Time In Motion - The Kinetic Art of Ian Howell
Sat, 26 Sept
|The Incubator Gallery
Time is usually something we glance at—a rigid, invisible measure of minutes and hours. In TIME & MOTION, Tauranga kinetic artist Ian Howell strips away the clock casing to explore what happens when internal mechanics become the art itself.
Time & Location
26 Sept 2026, 10:00 am – 17 Oct 2026, 3:00 pm
The Incubator Gallery, 159 17th Avenue, Tauranga South, Tauranga 3112, New Zealand
About the event
With a background bridging mechanical engineering and project management, Ian's practice centres on "visible thinking". His moving sculptures expose the gear trains and microcontrollers driving each movement, combining industrial precision with materials like layered plywood, bamboo, polished metals, gold foil, and optical clear acrylic.
The exhibition is arranged across four immersive zones throughout the gallery:
• The Nature World: Organic cycles brought to life in timber, featuring the sprawling Breathing Forest and the unfurling red fronds of Koru.
• The Machine World: A celebration of mechanical wit, featuring the playful Dancing Clock, aircraft-inspired mechanisms (Wasp 1830), and timepieces running anticlockwise.
• The Radiant World: Light and shadow intertwine through gold-gilded botanicals, textured ripple patterns, and custom-coded LED rings.
• The Performance World: Moving beyond the traditional dial with flowing liquid-LED animations, wide-format sand motion, and freestanding transparent desk clocks.
