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Random International's Rain Room and Signage Without a Screen

Random International《Rain Room》と、画面を持たないサイネージ

OPERATOR
Random International (Hannes Koch, Florian Ortkrass); permanently housed by Sharjah Art Foundation (UAE)
LOCATION
Sharjah
MODEL
Museum commission — Hosted by museums including the Barbican, MoMA and LACMA; the market handled by Pace Gallery and Carpenters Workshop Gallery
ARTIST PAY
Sustained by gallery sales of editions and kinetic works, plus permanent acquisitions by LACMA (2015) and Sharjah (2018)
CADENCE
Premiered at the Barbican in 2012, made permanent in Sharjah in 2018; up to 6–10 visitors at once, five to fifteen minutes per session
SPEC
A rain field of c. 100 m² using 2,500 litres of recirculated filtered water; ceiling 3D-tracking cameras halt the nozzles within roughly a 1.8 m radius of each visitor
SINCE
2012-10
STATUS
Active