Kinetica Art Fair 2013
The fair in a short number of years has become a landmark event on the Art Fair calendar, and is the only fair of its kind in the UK to provide an international platform for kinetic, electronic and new media art.
Marco Kruyt presended his latest kinetic artwork – Treasuring the Particle
Two moving robotic hands cherish the particle. The artwork refers to an exploration into the deepest origins of matter, and our understanding of reality.
Creating art machines through engineering is the core aptitude of Marco Kruyt’s practice, as he puts his broad technical skills as an engineer into the development and production of his art machines. Are they kinetic works of fine art or merely the products of a dreaming engineer?
Marco Kruyt creates his art machines with automated metalworking machinery, which he designs and builds. Machines that make art machines, on a grand and almost industrial scale, with the artist as conductor.
The work of Marco Kruyt reflects on the tension between technology and ecology, speculating on the inevitable symbiosis between organism and machine and its impact on society, and the environment as a whole.
Marco Kruyt is an engineer by profession and has developed his passion for the visual arts as a member of the Rotterdam artist collective, Antistrot. Today he develops his art machines at his own discretion; machines in which his thoughts reflect and dreams materialize.
Kinetica Art Fair 2013 – Overview from Bellotheque on Vimeo.