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WhiteOut by SpaceOperaForm
Designer Alex Suarez of Amsterdam and Los Angeles studio SpaceOperaForm has created an installation at a former salt factory in Hallein, Austria, comprising translucent panels that react to the static charge of visitors.
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Called WhiteOut, the installation consists of parallel panels made of thermally-bonded polypropylene filaments, suspended from the ceiling.
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The screens move apart in response to the static charge of visitors walking between them, returning to their positions once people have passed.
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Here's a little text from the designers:
WhiteOut is deployed as a series of sequential dividers along the aged wood beams of the Hallein Salt Factory, Austria.
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Suspended, lightweight and nebulous, the installation is a floating mass, exploring the phenomenological and visual affects of extreme weather conditions.
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Movement though the passages is a reactive experience as the dividers 'inflate/deflate' to the body's static repletion - the width of the passages varies from 30cm to 90cm.
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Installation
Hallein Salt Factory, Austria
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150 x 1.5 meters
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