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New Media Artist Daan Roosegaarde, studied sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts AKI in Enschede and received a Master at the Berlage Institute, a Postgraduate Laboratory of Architecture in Rotterdam.In 2006, Daan launched Studio Roosegaarde which is an initiative primarily involved in the research and development of interactive installations in collaboration with various material manufacturers, software programmers and other whiz kids, with the goal to create freaky and innovative environments.</br> |
New Media Artist Daan Roosegaarde, studied sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts AKI in Enschede and received a Master at the Berlage Institute, a Postgraduate Laboratory of Architecture in Rotterdam.In 2006, Daan launched Studio Roosegaarde which is an initiative primarily involved in the research and development of interactive installations in collaboration with various material manufacturers, software programmers and other whiz kids, with the goal to create freaky and innovative environments.</br> |
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Studio Roosegaarde is a techno artistic laboratory based in Rotterdam, Netherlands, which has made several internationally acclaimed{{Tate Modern}} interactive artworks such as 4D-Pixel, Dune and Flow 5.0.
Mostly Studio Roosegaarde is well known for its interactive installations which react to sound and motion. Besides its many international shows such as in Hong Kong and Tate Modern London, it functions as a laboratory with own ‘in-house’ productions such as an upcoming Liquid Space 6.0.
Launched by media artist Daan Roosegaarde the lab is currently working on larger scale interactive installations in architecture and public space. Its latest venture is the Sustainable Dance Floor.
Daan Roosegaarde
New Media Artist Daan Roosegaarde, studied sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts AKI in Enschede and received a Master at the Berlage Institute, a Postgraduate Laboratory of Architecture in Rotterdam.In 2006, Daan launched Studio Roosegaarde which is an initiative primarily involved in the research and development of interactive installations in collaboration with various material manufacturers, software programmers and other whiz kids, with the goal to create freaky and innovative environments.
"The work at Studio Roosegaarde explores the dynamic relation between Architecture, people and new media. In this research the sculptures are a materialized collision of technology and the human body. Through the use of new media the sculptures trigger human senses to make a sensual engagement with their environment" Daan Roosegaarde http://www.studioroosegaarde.net/daan_html.php
"For too long, the concept of architecture has been a diluted to encompass a sum of walls, doors and windows. I have always felt a need to make work which could function as an activating mediator" Daan Roosegaarde http://www.slashmagazine.com/?s=roosegaarde
Daan gets inspiration for projects when he travels,Kevin Kelly (executive director of wired magazine) and public spaces where people interact with each other and the environment. Daan invites visitors to becme a participant rather than an observer, human interaction is the key ingredient to his work which shapes the personality and identity of the work. Daan believes it is the inter-connection and fusion between the materials, software and human behaviour that a form begins to arise and observing the constant dialogue between the participant and the installations are key to the development of future installations.
“I remember my first encounter with a Roosegaarde Installation…. It was in 2007 and I had a stressful day at work. I was walking along Maastunnel in Rotterdam in my own little world filled with thoughts and worries about what I had to do that evening. Suddenly I was stopped in my tracks, no longer was I in an endless bleak concrete tunnel with an eternity of boring tiles. But, I was surrounded and immersed in a sea of light, created by (with what looked like) hundreds of glowing wavy wands, almost like bushes of light which lined the hard edged tunnel walls. It was such a magnificent spectacle; I just had to touch it! I slowly moved through the tunnel watching the wands sway as I brushed past them with my body. Then, I noticed that the light was following me, it was amazing and wherever I stood the light would get brighter. I found myself testing it and trying to catch it out by moving to different parts yet still it followed me. Before I knew it I felt like I was performing for it, I laughed out loud, (I didn’t care who was around as I was having fun!) and then the whole installation flickered. It was magical, how did it work? It felt like I was immersed in hundreds of glowing eyes that where watching me and following my movements! Then, unfortunately the reality of having to get home kicked in so I tore myself away and carried on with my journey with a big smile on my face, free from all my worries! I’m looking forward to another Roosegaarde encounter!” Katie Gaudion, London.
Recent Exhibitions & Publications
Studio Roosegaarde's projects have been exhibited at Microwave International New Media Arts Festival Hong Kong, TodaysArt NL, Sculpture Quadrennial 2008 in Riga (LV), Digital Art Lacda L.A. (USA), BIP (Building Interactive Playground) in Italy and many other international cities. Their exhibitions move between art and architecture and are site related artworks of interaction.
One of the most interesting articles came when one of its artworks appeared on the cover of AD during presented at Tate Modern London.
See also: Review, Ottagona Milano, ITA., Review, AtD Beijing, CN. and Review, LAB Ekaterinburg, RUS.
Interactive Projects
| 4D-Pixel is a smart surface which physically reacts to your voice, music and shows relievo letters. The dynamic of the wall is made of hundreds of pixels which react on the dynamic in sound frequencies. | ||
| Dune 4.1 is a public, interactive landscape placed in the Maastunnel for the Rotterdam 2007 City of Architecture. With its upgraded embedded techniques, this enlarged interactive artwork reacts to the sounds and motions of the passers by. | ||
| Flow 5.0 is an interactive landscape made out of hundreds of ventilators which react on your sound and motion. By walking and interacting the visitor creates an illusive landscape of transparencies and artificial wind. Moving through Flow 5.0 the visitor becomes conscious of himself as a collective body, in a dynamic relation with space and technology. |
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| Sustainable Dance Floor is an interactive floor which generates electricity through the movements of the dancing people. This fusion of sustainable innovations uses mechanisms and embedded technologies to harvest energy. | ||
| Liquid Space 6.0 is a 'work in progress' which physically changes its form in relation to human sounds and motion. This interactive fusion of mechanisms, embedded electronics and software will create a real-time dialogue with its visitors. |
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External links
- Official Site
- Microwave
- TodaysArt
- NL TV Documentary about Studio Roosegaarde
- Tate Modern about Studio Roosegaarde
- Engadget about Studio Roosegaarde
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