Interactive installations - works where the art emerges in the interaction with the participant.
Berlin-based polish artist Karina Smigla-Bobinski has
conceived 'ADA', a giant interactive analogue installation. The sculpture
manifests
itself as a large, clear helium-filled membrane studded with charcoal
spikes, roaming freely within a white room. Users are encouraged
to engage
with the object by pushing and spinning it as it floats within the space, where
the walls then slowly accumulate marks and flecks.
The balloon is about three
feet in diameter with 300 charcoal sticks attached to its surface via a
technique the artist generated especially
for the work, each about 10 inches
apart. The premise of the artwork references the 19th century mathematician,
Ada Lovelace.
'ADA' by Karina Smigla-Bobinska, Helium balloon, charcoal stick:
