12 boxes with 45 small mechanical sculptures.
Made by artists from various countries, in paper, wood or metal.
The automata, through movement, become stories, often ironic or surreal.
Artists
Paul Spooner, Keith Newstead, Peter Markey, Neil Hardy, Eric Williamson, Walter Ruffler, Rob Ives, Keisuke Saka, Susie Stolpe, Marina Gigli.
Technical:
12 self-supporting boxes (each 70x70 cm wide, 140 cm high): 4 Automata per box.
All boxes have 4 infrared sensors that automatically turn the box's automata on or off, when visitors pass by.
Each box has a 220 volts electrical connection cable 6 meters long, with a three-pole plug.
Each electrical cable can be connected to the socket via the air or along the floor.
Technician: an electrician for standard floor connections.
Security: during the entire duration of the exhibition
Space and time:
Space: over 80 square meters
Assembly and disassembly time: 1 day + 1 day
Where
The exhibition “The Secret of Movement” was shown at the Explora Museum in Rome, at the Palazzo della Ragione for the Mantua Literature Festival, at the Archaeological Museum of Magliano Sabino (Rieti), at the Antonio Pasqualino International Puppet Museum (Palermo), at the Palazzo Pubblico in Siena, at the Playroom of the Bambino Gesù Hospital (Rome), at the Playroom of the Sant'Andrea Hospital (Rome), at the Municipality of Porto Azzurro, Elba Island (Li), at the Macro Museum in Testaccio (Rm), at the Santa Rita Hall of the Department of Cultural Policies of Rome, at the Pala Fiemme in Cavalese (Trento), at the Civic Museum of Bracciano (Rm), at the Civic Museum of Rieti (Ri), at the Art High School of Rieti, at the Tabiano Castle (Pc), at the Festival of Exceptions in Casperia (Ri), at Liberi sulla Carta (Farfa Abbey), at the Festival of the Museums of Nature (Rm), at the Palazzo Pio di Carpi (Mo), at the Palazzo Borghese in Morlupo (Rm), at the Teatro Unione in Viterbo (Vt).
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