Light Sentinels ↗
Skunk Control
kinetic public-art installation
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- Year / version
- 2024 documented U.S. presentation
- Documented at
- Castonguay Square, 93 Main Street, Waterville, Maine
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Kinetic sculpture and installations
Explore sculptures that physically move: visitor-activated mechanisms, changing forms and wind-driven installations. Compare documented projects, understand how motion shapes the encounter, and identify the site and maintenance questions to resolve with an artist.
Sources & review
Collection selection reviewed 2026-10-16. Notes and examples reviewed 2026-10-16. Individual artwork pages retain their own source-review dates.
- FoldHaus — Shrumen Lumen ↗ · Reviewed 2026-10-16
- Poetic Kinetics — Liquid Shard ↗ · Reviewed 2026-10-16
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Liquid Shard ↗
Patrick Shearn / Poetic Kinetics
site-specific kinetic aerial installation
Project details & references
- Materials
- holographic mylar, monofilament
- Year / version
- 2016
- Documented at
- Pershing Square, Los Angeles, California
- Project context
- Pershing Square, Los Angeles, 2016; AA Visiting School Los Angeles / Poetic Kinetics, July 2016
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Lord Snort ↗
Bryan Tedrick
kinetic steel sculpture
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- Materials
- steel
- Year / version
- 2016 (Burning Man commission)
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Luminous Intervention ↗
Skunk Control
kinetic light installation
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- Year / version
- 2015 artist video
- Documented at
- Light in Winter Festival, Federation Square, Melbourne, Australia
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Melt ↗
Cantoni Crescenti
interactive kinetic installation
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- Materials
- polished nautical aluminum, steel springs, linear bearings
- Year / version
- 2014
- Documented at
- Landscape Park Duisburg, Germany
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Mesmer ↗
Christopher Schardt
interactive kinetic light sculpture
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- Materials
- LEDs, soft rubber rim
- Documented at
- TED
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Paraluna ↗
Christopher Schardt
kinetic audiovisual light installation
Project details & references
- Materials
- LEDs
- Year / version
- 2019 (Burning Man honoraria listing; creation date unconfirmed)
- Project context
- Artist’s project description; dimensions vary across accounts.; Retrospective description of Paraluna within a later project campaign.
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Pyroticulation ↗
Christopher Schardt
interactive propane-propelled kinetic sculpture
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- Materials
- propane
- Year / version
- 2011
- Documented at
- Burning Man, Black Rock City, Nevada
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RadiaLumia ↗
FoldHaus
kinetic light installation
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- Materials
- corrugated polypropylene, LEDs
- Year / version
- 2018
- Documented at
- Burning Man playa, Nevada
- Project context
- Development of the 2018 Burning Man installation; RadiaLumia team organization, described by its cofounder
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unknownSceptre ↗
Christopher Schardt
kinetic persistence-of-vision LED sculpture
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- aluminum, full-color LEDs
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SKALAR – Reflections on Light and Sound ↗
Christopher Bauder and Kangding Ray; production includes WHITEvoid
kinetic audiovisual installation
Project details & references
- Materials
- mirrors
- Year / version
- 2018–2020 documented presentations
- Documented at
- CTM Festival, Berlin, Germany
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Soda Bottle Wave ↗
Reuben Margolin
kinetic sculpture
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- Materials
- recycled two-liter soda bottles, string, wood, steel, electric motor
- Year / version
- 2009
- Documented at
- Maker Faire, San Mateo, California
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Sprouts ↗
Michael Christian
interactive kinetic light sculpture
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- Materials
- Steel, LED
- Year / version
- 2017
- Documented at
- Burning Man
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Swinging Bells ↗
Amigo & Amigo
interactive kinetic light and sound installation
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- Project context
- Studio artwork description; Beacon Park, Detroit, winter 2021–22
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Temple of Gravity ↗
Zachary Coffin
kinetic stone sculpture
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- Materials
- granite
- Year / version
- 2003
- Documented at
- Burning Man
- Project context
- Artist’s account of the 2003 installation; Temple of Gravity, Black Rock City, August 2017
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The Heron Project ↗
Christina Sporrong
kinetic aerial-performance sculpture
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- Year / version
- 2009 debut in artist CV; 2008 in later artist interview
- Documented at
- Taos, New Mexico
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The Serpent Mother ↗
Flaming Lotus Girls
interactive kinetic fire sculpture
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- Year / version
- 2006
- Documented at
- Burning Man, Black Rock City, Nevada
- Project context
- Artist technical description of the 2006 work; White Night Melbourne program map, 2018
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This Too Shall Pass — Moondancer ↗
Lekha Washington
suspended kinetic light sculpture
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- Year / version
- 2018
- Documented at
- Burning Man, Black Rock City, Nevada
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Throne ↗
Zachary Coffin
interactive kinetic sculpture
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- Materials
- rock
- Documented at
- AREA15, Las Vegas, Nevada
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Through The Cattails ↗
Aphidoidea
kinetic light canopy
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- Materials
- Coroplast, EMT pipe, Light modules, Networked microcontrollers
- Year / version
- 2013 (producer project index)
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Tungsten ↗
Christopher Schardt
kinetic light sculpture
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- aluminum, full-color LEDs
- Documented at
- LoveBurn
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Urban Imprint ↗
Studio INI, led by Nassia Inglessis
interactive kinetic architectural installation
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- Year / version
- 2019
- Documented at
- A/D/O by MINI, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York
- Project context
- A/D/O by MINI, Brooklyn, NYCxDesign 2019; STUDIO INI’s conceptual and material account
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indoorWishing Wheel ↗
Christopher Schardt
interactive kinetic light sculpture
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- Materials
- LEDs
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