Moving art museum 'fills gap in our culture' - Arts - Evening Standard
       

Moving art museum 'fills gap in our culture'

Britain's first museum of moving art has opened in the East End. Kinetica, at Old Spitalfields Market, showcases technological and electronic art.

Artistic director Dianne Harris said: "The UK has lagged behind the rest of the world until now. This new museum puts right a gap in our cultural offering. Other major capitals have such museums. Kinetic art is art that moves, that is living and alive. The museum will act as a record of the seminal moments of kinetic art."

Pieces include a robotic writing machine worth £10,000 that mimics Salvador Dali's signature and a series of robotic works depicting human evolution.

The £500,000 venture has been backed by £100,000 from the Arts Council, and Ballymore Properties, which led the restoration of the market.

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