Posts Tagged ‘installation’

Check. this. out. Installation by Viennese/Croatian design collective For Use/Numen.
I kinda wish this could be permanent.

I love work that uses unexpected materials, and packing tape is a perfect one for play. I used to use it as a cheap and easy way to laminate collages and other projects, but to work at this scale and create something strong enough and big enough to be interactive – so you can invite visitors inside the structure itself – is so bloody amazing. I also love that the inspiration for the idea comes from dance. More on that here:

[...] Inside Odeon, a former stock exchange building in Vienna, the group used nearly 117,000 feet and 100 pounds of tape. “The installation is based on an idea for a dance performance in which the form evolves from the movement of the dancers between the pillars,” explains For Use’s Christoph Katzler. “The dancers are stretching the tape while they move, so the resulting shape is a recording of the choreography.”

Here is a video showing how the piece was installed:

Catch some more amazing photos of the exhibit on industrial design site DesignBoom.

Congrats to Shopgirls artist Patrycja Zwierzynska on her delicate mylar installation up at the Harbourfront Centre right now. We know her as a jewellery designer, but her aesthetic and technique are applied beautifully on a larger scale. The show is up until April 4th, so check it out while you can.

Click here to read a short interview with Patrycja!