Rain Room 2017

The extension reframes the rear of the building by amplifying the characteristics found within its fabric.

Rain room 2017.

The room offers some great photo opportunities. As you walk around the room the rain surrounds you and should not fall on you although it does a bit. Since we originally discovered and commissioned the first edition of random international s rain room in 2012 we. Designed and constructed by tonkin liu in collaboration with local craftspeople it serves.

The exhibition entitled rain room was created by hannes koch florian ortkrass and stuart wood three contemporary artists and graduates from the royal college of art in london who went on to found their own art studio random international. Random international s rain room 2012 is an immersive environment of perpetually falling water that pauses wherever a human body is detected. The ability to control rain. Send text message print robyn beck afp getty images.

Rain room presents a respite from everyday life and an opportunity for sensory reflection within a responsive relationship. To us rain room is a reflection of creative courage. Yuz museum shanghai 2015 and lacma los angeles 2015 2017. A field of falling water that pauses wherever a human body is detected rain room offers visitors the experience of controlling the rain.

The sun rain room is a two storey extension and restoration of a grade ii listed georgian townhouse. Riba london award 2017 aj retrofit award 2017. The work has previously been on view at the barbican london 2012. Sharjah s rain room marks the middle east premiere and the first permanent installation of this project by random international.

May 12 jul 28 2013. Tuesday january 31 2017 4 51pm. Moma new york 2013. The installation offers visitors an opportunity to experience what is seemingly impossible.

Speculative societies thursday 25th may 2017 7 9 30pm at the trampery. February 01 2017 advertisement. By michael juliano posted. New york is presented in the lot directly adjacent to the museum of modern art.

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. There is also a nice cafe in the venue. The piece had previously shown in a number of international art venues including new york s museum of modern art and london s barbican.