Several artists between 1910–1920—among them,
Naum Gabo
,
Alexander Archipenko
(1887–1964),
Marcel Duchamp
, and Giocomo Balla (1871–1958)—came up with the idea of making art move, utilizing motors to propel their initially sculptural works. In a famous 1920 manifesto, Gabo joined his brother Antoine Pevsner in suggesting, In place of static rhythm in the plastic arts, we announce the existence of a new element, kinetic rhythm, which is to be the basis of a new...
