At OCT LOFT in Shenzhen, Twirl Tower by Daxing Jizi Design turns collective movement into a shared urban experience through a system of rotating tiers.
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San Francisco-based studio FUTUREFORMS explores the concept of digital craft through computational design, transforming algorithms into immersive public art installations. Projects such as Orbital in San Francisco and Weatherscape in El Paso demonstrate how digital fabrication, environmental forces and interactive design can redefine contemporary public space.
Installed at the highest point of Lauritzen Gardens’ renewed Children’s Garden, Chorus Ventus by NEON is a kinetic sculpture inspired by the tallgrass prairie of North America. Composed of 151 curved steel tubes and flexible rods tipped with coloured bells, the installation responds to wind and human interaction to create a subtle choreography of movement and sound. The artwork merges ecological storytelling, durable engineering and landscape design to form a playful landmark visible from afar while offering visitors a contemplative viewpoint above the gardens.
Vietnamese artist TIA Thủy Nguyễn discusses Resurrection and Unity, exploring transformation, craft traditions, and public art in Hanoi.
This longform essay examines the work of Christo and Jeanne-Claude through the lens of impermanence, beginning with Valley Curtain and tracing their use of fabric, scale, and process to redefine art as a temporary experience rather than a permanent object. Exploring their philosophy of artistic freedom, self-funded practice, and engagement with landscape and public space, the article reflects on how disappearance, rather than endurance, became the defining force of their legacy.
An in depth essay on Daxing Jizi Design and how light based installations reshape emotional experience in contemporary Chinese cities.
An essay on Janet Echelman’s public art, exploring radical softness, climate data, and resilience in contemporary urban space.
In Rennes, during the summer of 2014, a giant red sphere appeared as if the city had briefly held its breath. Inflated to roughly 4.5 metres in diameter and weighing
The most enduring longform writing on artists does not simply recount a career. It renders a way of living visible. It traces how attention accumulates over time, how decisions made
In Dun’ao Village, in Xiangshan County near Ningbo, rice fields sit inside a gentle basin of low hills. The place name carries a clue. The character “岙” (ào) evokes a
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