Kinetic Sculpture at the BMW Museum
(image source | Art + Com)
The BMW Museum in Munich stands as a testament to the brands rich heritage, but also automotive design. Munich sits on my list of dream vacations to take as much for the chance to visit the BMW Museum as the opportunity to attend Oktoberfest (picture James Bond mixed with Beerfest). A multiple award winning feature of the BMW Museum is its Kinetic Sculpture an abstract symbolic representation of the design process.
Watch the sculpture in action:
Art + Com had this to say:
The installation consists of 714 metal spheres hanging from thin steel wires attached to individually controlled stepper motors. Covering a six-square-metre area, the spheres enact a seven-minute long mechatronic narrative, creating a representation of the form-finding process in different variations. Moving chaotically at first, the sculpture evolves into several competing forms and eventually resolves as a final shape, which hints at the outlines of well-known BMW automobiles such as the 327, the 1500, the Z4 coupé and the Mille Miglia 2006. The cycle is synchronised with a graphic light strip running around the walls and texts and audio quotes from senior BMW figures on the company’s values and design aims.
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