Interactive devices as a medium with the most vital connection between people and devices. It allows people to participate in it and get a real, hands-on experience. The interactive installation is not only simple installation art but also not only simple interaction. It’s a clever combination of people, art, and technology.
The Pool by Jen Lewin
Location: Colombo Mall, Lisbon, Portugal
Date: 2014.09
The temporary exhibition space is surrounded by 20,000 black and white fabric pieces that envelop the entire area and oscillate with the wind. The whole room is cylindrical and barrel-shaped, with a diameter of about 14m and a height of 4m, located in the central lobby of the shopping center.
The black and white fabric hangs interlacing and does not fully touch the ground so that from the outside, colored light is scattered from the inside of the space, and when the viewer enters the interior of the room, he can also see the light coming from the outside. To emphasize the importance of the built-in works, the designer abandoned the main entrance and exit, so the temporary exhibition hall does not have a precise “door”; people can enter from anywhere.
In this way, the designer creates a quasi-real space that is not completely visible from the outside and stimulates people’s awareness of entering the room to feel. The lack of complete wall boundaries also makes it easier for the audience to enter the space and interact with Jen Lewin’s work.
Although light can be seen from inside and outside, it is impossible to know the work from outside of the corridor on the upper floor of the shopping center due to the control of brightness. But because the entire exhibition space is flat at the top, the view from above the mall is topped by a large circular fabric screen. Viewers can also see the unique texture of the fabric.
The interior of the exhibition space is an all-white dome with a surface that reflects vivid and varied colors, highlighting the work inside. The unique part of the work is the constantly changing color, which is the interactive work of art. At the same time, the material of the whole piece is very consistent, and there is no reference around, so it is easy for the audience to have a psychedelic feeling in this space.
Voice Tunnel by Rafael Lozano Hemmer
Location: Park Avenue Tunnel, Manhattan, New York, USA
Date: 2013
The Park Avenue tunnel in Manhattan, New York, has more than 200 years, but it wasn’t until Dot Summer Streets in 2013 that its appeal was indeed revealed. Artist Rafael Lozano Hemmer presents his installation Voice Tunnel in this public space, making it an interactive art area for everyone to participate in.
In the tunnel, the audience emits a sound into a walkie-talkie inside the tunnel, converted into waves of lights that shine on the dome. Such a form reflects the aesthetic sense of art in the architecture and increases the interaction between the work and the audience, which is full of interest and story. The intensity of the light reflects the sound of the audience, and the voices of multiple audiences can be seen simultaneously. As more and more audiences participate in the event, the lights shine on the dome, and the whole tunnel is illuminated by flashing lights.
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