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      SpY Installs Hundreds of Metallic Rescue Blankets in a Former Arms Factory

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      SpY Installs Hundreds of Metallic Rescue Blankets in a Former Arms Factory

      September 16, 2024

      Art

      Kate Mothes

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      In Oviedo, Spain, a 6,000-square-meter installation of metallic emergency blankets transform a former arms factory this month. “Blankets 2” extends from Spanish artist SpY’s ongoing series of monumental kinetic works (previously).

      The natural light from the building’s first-floor windows and giant clerestory bounce off the folds of hundreds of blankets, glinting gold on one side and silver on the other. Documented with water on the floor, the reflection mirrors the suspended array, creating a sense of depth and further openness.

      The artist centers the dialogue between location and theme in “Blankets 2” and calls attention to the building’s history as a weapon manufacturer by filling it with objects intended conversely for medical treatment and care.

      SpY is fascinated by sensory perception and the way simple objects can be transformed through repetition, light, scale, and contrast. Air flow through the space adds delicate motion to the panels, generating a gentle rustling noise that accompanies viewers through the exhibition

      Find more on SpY’s website and Instagram.

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      A Swarm of Blocks Flocks to Human Presence in DRIFT’s Interactive Installation

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      A Swarm of Blocks Flocks to Human Presence in DRIFT’s Interactive Installation

      September 11, 2024

      Art Nature

      Grace Ebert

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      Working as DRIFT, Dutch artists Lonneke Gordijn and Ralph Nauta (previously) have built their practice around excavating the intersection between nature and technology. In “Murmuring Minds,” a new installation on view at LUMA Arles, the pair utilizes the swarming patterns of birds, bees, and other social organisms to create an interactive work that responds to movement.

      Representing the human desire for cohesion, clarity, and organization, sixty compact rectangular blocks scuttle across the gallery floor. Each component is autonomous and algorithmically programmed to follow the viewer or scatter in their presence. The mechanical installation highlights an ever-changing interplay between the viewer and the collective, exploring how one informs the other.

      “Murmuring Minds” is part of DRIFT’s Living Landscape exhibition, which features a large-scale digital work that similarly responds to human motion. As viewers walk in front of the screen, a flock responds to them as predators, first coming together and then rapidly flying toward the audience The artists said in a statement:

      We developed the interactive dynamics into four types that we have observed in both nature and human society: The Leader, The Hunter, The Vortex, The Machine. The installation is an experiment and a question on how we generate choices, what our decisions are, and how these affect larger structures. How do we define leadership and control in a contemporary context?

      If you’re in Arles, you can experience the works through September 29. Otherwise, find more from DRIFT on Instagram. (via designboom)

      “Murmuring Minds” (2024). Photo © Finn Bech

      “Coded Nature” (2022). Photo © Finn Bech

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