual elements of polished
aluminum, CyberSign programmable armature.
Prayer Machine I kinetic sculpture 2009: Prayer Machine I (Homage to Tinguely)

Design for a kinetic sculpture; metal mesh visual elements, CyberSign
programmable armature. Depicted in the lobby of UBS Chicago.
Metaphysical Machine I kinetic sculpture 2009: Metaphysical Machine I

Design for a kinetic sculpture; acrylic visual elements,
CyberSign programmable armature.
Macchina Spaziale II kinetic sculpture 2008: Macchina Spaziale II

Design for a kinetic sculpture; acrylic visual elements, CyberSign
programmable armature. Depicted in the lobby of UBS Chicago.
Macchina Spaziale I kinetic sculpture 2008: Macchina Spaziale I

Design for a kinetic sculpture; acrylic visual elements, Cybersign programmable
armature. Depicted at the San Diego Museum of Science.
Animated Signage Unit at Baton Rouge Metro Airport 2004: Geodisc

Kinetic sculpture at the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport;
acrylic visual elements, CyberSign programmable armature.
Kinetic sculpture design for Shinsegae department store 2002: Design for Shinsegae Department Store

Acrylic visual elements, CyberSign programmable armatures.
bronze commemorative column 2000: Commemorative Column

Commemorative column with twelve interior plaques; bronze
shell, CyberSign programmable armature.
Cybersign instructional video 1995: Cybersign Instructional Video

Instructional video for Cybersign programmable armature
in commercial applications.
Cybersign motion display system 1995: Cybersign Motion Display System

Promotional video by XXL of Munich, Germany showing Cybersign
programmable armature as a vehicle for commercial applications.
kinetic sculpture of female torso 1993: L'Amour Industriel

Kinetic female torso; fiberglas shell, first generation Cybersign
programmable armature. (Video in process of being de-archived.)
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Kinetic Sculpture 101 New Orleans Chautauqua presentation on kinetic sculpture
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