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Category: Installation & Sound

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.

History Unzipped: Installation Reveals the Guts of an Abandoned Factory

This is no illusion - what you're looking at is literally the facade of an abandoned building peeling away from the structure itself, a gigantic metal zipper running down the center. The surreal ...

Concentric Eccentric: Colorful Mural on a Medieval Fortress Courts Controversy

An optical illusion mural affixed to the facade of a medieval fortress in France is no less controversial for its temporary nature, even though the piece is not quite what it seems at first ...

Immerse Yourself in Interactive Digital Environments at Japan’s Mori Museum

Can we ever be satisfied gazing at static objects set against blank white walls again after experiencing total immersion in a dynamic, interactive digital environment? Granted, traditional ...

Pickup Truck Gardens: Japanese Contest Celebrates Mobile Greenery

Set within the beds of small white Japanese pickup trucks known as 'kei,' these gardens are so lush and complex, they look like they've been established for many years. In reality, each one had ...

Inflatable: Giant Air-filled Artworks Come to the Exploratorium (Sponsored)

Explore, play, and wonder at gigantic, fantastical, artworks at Inflatable — a new exhibition at the Exploratorium, opening on May 26, 2018. The renowned San Francisco museum is partnering with ...

Stitches in Space: Giant-Sized Doilies Domesticate a Wild Array of Places

Spanning interiors, wrapping trees and adorning facades, these big bright red doilies are somehow both conventional and ominous, somewhere between knit holiday sweaters and huge spider ...

Art That Breathes: 17 Living Creations Made with Plants, Bacteria & Insects

Alternately beautiful and disgusting but nearly always fascinating, works of art that use nature in place of more traditional media raise questions about the power and responsibility of human ...

Rolling Out the Green Carpet: Grass Circle Transforms Madrid Public Square

Marking the 400th anniversary of the Plaza Mayor in Madrid, a grassy circle measuring over 35,000 square feet was rolled out to create seating space for over 100,000 visitors across a four-day ...

New Phantom Architecture by Eduardo Tresoldi Haunts the Grounds at Coachella

Full-scale neoclassical and baroque buildings made of wire mesh loom over festival-goers at Coachella this week, representing artist Eduardo Tresoldi's largest works yet. The Italian sculptor is ...

Funky Farm: More Creatively Painted Fuel Storage Tanks

Fuel me once, shame on you, fuel me twice and you'll have to paint these huge storage tanks. You can bet the farm these creative tanks will fuel everybody. The enormous fuel storage tanks ...

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