art, esp sculpture, that moves or has moving parts
kinetic art in American English
an art style, esp. in sculpture or assemblage, involving the use of moving, often motorized, parts, shifting lights, sounds, etc.
kinetic art in American English
noun
art, as sculptural constructions, having movable parts activated by motor, wind, hand pressure, or other direct means and often having additional variable elements, as shifting lights
Derived forms
kinetic artist
Word origin
[1960–65]This word is first recorded in the period 1960–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: disco, parvovirus, pop art, power play, tag question
Examples of 'kinetic art' in a sentence
kinetic art
He set sculpture afloat and became not just a pioneer of kinetic art but a very early exponent of the performance genre, curators now suggest.