Studio Roosegaarde
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Studio Roosegaarde is a techno artistic laboratory based in Rotterdam
, Netherlands
, which has made several
internationally acclaimed interactive artworks such as 4D-Pixel, Dune and Flow 5.0.
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 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. In 2011, it expanded by opening a second studio in Shanghai
, China
.
"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 become 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.
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.
Daan Roosegaarde published his first book Interactive Landscapes in 2010. It features all of his projects to date, including essays on his person and his art.
Rotterdam
Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...
, Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
, which has made several
internationally acclaimed interactive artworks such as 4D-Pixel, Dune and Flow 5.0.
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
Tate Modern
Tate Modern is a modern art gallery located in London, England. It is Britain's national gallery of international modern art and forms part of the Tate group . It is the most-visited modern art gallery in the world, with around 4.7 million visitors per year...
London, it functions as a laboratory with own ‘in-house’ productions such as 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. In 2011, it expanded by opening a second studio in Shanghai
Shanghai
Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
, China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
.
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 become 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 FestivalMicrowave International New Media Arts Festival
Microwave International New Media Arts Festival Microwave International New Media Arts Festival Microwave International New Media Arts Festival (微波國際新媒體藝術節）is a new media art festival based in Hong Kong. It began in 1996 as the annual video art festival for local video art collective Videotage....
Hong Kong, TodaysArt
TodaysArt
TodaysArt is the annual international multidisciplinary modern creativity festival in The Hague, The Netherlands.-Concept:Each year in the end of September, the festival offers a programme at 20 venues in the city centre with more than 200 artists from over 25 countries, all presenting their...
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.
Daan Roosegaarde published his first book Interactive Landscapes in 2010. It features all of his projects to date, including essays on his person and his art.
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. By using interactive technologies Studio Roosegaarde creates a sensual and interactive environment in which dancers are engaged with this Sustainable experience. | ||
| Lotus 7.0 is a living wall composed of smart foils that fold open in response to human behavior. Walking by LOTUS, hundreds of aluminum foils unfold themselves in an organic way; generating transparent voids between private and public. | ||
| Liquid Space 6.0 is an interactive space which physically becomes bigger, smaller and brighter in relation to human behavior. This interactive fusion of mechanisms, embedded electronics, sound and LEDs creates a real-time dialogue with its visitors. In this play of defining and letting go Liquid Space 6.0 evolves its behavior towards the visitors; creating a sensual co-existence. Commissioned by YCAM, Japan. | ||
| Lunar features a series of interactive light objects placed at the Youth division of Mental Health Care GGz in Breda, the Netherlands. Filled with LEDs and interactive technologies, the objects are designed to ‘come to life’ by emitting sounds and color upon detection of children’s touch. | ||
| Intimacy is a fashion project exploring the relation between intimacy and technology. The wearable dresses are composed of leather and smart e-foils. In response to the heartbeat of each person, Intimacy becomes more or less transparent. |
External links
- Official Site
- Interactive Landscapes
- Microwave
- TodaysArtTodaysArtTodaysArt is the annual international multidisciplinary modern creativity festival in The Hague, The Netherlands.-Concept:Each year in the end of September, the festival offers a programme at 20 venues in the city centre with more than 200 artists from over 25 countries, all presenting their...
- YCAM
- Tate Modern about Studio Roosegaarde
- Engadget about Studio Roosegaarde