kineticism
(kaɪˈnɛtɪsɪz(ə)m)
[f. kinetic a. + -ism.]
= kinetic art; also, in Music, a mechanical and inexpressive style.
| 1939 B. Fles tr. K{rhacek}enek's Music Here & Now iii. 84 A modern trend..which, through its misinterpretation of neoclassicism, fell in with a streamlined kineticism. 1966 Time 28 Jan. 44 Manhattan's avant-garde Jewish Museum is currently showing 102 works by kineticism's established practitioners, Jean Tinguely and Nicolas Schöffer. 1972 Daily Tel. 28 Nov. 12/7 Dada was fostered by its nihilist aspects and from there we can trace the seeds of multi-media kineticism, underground cinema, and even the liquid theatre. |