Rain Room 2017

Speculative societies thursday 25th may 2017 7 9 30pm at the trampery.

Rain room 2017.

The ability to control rain. The extension reframes the rear of the building by amplifying the characteristics found within its fabric. The follow up to rain room is brilliant and unsettling 8 08 2017 the atlantic in human just us and our orblike shadows 14 08 2017 new york times silky moves and sentient spheres 14 08 2017 financial times. At aed 25 dirhams per person the admission price is very reasonable that gives you 15 minutes in the room.

Rain room is a 2012 experiential artwork by hannes koch and florian ortkrass of random international which found its first permanent installation in sharjah united arab emirates in 2018. The installation offers visitors an opportunity to experience what is seemingly impossible. There is also a nice cafe in the venue. The sun rain room is a two storey extension and restoration of a grade ii listed georgian townhouse.

By michael juliano posted. Designed and constructed by tonkin liu in collaboration with local craftspeople it serves. The piece had previously shown in a number of international art venues including new york s museum of modern art and london s barbican. The work has previously been on view at the barbican london 2012.

New york is presented in the lot directly adjacent to the museum of modern art. Sharjah s rain room marks the middle east premiere and the first permanent installation of this project by random international. Riba london award 2017 aj retrofit award 2017. Random international s rain room 2012 is an immersive environment of perpetually falling water that pauses wherever a human body is detected.

Send text message print robyn beck afp getty images. A field of falling water that pauses wherever a human body is detected rain room offers visitors the experience of controlling the rain. The room offers some great photo opportunities. May 12 jul 28 2013.

February 01 2017 advertisement. Random international s immersive environment rain room 2012 a major component of the moma ps1 exhibition expo 1. Moma new york 2013. As you walk around the room the rain surrounds you and should not fall on you although it does a bit.

Rain room presents a respite from everyday life and an opportunity for sensory reflection within a responsive relationship. Yuz museum shanghai 2015 and lacma los angeles 2015 2017. Since we originally discovered and commissioned the first edition of random international s rain room in 2012 we.