{"product_id":"dean-kenning-vitalist-kinetics-2022","title":"Dean Kenning, Vitalist Kinetics, 2022","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-v-6b1afef8=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-v-6b1afef8=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVitalist Kinetics\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e looks back over two decades of artist Dean Kenning’s kinetic sculptural practice. With images throughout, it traces the journey from the crudely reengineered Man-Machines to the more technologically sophisticated robot \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-v-6b1afef8=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCrawlers\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e. Through discussions with contemporary artists Emma Hart and Lindsay Seers, Kenning makes claims for the disreputable genre of kinetic art, proposing a ‘vitalist aesthetics’ of movement which challenges both formalist composition and conceptual ‘cleverness’, whilst seeking to connect us with a feeling for life in all its nervous energy and strangeness. Essays by art theorists John Roberts and Martha Barratt extend the meaning of Kenning’s works into the realms of process philosophy, biosemiotics and techno-critique. Beautifully designed by Emily Benton Book Designs, the book also includes a preface by the artist and an appendix by Robin Klassnik, director of Matt’s Gallery.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-v-6b1afef8=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-v-6b1afef8=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-v-6b1afef8=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVitalist Kinetics\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is published by Cross Lane Projects Publications on the occasion of Kenning’s Mark Tanner Sculpture Award Exhibition \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-v-6b1afef8=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEvolutionary Love\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003ePrice £10.00 (+ £3.50 P\u0026amp;P)\u003cbr\u003eBinding Soft back, bound\u003cbr\u003eISBN 978-1-7397170-0-1\u003cbr\u003ePages 64\u003cbr\u003eEdition 250\u003cbr\u003eSize 220mm (h) 168mm (w)\u003cbr\u003eText Dean Kenning, Martha Barratt, John Roberts, Emma Hart, Lindsay Seers, Robin Klassnik\u003cbr\u003eDesign Emily Benton\u003cbr\u003ePublished by Cross Lane Projects\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Matt’s Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43492168925408,"sku":"","price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/6334\/0000\/products\/0030_001.jpg?v=1665136328","url":"https:\/\/checkout.mattsgallery.org\/products\/dean-kenning-vitalist-kinetics-2022","provider":"Matt’s Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}