Oftentimes, I am being asked, how I came up with an idea of ​​a moving canvas, or my creation - "Moving Fine Arts".

At first glance, it seems simple, but if you delve deeper into the idea, you will find that this concept has deep roots. It is a biological instinct, everything is moving, life itself is a movement. For me, the movement is first and foremost, associated with the life itself, the infinity.

To my mind, in fine art, the fusion of the kinetic process with the character’s certain state of mind creates astonishing harmony and effect. In this way, it becomes much more impressive to transfer the same longing, passion, hatred, revenge or any other emotion and feeling of the character on the canvas.

The Ignition of the Idea

It all started with Salome. The woman who entered the history as one of the most wicked figures. With the help of her thrilling gaze and charm, and ultimately in return to her passionate dance, Salome demanded from King Herod to behead John the Baptist.

At the time I was working on Salome's topic, my goal was to convey her cruel nature and character. But I felt that this static canvas was not enough for transmitting the emotions and the pathos that I had conceived. Some invisible force was driving me to bring this canvas into movement.

I thought to myself: “Well, it’s a crazy idea, but why not?? But how???”

The Technical and Artistic Part

I started to imagine that some parts of the body in the painting started to move! I took a sheet of paper, cut out an arm and a leg of the character of the drawing, and then I attached them with a nail onto the surface of another paper and started to move the parts from one side to another.

In order to make this happen, I chose light metal plates as moving parts, and instead of a canvas, I used wood. Otherwise, moving metal parts would not be held on the canvas.

Then I started to paint and develop this artwork. It was not easy to adjust the moving parts to the main static body in terms of integration of the light and shadow, because every little mistake could destroy the balance and the symmetry of the whole artwork. It needed a very precise sizing of the moving pieces and, of course, intuition.

It was really challenging for me. And finally, it worked!!! Wow!!!

I have created the first moving painting!!!

The Electro-Mechanical Part

The semi-finished artwork was ready, and then I needed to get the mechanical part of this artwork done. But the development process of the “Moving Fine Arts” was a long way. I talked to my friends about my invention, but nobody took it seriously. I had a difficulty to find an electro-mechanical technician in Zurich.

I was very disappointed. It took me about four years to find the right person, who could help me develop this project to completion: Thanks to one of my best friends, Tamar Babutsidze, I met a Georgian aeronautical engineer from the town of Winterthur, Vladimer Saanishvili, who designed the entire mechanical scheme of my moving artwork.

Soon, I also found an electro-mechanical technician, Jann Knaus, who finally developed the electric part of my "Moving Fine Arts". He set up the whole appliance (electro-mechanical scheme and motor), which is located behind of the painting.

Lastly, Jann Knaus managed to unify the technical and musical parts of the artworks by installing an mp3 player with loudspeakers at the bottom of the painting. With the help of one button, the appliance and the music start simultaneously.

That is how "Moving Fine Arts" was created.