Page 38 - Studio International - October 1970

Some recent Barry Martin
Maquette for Moving Sculpture 1969-70
British Kinetic 2 William Pye
Revolving Tower—An Elliptical Riddle, 1970
Mixed media, 84 x 30 in.
works What appears to be a cylinder is sliced at an angle
in two places, the cuts producing what one would
expect to be an elliptical cross-section. Yet these
sections revolve in perfect register with each other—
an apparent physical contradiction.
The revolving of the sections causes the axes to vary:
the two drive motors individually pause for varying
times from ten seconds to two minutes, to produce a
cycle of frozen and moving relationships that lasts
approximately ten minutes.
THE WORKS ILLUSTRATED HERE ARE AMONG THOSE
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BEING SHOWN IN THE EXHIBITION 'KINETICS-
John Kaine
INTERNATIONAL SURVEY'. Chair Stimulator 1970
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Steve Willats
Visual Homeostatic Information Mesh 1970 in construction
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Kenneth Martin
Two views of Linkage 1968
(Photographs: Susan Tebby)