Theo Kaccoufa
Sculpture and Kinetic Art, London, UK
Graphene kinetic sculpture with moire pattern shadows, detail. Giants of the Infinitesimal
Giants of the Infinitesimal Exhibition
5 May - 5 November 2012
Artists collaborate with Scientists to explore a strange new world to be found at the nano-scale.
Giants of the Infinitesimal is a collaboration between artists Tom Grimsey and Theo Kaccoufa and six eminent nanoscientists. The scientists are Prof Rasmita Ravall, Prof Philip Moriarty, Dr Ashley Cadby, Prof Lee Cronin, Prof Robert Jones , Dr Guenter Moebus. The Giants of the Infinitesimal are currently showing at Magna until 5 November 2012.
Magna Science Adventure Centre
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Templeborough
Rotherham
S60 1DX
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Happy Days, detail, wire sculpture, Cyber Flora series .
Cyber Flora
Wire sculpture, mild steel wire, steel, brass, silver solder, paint lacquer, various sizes.
"Theo Kaccoufa's work explores visions of the future and questions the possible outcomes of genetic manipulation. Appearing like ghosts of the natural world, his three-dimensional wire drawings of flowers are born out of the desire for constant improvement, the search for that which is bigger, better and longer lasting".
Excerpt from Real Ideal exhibition catalogue, Millennium Galleries, Sheffield, UK.
Images, left to right:
- 1. Super Delight, detail, sculpture commission by the Millennium Galleries for The Real Ideal Exhibition
- 2. Pink Thing, detail, commissioned by Danielle Arnaud contemporary art for Painting is Cruel exhibition
- 3. Happy Days, detail, installation commissioned by the Contemporary Art Projects for 00' Nature Exhibition,
- 4 and 5. Two pieces from a group of 21 Cyber Flora wire sculptures in the V22 Contemporary Art Collection
GM Bears, installation, Real Ideal Exhibition, Millennium Galleries, Sheffield .
Cyber Fauna
Sculpture and kinetic art
"The series GM Bears refers more explicitly to a science fiction style future. While still recognisable as the comforting childhood toy they now have strange distortions such as squid tentacles or wings. Here nature is not tamed in the familiar image of the ted bear but modified and manipulated hinting at sinister implications for the future. "
Extract from Real Ideal Press Release
BBC: The Real Ideal, Millennium Galleries
Sun Bee on Board, Cyber Fauna series.
Kinetic Furniture installation view, Domestic Appliance exhibition, Flowers East, 2008. Kinetic Art .
Kinetic Art
Kinetic sculpture employing electronics, mechanics, found objects, domestic appliances, furniture, water, living tree, wire, wood, steel, brass, aluminium, stainless steel, electric motors.
"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."
Extract from Domestic Appliance exhibition catalogue, Flowers East , 2008. Text by Ellie Harrison-Read, Curator.
Images from Kinetic art series, Domestica, Kinetic Furniture, Kinetic Tree and earlier works.
Twinkle Toes video, Theo and Glauce
Twinkle Toes, Firestarter edition
Video collaboration by Theo and Glauce
A video of a kinetic chair dancing to The Prodigy's Firestarter. featuring kinetic sculpture by Theo Kacccoufa and painting installation by Glauce Cerveira.
Studies for mechanical "Elvis Bird".
Sketchbook studies
Pencil and pen drawings
A selection of pages from a large collection of A4 sketchbooks, dating from 1991 to the present. (A4 Cornellissen's portrait hardback sketchbooks).
Daisy Bear,, wire sculpture. Prized maquette at the UBE Biennalle Model Competition, Japan, 2007
Cyber Fauna Models
Maquettes for Cyber Fauna
Multi-media sculpture studies, including mild steel, silver solder and paint.
The Agony of Waiting, dancing chair maquette, .
Kinetic Models
Maquettes and studies for kinetic sculpture
Kinetic and time-based sculpture models employing electronics, mechanics, found objects, domestic appliances, furniture, wire, wood, steel, brass, aluminium, stainless steel, electric motors.
Bowler Bird, maquette with bowler hat. .
Ooowh! Penguins installation.
Theo and Glauce
Theo Kaccoufa& Glauce Cerveira collaboration work
Above: Ooowh, wire sculpture, painted and glittered penguins., mild steel wire, silver solder, oil and synthetic crystals, average height 44 cm.
Below: Video of a Kinetic chair dancing to The Prodigy's Firestarter.
Twinkle Toes,, Firestarter Edition, video, 2011.
Daisy Bear White
Limited Edition Print / Stanley Picker Felllowship
2007, Giclée on Somerset Velvet, 594 x 420 mm, Edition of 10.
Daisy Bear White limited edition print was created to celebrate 10 years of the Stanley Picker Gallery and 30 years of the Stanley Picker Fellowship Programme.
Bean Tree, sculpture study,
Cyber Flora Models
Maquettes for Cyber Flora
Three-dimensional studies and polychromatic wire sculptures that describe three dimensional coloured lines in space. Various sizes, mild steel wire, steel, brass, silver solder, paint lacquer.
Paradise Found, Cyber Flora series
Paradise Found
The Landfill Art Project
I was invited to create a piece of work using a discarded wheel hub. Paradise Fond is the result. Medium: solder, wire and recycled materials, including plastic wheel hub and various self-coloured tin cans.
Dearest, kinetic sculpture (chair)
Dearest @ Ghost III
Exhibition curated by Sarah Sparkes & Ricarda Vidal .
17 - 18 December 2010 , St. John Church on Bethnal Green 200 Cambridge Heath Road London E2 9PA