Interactive art

Ayşe Erkmen - On Water, 2017, ocean cargo containers, steel beams, steel grates, 6400 x 640 cm walkway, installation view, Skulptur Projekte Münster 2017, Münster, Germany feat

Ayşe Erkmen makes you walk on water

Installations / 3 minutes of reading

Erkmen’s On Water debuted at the 2017 international open-air exhibition, Sculpture Projects, in Münster, Germany. It became an instant hit with visitors who used her bridge to cross the canal. On Water was a temporary footbridge installation that was laid underwater in an abandoned basin on the Dortmund-Ems canal. Such was the scale of …

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A floating pavilion in Taipei – By Shen Ting Tseng Architects

Architecture, Installations / 2 minutes of reading

The Floating Pavilion The Floating Pavilion was a temporary structure exhibited at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum Plaza, Taiwan, in 2016, as the winning design in the annual competition to build pavilions at different spaces in the TFAM complex. The pavilion was designed by Shen Ting Tseng Architects to add vitality to the plaza, which …

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Tiger & Turtle – A roller coaster for pedestrians

Sculptures / 7 minutes of reading

The locals call this sculpture the world’s slowest roller coaster, but the most fitting name will be stroller coaster. It gives visitors the pleasure of a fairground ride without the speed usually characterized by roller coaster rides. However, the official name is the Tiger and Turtle – Magic Mountain. This interactive installation-turned-landmark …

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London’s Song Board is too much fun

Installations / 3 minutes of reading

London’s Song Board Organized at Central Saint Martins in London, the Song Board was a spectacular multi-sensory installation. It tried providing a playful and memorable experience in the heart of the city. It proved to be highly engaging while delivering a unique experience to the passengers. At this interactive platform, the visitors could turn the …

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Why were there seesaws at the border?

Installations / 5 minutes of reading

The US-Mexico border wall has become a battleground for political theater, but also various artistic interventions. One of these outstanding artworks is the pink seesaws. They went viral after they were installed by the two creative architects Ronald Rael and Virginia San Fratello. Between the erect giant steel posts of the border fence lie …

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A giant fog installation – By Serendipity Studio

Architecture, Installations / 3 minutes of reading

Usually, you would not need much encouragement to visit the Taipei Fine Art Museum in Taiwan. The museum hosts several top exhibitions that receive tons of visitors from all over the world. Just outside the museum stands a grand summer pavilion that displays one of the most beautiful attractions – Mist Encounter. If you’re …

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How Hans Haacke took on the Rockefellers with his MoMA Poll

Installations / 2 minutes of reading

3 min 37 sec Who is Hans Haacke? Hans Haacke was born in 1936 in Cologne, Germany. He studied at Staatliche Werkakademie in Kassel and later on worked as a guard and tour guide on the second documenta in 1959 in the same city. All this under the apprenticeship of, a well-known and rather an …

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Does James Turrell’s pool installation awe you?

Installations, Light Installations / 3 minutes of reading

James Turrell has always awed us with his out of the world light art. Since his first creations 48 years ago, he has never looked back. His designs have ever been on another level. Turrell combines architecture, technology, and artistry to build awesome designs. He cites his work as a mission to enhance people’s …

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Snarkitecture’s remarkable & interactive NYC installation Sway

Art & Technology, Installations, Light Installations / 3 minutes of reading

Snarkitecture’s new creation – Sway – is a massive piece of art that only needs a touch to light up into blue. Sway is a collection of 168 white round orbs. The immersive installation is for a gallery located at Intersect. At first, you may not feel like touching the art. However, the reaction …

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Erwin Wurm’s overweight Hot Dog Bus & 50,000 free sausages

Sculptures / 4 minutes of reading

Austrian artist Erwin Wurm is known for his humorous approach towards his art production. One outstanding example is his recent work, for which he transformed a yellow VW Microbus into an overstuffed, larger-than-life Hot Dog Bus. He eventually used it to serve 50,000 free hot dogs to people at the Brooklyn Bridge Park in …

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Allora & Calzadilla’s Chalk – What would you do?

Installations / 2 minutes of reading

The two Puerto Rico-based artists Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla have worked together to make captivating artworks. Allora and Calzadilla are known for their interactive art pieces in public, often addressing social and political issues and engaging questions of history, geopolitics, and culture. Collaborating since 1995, most of their artworks combine video, performances, sound art …

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What is Yoko Ono’s Wish Tree all about?

