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"Audience" Installation wins award at Ars Electronica

rAndom international — Wed, 27 May 2009 15:48:22 +0000

We're pleased to anounce that our Audience installation has been awarded an honourable mention in the Interactive Art category of the Prix Ars Electonica 2009.

A new iteration of Audience will be shown by Carpenters Workshop Gallery during this year's Design Miami // Basel event in Switzerland from June 9 to June 14 2009.

rAndom International for PHILIPS Lumiblade / Superstudio Piu / Milan 2009

rAndom international — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:10:51 +0000

rAndom International was commissioned by Royal Philips Electronics' Lumiblade division to create an interactive installation that unlocks the creative potential of their next generation OLED technology. With the opportunity to work with thousands of OLEDs straight from their lab, we started this project by creating "You fade to light", the worlds first OLED media wall. Fascinated by the beautiful mirror finish quality of the individual OLED modules we developed an installation that allows the viewer in front of it to engage with the light in a physical way. The wall is reflecting the person in front of it and then subtly fades their mirror image into light.

The ultra-thin Lumiblade wall is on show at a special exhibit at Superstudio Piú in Zona Tortona in Milan from 22 – 27 April.

A special thanks to Kristin Knappstein and the brilliant team at Lumiblade.
"You fade to light" - OLED Installation from rAndom International on Vimeo.

by rAndom International for Philips Lumiblade, with software by Chris O'Shea.

rAndom in Milan @ Superstudio Piu

rAndom international — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 15:24:51 +0000

rAndom has been working on a large, brand new media installation in Milan's Superstudio Piu from April 22 to April 27. Watch this space for more details or go here to register.

London / Berkeley Square

rAndom international — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 14:46:40 +0000

rAndom's first permanent installation in London is currently going up in the new Regus building in Berkeley Square House. The installation has been curated by Artwise curators and the architecture is by Barr Gazetas. Find a sneak preview below and visit us in May for full project details.

Photography by Sebastien Pons.

"Mirrors" - Wave animation test from rAndom International on Vimeo.

by rAndom International for REGUS, Berkeley Square. Curated by Artwise Curators

rAndom in Paris

rAndom international — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 14:38:51 +0000

Chi Chi Menendez from french collective La Clique invited us to Paris beginning of April to give a talk and demonstrate some work. The evening was curated by Natalie Kovacs and took place in the beautifully located Pop Up bar in the center of town...

London / British Library

rAndom international — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 15:24:00 +0000

We have designed the interactive features of the forthcoming Henry VIII: Man And Monarch exhibition by David Starkey. It will be opening to the public on April 23 and be running throughout the summer. Full details to follow here in May.

AUDIENCE at the Royal Opera House

rAndom international — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:24:06 +0000

Audience is an installation conceived by rAndom International in collaboration with Chris O'Shea and consists of around 64 head-size mirror objects. Each object moves its head in a particular way to give it different characteristics of human behaviour. Some chat amongst themselves, some shy away and others confidently move to grab your attention.

When members of the audience enter the perimeter of the installation, the mirrors inquisitively follow someone that they find interesting. Having chosen their subject, they all synchronise and turn their heads towards them. Suddenly that person can see their reflection in all of the mirrors. They will watch this person until they become disinterested, then either seek out another subject or return to their private chatter. The collective behaviour of the objects is beyond the control of the viewer, as it is left entirely to their discretion to let go of their subject, with the installation aiming to reverse the roles of the viewer and the viewed during this in-voluntary interaction. Will other members of the audience experience the sensation of being ignored or excluded when they are not the centre of attention? Would the installation create a feeling of un-ease and unsettlement? The intention was to start taking interaction with an installation further away from the screen or media wall and introduce it into a more physical, three-dimensional space, and to begin to investigate if machines can evoke diverse emotional reactions with the simplest of means. Audience was shown from September 12-14 at the Royal Opera House in London. The project will be presented in detail in London on November 15, 2008 at the BFI Southbank during the onedotzero festival and part of an edition of This Happened.

Royal Opera House: Audience. from rAndom International on Vimeo.

Royal Opera House - Audience: "Man in pink" from rAndom International on Vimeo.

Nowhere / Now here: LABORAL Centro de Arte

rAndom international — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:40:57 +0000

A new pendulum installation by rAndom International is currently on show at the LABoral Centro de Arte in Gijon / Spain. Nowhere/Now/Here, an exhibition curated by the creative partnership of Roberto Feo and Rosario Hurtado (El Último Grito) challenges the perception of design by questioning our relationship with the environment. Taking the viewpoint that our environment has become part of us rather than us being part of it, as its point of departure, Nowhere/Now/ Here encourages us to see design as an integral component of the world-shaping process. For further information go to > LABoral, more images on this website are coming soon.

"Audience" at the Royal Opera House London, Sept 12-14

rAndom international — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 09:49:09 +0000

We are in the finishing stages of building "Audience", a new installation that will premiere on September 12th, 2008 at Wayne McGregor's Deloitte Ignite Festival at the Royal Opera House in London. As a complement to the installation, McGregor has choreographed a short piece. For the development of the interactive aspects of "Audience" rAndom International are working with designer Chris O'Shea.

The Deloitte Ignite Festival will feature new works by Blast Theory, Julian Opie, Scanner and others. It is free but visitors will need to register for tickets. The festival runs from Friday, September 12th 10AM through to Sunday, September 14th, 5PM. We are looking forward to seeing you there.

WE HAVE MOVED.

rAndom international — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:57:58 +0000

After 3 brilliant years in Brixton we have packed up and moved to a bigger space up in Hoxton. We are now here.