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awful lot happens without people being aware. They come to certain conclusions
and even performs actions without ever really, consciously considering why.
This is what forms both the impetus and the investigation of the studio’s work.
We experiment with this world of barely perceptible behaviour and it’s
stimulation to explore human existence. / Random International, 2012
Who
will stop the rain asked Creedence Clearwater Revival in one of their songs. There were attempts
for the Beijing Olympics. But it seems there is no need to look so far, here we get two students
of Royal College of Art who maybe didn't stop the rain but invite people to
experience what is it like to control the rain.
The Barbican's Rain Room installation of cascading water with 1,000 litres falling per minute. It is an surreal experience. What stroke me the most is even though you know there are 3D depth cameras
that control the whole system you still see people hesitating before entering. Taking
a step half expecting to get wet and what an amazing feeling it is when you go
inside surrounded by raindrops falling. The sound of the water and the
lighting makes it more almost out of space experience.
Great collaboration of art and science! Watch.
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| © Agnieszka Swietlik |
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| © Agnieszka Swietlik |
Rain Room somehow reminded me of one of my favourite art installation of kinetic rain at at Changi Airport Terminal 1 Departure Check-in Hall. Where bronze rain droplets form sophisticated shapes combining technology with aesthetic purity.
I like how sometimes the line between science and art or art and architecture is so thin you don't always realise you cross it and when those disciplines meet something unique is being created.
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