It’s fitting that the European renaissance of automata, or kinetic sculptures designed to mimic human movement, began with a clockmaker—like their timekeeping counterparts, automata operate on cue, ...

Automata 2011, a mechanical art show in New Orleans takes place at Ironworks, 612 Piety St., Saturday (April 9) night from 5 to 9. ARTSEEN Critic Doug MacCash rates New Orleans art exhibits. The ...

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Lisa Slater’s automata pieces combine her eye for the unusual and the humorous with her love of handcrafting wood at her Hebden Bridge workshop. She talks to Stephanie Smith. Pictures by Bruce ...