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Wednesday 31 October 2012

Sketch Loves... Kinetic Rain

Following on from our previous post that looked at Luke Jerram’s umbrella installation and Random International’s Rain Room, we’re back talking about England’s favourite subject once again.
‘Kinetic Rain’ was created by ART+COM, who were commissioned by the Changi Airport Group in Singapore to produce this stunning, moving, art installation for their Terminal 1 Departure-Check-in hall.

These beautiful raindrops are made of lightweight aluminium covered with copper and all 608 of them are suspended from the ceiling over 75 square meters and 7.3 meters in height.


To distract you further from usual airport mayhem, the thin steel ropes that are attached to the droplets actually pull and release in a computerised 15 minute choreography, creating mesmerising movements and patterns –hence the name ‘kinetic rain’.
Why doesn’t the rain look as pretty out of our window?
Check out ART+COM’s video to fully appreciate the eye-catching concept:

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