A site-specific project opened earlier this month in Beijing, and it looks awesome. Danish artist Olafur Eilasson and Chinese architect Ma Yangsong collaborated on a massive piece that explores the way the environment effects our spatial orientation. They built a Wonderlandesque environment of floors that gently slope up and down, with heavy fog machines and colored fluorescent lights to change the perspective of the person interacting with the environment. The fog hides just enough to make one feel insecure and unsteady, triggering the body to move differently through the space.
The work is very intriguing; I hope it will travel closer to home so I can experience it.
Image from Feelings Are Facts show in Beijin - image © designboom
