Random International: Rain Room / Museum of Modern Art MoMA, New York
After its premiere at the Barbican Centre in London in October 2012, Random International’s Rain Room is now installed at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Follow us inside: it’s raining, but you won’t get wet (promised).
Random International’s immersive environment Rain Room is a major component of the MoMA PS1 exhibition EXPO 1: New York. The installation is presented in the lot directly adjacent to The Museum of Modern Art. Simply put, Rain Room is a field of falling water that pauses wherever a human body is detected. Thus, Rain Room offers visitors the experience of controlling the rain. “The work invites visitors to explore the roles that science, technology, and human ingenuity can play in stabilizing our environment. Using digital technology, Rain Room creates a carefully choreographed downpour, simultaneously encouraging people to become performers on an unexpected stage and creating an intimate atmosphere of contemplation.” Watch also our video covering the presentation of Rain Room at The Curve, Barbican Center and our interview with the founders of Random International, Stuart Wood, Florian Ortkrass and Hannes Koch.
Random International’s Rain Room turned out to be a lot of fun for the visitors, but it’s also a very complex installation. It consists of injection moulded tiles, solenoid valves, pressure regulators, 3D tracking cameras, wooden frames, steel beams, a hydraulic management system, and a grated floor. The system is controlled by custom software.
Random International are known for their digital-based contemporary art. The London-based studio creates artworks and installations that explore behaviour and interaction.
rAndom International: Rain Room. Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York. May 10, 2013. Video by Shimon Azulay.
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May 16, 2013 | Entry filed under: architecture, art, New York, no comment, VernissageTV | No Comments »
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Shirin Neshat: The Book of Kings / Faurschou Foundation, Beijing
Shirin Neshat’s solo show The Book of Kings at Faurschou Foundation in Beijing, China features a new body of photography works and a video installation by the internationally acclaimed Iranian artist. The project is inspired by the 60.000 verse epic poem, Shahnameh (Book of Kings), by the 11th century Islamic conquest of Persia. Interweaving history, poetry, music, philosophy and politics, the series is set against the backdrop of the recent Arab Spring, and the Iranian Green Movement, which brought hundreds of thousands onto the streets across Iran in June 2009 in protest against corrupt power. As Shahnameh cast the Islamic conquest of Persia as a tragedy, so The Book of Kings commemorates the countless masses of unknown citizens who courageously sacrificed themselves in the name of justice across the Middle East and Arab World.
Shirin Neshat: The Book of Kings / Faurschou Foundation, Beijing. April 13, 2013. Video by Diana Coca.
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May 15, 2013 | Entry filed under: art, Beijing 北京, no comment, VernissageTV | 1 Comment »
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Werner Aisslinger: Home of the Future / Haus am Waldsee, Berlin
Werner Aisslinger is a multiple award-winning product designer and co-founder of the Berlin Design Festival DMY. For his current exhibition at Haus am Waldsee in Berlin, he transformed the venue into a “Home of the Future”. Home of the Future is Werner Aisslinger’s first institutional survey exhibition in Germany. The show presents his central theme of material transfer in the form of numerous pieces of furniture and objects. On display, among other things, are modular construction kits, such as stowage spaces and shelves, the renowned Loftcube installation of 2007 in the sculpture garden at Haus am Waldsee, as well as energy storage and renewable furniture, Aisslinger‘s most recent ventures.
Werner Aisslinger: Home of the Future at Haus am Waldsee, Berlin. Interviews with Katja Blomberg (Director, Haus am Waldsee) and Werner Aisslinger. Berlin, Germany, April 21, 2013. Video by Frantisek Zachoval.
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Phil Collins: In every dream home a heartache / Museum Ludwig, Cologne
The second exhibition that opened at Museum Ludwig in Cologne (Germany) in time for Art Cologne 2013 was a solo show of Phil Collins, titled In every dream home a heartache. The exhibition that runs parallel to Andrea Fraser’s retrospective features videos and installations that deal with popular culture.
Phil Collins: In every dream home a heartache / Museum Ludwig, Cologne. Opening reception, April 17, 2013.
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May 13, 2013 | Entry filed under: art, Cologne, no comment, VernissageTV | 1 Comment »
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Cutlog New York Art Fair 2013
After four successful years in Paris, France, Cutlog art fair launches its first New York edition. The fair runs from May 10-13, 2013. Cutlog New York focuses on showing cutting-edge and established galleries that promote the work of contemporary artists. The fair features 45 galleries and curators that present art, installations, performances, talks, and projections. As part of the outdoor projections program that runs from 8pm – Midnight, Cutlog presents New York Close Up Is Now with simultaneous screeings of Art21′s New York Close Up, Noah Becker’s New York Is Now, and VernissageTV’s Around the World in one go.
Cutlog New York is located in a former public school in Manhattan’s Lower East Side (107 Suffolk Street). In this video, we attend the preview of the fair on May 9, 2013. Video by Shimon Azulay.
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May 10, 2013 | Entry filed under: art, New York, no comment, VernissageTV | No Comments »
