Theo Kaccoufa
Sculpture and Kinetic Art, London, UK
Kinetic Art
Kinetic sculpture and time-based work employing electronics, mechanics, found objects, domestic appliances, furniture, water, living tree, wire, wood, steel, brass, aluminium, stainless steel, electric motors.
Kinetic Furniture series
Domestic furniture as medium.
Kinetic Furniture installation view, Domestic Appliance exhibition, Flowers East, 2008.
The chair that models itself in the image of Kafka's modern anti-hero is, by means of its appellation, also a Monument to the Isms. The author of this work, British artist Theo Kaccoufa, explains that the title acknowledges the 20th century art movements that were 'once vigorous creatures roaming the earth' and which now 'occasionally kick and struggle to regain their footing'. In manifesting this art historical critique in the ultimate image of alienation, mixed metaphors of metamorphosis abound: where Kafka begins his novella with the ridiculous but resonant proclamation that a man is now a large insect, Kaccoufa conjures the equally contentious proposal that artistic movements are an endangered species victim to the dialectical dangers of historical negation. These bold statements about modernity are brought to bear, remarkably, by a piece of furniture; that which is understood to be neither animate, nor driven by momentum, in accordance with the ascensional logic of (art-) history.
Extract from Domestic Appliance exhibition catalogue, Flowers East , 2008. Text by Ellie Harrison-Read, Curator.
Domestica series / Appliances for Men
Kinetic sculpture based on elements of domestic appliances
Domestica series installation view, Domestic Appliance exhibition, Flowers East, 2008.
Sugar Plum, kinetic maquette (dancing chair)
Kinetic chair by Theo Kaccoufa, video and sound by Theo and Glauce Cerveira.
The Agony of Waiting, maquette
Solar powered kinetic walking chair.
Lemon Squeezer
1998, stainless steel lemon squeezer, copper, steel, electric motor, 75 x 36 x 15 cm. Domestica series.
Meat Grinder, top.
1998, meat grinder, steel, copper, brass, electric motor, 50 x 17 x 20 cm. Domestica series.
Crocodile Clipper
1998, cheese grater, steel, brass, electric motor, 23 x 11.5 x 10 cm. Domestica series.
Sewing Kit
1998, needle , steel, copper, electric motor, 34 x 9 x 8 cm. Domestica series.
Flower Press
1998, vegetable steamer, glass, steel, brass, electric motor, 30 x 46 x 40 cm. Domestica series.
Kinetic Tree model
2002, wood, tin, electric motor and battery, 25 x 17 x 17 cm.
Kinetic Tree installation
Installation view, Diversion, Museum of Garden History, 2002. Commissioned by Danielle Arnaud contemporary art.
One Minute to Love (Kinetic Tree)
Rotating living Tree (Sophora Japonica Pendula, unharmed), motor, electronics, wood and fibreglass, 25 x 17 x 17 cm. Installation view, Diversion, Museum of Garden History, 2002. Commissioned by Danielle Arnaud contemporary art.
Bowler Bird, maquette
2006, galvanised wire, electric motor, bowler hat.
Kinetic Furniture series installation view
V22 On, V22 Contemporary Art Collection exhibition, London, 2006.
Fountain (chest of drawers with waterfall)
1994, chest of drawers, steel, varnish, electric pump and water, 91 x 76 x 43 cm.. Kinetic Furniture series. VIEW DETAL.
Dream River (bed with central whirlpool)
2000, steel, wood, fibreglass, cloth, electric pump, water, 161 x 74 x 41 cm.. Kinetic Furniture series.
Time Machine (wardrobe with rotating element)
2000-04, wardrobe, electric motor, blackboard paint, 175 x 92 x 51 cm.. Kinetic Furniture series.
Everywhere Door , detail
2001, Wooden door, electric motors, electronics, 183 x 60 x 21 cm.. Kinetic Furniture series.
Monument to the Isms (upturned walking chair)
2000, chair, electric motors, electronics, 79 x 38 x 43 cm.. Kinetic Furniture series.
Sugar Plum, maquette
Wood, aluminium, brass, mild steel, polyester resin and electric motor. She measures 22 x 10 x 11 cm.
Moon Bed
Moon Bed, maquette
Maquette
Baby, maquette
Maquette
Carnivore, maquette
Maquette