Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Bâtiment

Experiential art installations are all the rage right now.


This fall there was Carsten Höller's exhibition cum funhouse at the New Museum in New York City. A mirrored carousel, giant mushroom sculptures, a slide that visitors could ride through two floors were just some of the artist's engaging work in the installation.


Currently on exhibit at 104 in Paris is Leandro Erlich's timent, which consists of a towering mirror onto which an image of a building is reflected. The building itself is merely a facade constructed on the ground, allowing visitors to walk all over it, sprawl out on it, and configure themselves into a scene that is at once dangerous, bizarre, and wondrous in appearance to onlookers of the reflected image. 


installation, 104 in Paris:






                                                       Carsten Holler: Experience at the New Museum, NYC: