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Digital art installation in Nanjing helps the public keep an eye on exoplanets
by Tom Walker | 23 Nov 2022
A permanent public art sculpture allows the public to observe the galaxy's exoplanets – which human life could potentially exist on. Data Gate is the brainchild of creative media studio, Ouchhh, and is comprised of 360 LED installations. Commissioned by the Chinese Government and located in Nanjing, the installation utilises NASA's Kepler data sets to create AI-driven content. Weighing 15 tons, the sculpture was created in collaboration with Dawn Gelino,
Amsterdam's new digital art centre Fabrique des Lumières will use tech to bring art alive
by Tom Walker | 06 Feb 2022
Culturespaces has announced that its new digital art centre, Fabrique des Lumières, will open in Amsterdam on 22 April 2022. Located in the historic former gas plant of Westergasfabriek – built in 1885 by the Imperial Continental Gas Association – the cultural attraction will use "cutting-edge technology" to create immersive exhibitions devoted to some of the most celebrated figures in art history. The venue has a total surface area of
Vertigo's "urban forest" of LED bars animates public square
by Stu Robarts | 02 Mar 2020
Digital art group Vertigo have created a new audio-visual installation that reacts to the movement of viewers and passersby, animating a public square with flashing LEDs. The artwork. called Echelon, is located at the foot of London’s Centre Point building and was curated by cultural placemaking agency Futurecity for Almacantar, a development company that is rejuvenating the brutalist building. It takes the form of a 12m (39ft) equilateral triangle of
teamLab create borderless and immersive digital worlds in new Shanghai Museum
by Stu Robarts | 27 Nov 2019
Art collective teamLab have launched their second digital-only Borderless museum, described as "a world made of artworks without boundaries." Located in Huangpu District, Shanghai, teamLab Borderless Shanghai follows the launch of MORI Building Digital Art Museum: teamLab Borderless in Tokyo last year. Designed by teamLab Architects, the 6,600sq m (71,000sq ft) destination is said to be an intricately-structured three-dimensional space housing around 50 artworks. Visitors walk through the galleries
Alchemist restaurant Copenhagen by Studio Duncalf features digital ceiling to create immersive experiences for diners
by Stu Robarts | 14 Oct 2019
London-based interior design firm Studio Duncalf has designed a new Alchemist restaurant in a former industrial warehouse that previously housed boat-building and set design workshops in Copenhagen, Denmark. Studio Duncalf split the 2,500sq m (27,000sq ft) warehouse into a number of different rooms, with the aim of "taking the diner on a journey through a sequence of different spaces each with a different ambience." Guests enter the restaurant through a
Real Madrid selects FCC to create digital stadium of the future
by Andrew Manns | 23 May 2019
Spanish construction company FCC has won the competition to transform Real Madrid's 70-year-old Estadio Santiago Bernabéu into what the club's president, Florentino Pérez, has called a "digital stadium of the future". FCC, which is owned by Mexican businessman Carlos Slim, is expected to begin work on the facility immediately, with an anticipated completion date of August 2022. According to Cinco Dias, the contract is worth €475m (US$529.5m, £408.6m). The expanded
World's first 'digital-only art museum' set to wow in Tokyo
by Kim Megson | 18 Jun 2018
Japanese multimedia art collective teamLab will open a unique Digital Art Museum on Thursday (21 June), permanently showcasing all of their dynamic interactive installations for the first time. The studio have partnered with the Mori Building Company to build the 10,000sq m (107,600sq ft) attraction, called ‘Borderless’, which will exhibit more than 50 interactive artworks across five zones. There are no divisions between the pieces, which extend beyond their rooms,
Swansea council strikes deal for 'state-of-the-art' waterfront arena with vast digital façade
by Kim Megson | 09 Apr 2018
New details have been announced for the entertainment arena being developed in Swansea as part of a £1.3bn leisure investment designed to reinvigorate the Welsh city centre's cultural scene. Swansea City and County Council has announced the signing of a deal with live entertainment company the Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG) to operate Swansea Arena, construction of which will begin this year. Architecture practice ACME is designing the 8,825sq m (95,000sq
Carlo Ratti reveals digital shading canopy for climate control and beautiful shadowing
by Kim Megson | 16 Feb 2017
International design and innovation office Carlo Ratti Associati, in collaboration with Dubai’s Museum of the Future, have developed a digitally-operated reflecting canopy to provide shading, climate adaptation and green energy generation in cities. The first working prototype, called ‘Sun&Shade,’ was unveiled this week in Dubai as part of the museum’s ‘Reimagining Climate Change’ exhibit. The canopy is based on an array of mirrors that automatically track the sun. According to
National Museum of Singapore unveils 170m-long digital interactive forest installation
by Tom Anstey | 21 Dec 2016
The National Museum of Singapore has debuted a unique digital exhibit turning 69 drawings into a single giant animated interactive illustration. Using sensors set up in the newly-refurbished Glass Rotunda, the installation by Japanese art collective teamLab allows visitors to interact with the flora and fauna. Titled Story of the Forest, the digital piece, which is 15m (49ft) in height and 170m (558ft) long, is based on the museum’s watercolour
3XN Architects win international competition to design flowing Belgian cultural complex
by Kim Megson | 06 Dec 2016
Danish studio 3XN Architects have triumphed in an international design competition for a sweeping cultural complex and Smart City district in Wallonia, Belgium. Located in the city of Namur at the confluence of the Meuse and Sambre rivers, and adjacent to the historic Roman citadel and the Wallonian Parliament, the scheme has been envisioned as an economic driver for the region. At the heart of the scheme is the new
Architecture meets agriculture: Visitors to become digital farmers at Italy's food theme park
by Kim Megson | 08 Aug 2016
Visitors to a forthcoming food theme park in Italy will be able to grow their own food on-site in a futuristic pavilion designed by architecture and innovation firm Carlo Ratti Associati. The attraction, called the Area of the Future, will be one of the centrepieces of FICO Eataly World, an 80,000sq m (861,000sq ft) edutainment park focused on food-production and nutrition currently under construction in Bologna. Visitors to the circular
Stunning digital installations encourage creativity, play and immersion at Silicon Valley art show
by Kim Megson | 15 Feb 2016
Japanese digital art collective teamLab have partnered with Silicon Valley gallery Pace Art + Technology to create a large-scale interactive art exhibition described as a “digital playground for all ages”. The exhibition, called Living Digital Space and Future Parks, features 20 innovative art pieces spread across several rooms and 20,000sq ft (1,850sq m) in the Californian gallery. The show encourages participants to embrace their curiosity by interacting directly with the
Unique digital journey at the heart of New York Renaissance hotel
by Kim Megson | 07 Jan 2016
Hotel brand Renaissance will open New York City’s “first digitally enhanced hotel” in Manhattan’s famous garment district in Q1 2016. Designed by local studio Jeffrey Beers International, the 348-room Renaissance New York Midtown Hotel will feature several large-scale digital attractions created to celebrate the history and glamour of the location, which is a centre of clothes manufacturing and home to many of New York’s fashion designers. A digital tapestry the
Electrosonic acquires digital theatre designer Global Immersion
by Tom Walker | 11 Dec 2012
AV specialist Electrosonic has acquired Global Immersion, a designer of high performance digital immersive theater attractions. The deal, completed yesterday (10 December) will allow Electrosonic to offer digital immersive solutions across the theme park, museum, giant screen cinema and planetarium markets. Jim Bowie, president of Electrosonic Group, said the deal was a significant strategic move for both companies. He said: "As a single operation, we will service an even broader
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