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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.

Underground Illusions: Anamorphic Parking Lot Turns Flat Paint into Sculpture

You’re driving through an underground parking garage when suddenly, the colorful geometric shapes splashed all over every surface pop out into three dimensions. Try not to crash your car! When ...

The Earth as a Canvas: 25 Monumental Works of Land-Based Art

Treating the Earth like a canvas and natural objects like rocks, sticks, sand and ice as art materials, we alter the natural environment to reflect ourselves and our own artistic impulses - even ...

Living Light: 11 Transforming Kinetic & Illuminated Art Installations

Rippling, unfolding, slithering and glowing like bioluminescent creatures, these kinetic and illuminated works of art are mesmerizing to watch. We can't help being fascinated by the combination ...

Architecture for Airheads: 13 Intriguingly Interactive Inflatable Structures

Who can resist a gigantic bubble that's big enough to climb into? Inflatables aren't just practical, packing down to surprisingly small packages and then popping right back up into sizable ...

Sea Monsters: Massive Crocheted Sea Urchins Float Over Singapore

Mutant sea urchins seem to have evolved into monstrous, buoyant creatures capable of rising above the surface of the sea, glowing softly against the skyline in Singapore. Made from crocheted lace, ...

Helping Hands: “Support” Sculpture Braces Venetian Architecture From Below

Historic architecture meets modern art on the canals of Venice, where a pair of gigantic hands emerge from the depths to lend support above the waterline. Designed by Lorenzo Quinn, ...

A Taste of Japan: Immersive Animated Restaurant Shifts with the Seasons

The exclusive experience of dining at this Tokyo restaurant, which serves just eight patrons a day, is not really about the food - though Saga Beef restaurant Sagaya-Ginza is not necessarily ...

Raining Pitchforks: Artist Lures Visitors Under 300 Spikey Forks of Doom

When someone exclaims "It's raining pitchforks and hammer handles out there" they rarely mean it quite so literally. Dubbed The Crusher, this installation sounds as much like a pro wrestler or ...

Autonomous Trap: Artist Uses Ritual Magic to Capture Driverless Cars

Somewhere between pagan magic, modern science and quirky satire, this installation project uses salt circles but also the logic of traffic lines to lure in and ensnare unsuspecting autonomous ...

Abandoned Tobacco Factory Gets an Acid-Toned Makeover & New Purpose

An abandoned, dark and dilapidated tobacco factory is ‘activated’ as a public meeting place to talk about revitalizing unused spaces through a cheerfully haphazard application of vivid, ...

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