An Interview with Stephan Von Huene on His Audio-Kinetic Sculptures
Dorothy Newmark, Stephan von Huene · Leonardo · 1972
Newmark-'Tap Dancer' (1969) (cf. Fig. 1) is your latest audio-kinetic sculpture. Do you feel it is the culmination of a period in your work? Von Huene-All of the sculptures that were in my 1969 exhibit at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art were the culmination of a certain direction; that is, the use of biomorphic forms activated by a player-piano mechanism and accompanied by music. 'Kaleidophonic Dog' (1967) (cf. Fig. 2) was my first machine to operate successfully. A dog is