Art on the wall is one thing, but installations engage us with texture, light, color and sound, surrounding us and begging for interaction. They challenge conventions of the art world as well as the context of art itself, as these uncanny and unique projects illustrate in vivid three-dimensional form.
After several decades living in the same house, some people build up quite a collection of Christmas decorations... and it gets awesomely out of control.
A five-story light art installation in Frankfurt billows and contracts like a curtain or a veil, controlled by swipes of users' fingers on their smart phones.
Spin this black globe and you'll hear the music of the world. The Sound of the Earth by Yuri Suzuki is a spherical, interactive record player.
Houses can be isolating ... but what happens when you break down - or bridge - the gap created by yards and fences between two otherwise-ordinary homes?
Artists take over six Chicago metro train cars for an annual art installation that immerses commuters in strange landscapes of balloons, lights and more.
At a depth of nearly 100 feet, what could possibly explain these radially-symmetrical patterns appearing on the ocean floor off the coast of Japan?
A chestnut tree in a Berlin park has been transformed into an interactive music and light show, producing sound from chestnuts that fall on polymer membranes.
A cozy, blue-painted living room entices passersby to sit, get to know each other and enjoy entertainment in Rotterdam at the 'Urban Living Room' installation.
Funding models are fast evolving in the digital age, and this conference provided a window into how different artists, organizations and institutions are adapting.
497 obsolete VHS tapes were taken apart and assembled into the shape of a skull, which comes together only when you look at it from a certain viewpoint.
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