Installations / 2 minutes of reading

Yoko Ono’s Wish Tree project has been exhibited in some of the world’s best museums including the Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Yoko Ono, who wears many hats, including musician, artist and peace activist, invites visitors to write down their wishes and desires on small pieces of paper before attaching these written wishes …

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Olafur Eliasson’s fascinating colorful haze installation in Beijing

Installations, Light Installations / 3 minutes of reading

What was Feelings Are Facts? Feelings Are Facts was created as a result of a collaboration between Danish artist Olafur Eliasson and Beijing-based architect Ma Yansong of MAD studio. Feelings Are Facts was constructed within one of the rooms at the UCCA galleries. It measured approximately 60m by 20m and featured a moderately slanted floor …

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Doug Aitken encouraged visitors to smash parts of his garden

Installations / 2 minutes of reading

Who is Doug Aitken & why is he important? Over the past twenty years, or so, mixed media artist Doug Aitken has done everything that he can to stand out with his performances and art installations- of which he has done successfully. Throughout his career, this Los Angeles based artist has earned respect and global …

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Why do people love these glowing seesaws?

Installations / 2 minutes of reading

Montreal’s Seesaw Installation The Seesaw Installation in Montreal was opened for public viewing in 2015. 30 seesaws of different sizes were designed and installed in the public square of Place des Festivals. The interactive seesaws were surrounded by lights and sound to amplify the experience of the visitors. The square of Place des Festivals, Montreal’s …

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What are Fujiko Nakaya’s fog sculptures all about?

Installations / 3 minutes of reading

Fujiko Nakaya’s work is simply transcendent. Primarily featuring fog, her ephemeral creations are always climate-responsive and influenced mainly by nature. Her works are moving and changing and designed to allow visitors to enter and interact with them. Because the fog installations are always centered on nature, the audience experiences are always varied due to …

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LikeArchitects: Please step on this artwork

Architecture, Installations / 2 minutes of reading

LIKEarchitects x Jen Lewin LIKEarchitects, a Porto-based architecture studio constructed the temporary exhibition at Colombo Shopping Mall in Lisbon, Portugal that would hold Jen Lewin’s highly interactive luminous installation titled ‘The Pool’. About LIKEarchitects As it turns out, this was not LIKEarchitects first innovative project. Over the years, the Porto-based studio has consolidated a reputation …

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Andreas Angelidakis - Polemos, 2017, 136 foam and vinyl seating modules, camouflage fabrics, installation view, documenta 14, Fridericianum museum, Kassel, Germany, 2017 feat

Andreas Angelidakis’ Polemos – This tank is not a real tank

Sculptures / 3 minutes of reading

Andreas Angelidakis is an architect known for creating giant foam sculptures, digital realms, and intriguing objects that touch on memory, society, consumerism, and other massive topics. His works give the audience something to think about and play with, all at once. It conjures the audience to ask the question, “where are we and how …

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Mariko Mori’s UFO – Your thoughts come to life

Sculptures / 3 minutes of reading

Viewer’s brainwaves projected onto a screen How many times do art and science come together? In Mariko Mori’s Wave UFO art and science have come together in a creation that is just fascinating. This artwork uses neuroscience, computer graphics, architectural engineering, and sound to create an interactive experience where viewers can see their thoughts come …

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Tomás Saraceno’s In Orbit – A seemingly impossible installation

Installations / 3 minutes of reading

A massive installation by Tomás Saraceno titled In Orbit has to be one of the artist’s most notable and successful installations. At a height of more than 20 meters, Saraceno suspended a mesh construction within which audiences could move weightlessly on the net. The net construction, accessible on three levels, was designed to resemble …

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People Architecture Office & their giant Chinese character installation

Architecture, Installations / 2 minutes of reading

People’s Architecture Office’s metal pipe sculpture In 2015, a Chinese studio known as People’s Architecture Office made waves on art and architecture media when they used metal air conditioning pipes to create large-scale Chinese characters on the front exterior of the Tabular Baitasi Visitor center during the Beijing Design Week. The Tabular Baitasi Visitor center …

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