It aims to investigate the beginning, the development and status of the kinetic sculpture in the 21st century together with its reflection to the art movements. According to our study, both historical and half-mythic character Daidalos, who live in the 1000�s BC, is known as the earliest artist of the kinetic sculpture. Therefore, the first artworks of the kinetic sculpture have been produced 3000 years ago. We have examined in our study the artists of the Mechanic School of Alexandria, are also known as earlier pioneers of the kinetic sculpture, with their works of 2300 years ago. The technological developments have always affected the art. The emergence of the concept of art in society was possible after a certain development of mankind. It starts by using the hand, which means the origin of the technique (techne). Thus, the concept of technology enters into an inseparable relationship with art, and technology takes its place in many current art trends. The new quests in this framework, starting with realism and spreading to abstraction, led to new challenges in art. The efforts to achieve innovation, as one of the reflections of social development, can be named within the framework of performance arts (installation, happening, etc.) produced by modern and postmodern artistic movements. However, these quests start to reproduce themselves at one point and create products in the same cycle. Only the name of the artist changed. The products are nearly same. Art is an act of human being, and anything that affects human affects art.

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