With simple yet very contemporary presentations, rAndom International creates interactive installations that blur the borders of art, technology, and the life we encompass. Founded in 2005, the London-based collective mostly works with light and relays on movement to create artworks that highlight our behaviors and interactions.
Its most recent installation brought a storm indoors as the Barbican’s Curve gallery in London was transformed into Rain Room. The 100-sqaure-metre art space puts people in the center of a rainstorm with out getting a single drop on them. As participants walk through the gallery, 3D tracking cameras mapping a person’s movement controls the rain flow making the rain repel away from people. Although the mapping keeps everyone dry, the piece asks people to push past their comfort zone. How? By putting trust in a software program that can malfunction, ultimately leaving you drenched.
Earlier this year, music and dance clashed with rAndom International’s go-to mediums (light and movement) in a piece called Future Self. The installation captured a person’s movement in light while creating a 3D reflection of the person’s “composite gestures.” The project was a collaboration between rAndom International, MADE, choreographer Wayne McGregor and composer Max Richter. Aside from it looking awesome and a futuristic ruin, the piece embodies what movement can reveal about the relationship between us and our image. Watch the video below to get the full experience:
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