Science has done a lot to assert humanity's power over natural phenomena, from medical miracles to massive feats of civil engineering, but no amount of science can trump gravity; that's a task best left to these floating art installations. Whereas science is rooted in practicality and the proven, art has no limits, meaning that, with enough creativity, gravity is a mere trifle.
Floating art installations can be purely whimsical, as is the case with the floating origami installation or gravity-defying street art in this series. However, the suspended motif can also have more serious themes. For example, 'Head in the Clouds' is an interactive cloud installation that is a critique on people's overuse of mobile devices and technology, arguing that their disconnect from reality is like having one's head in the clouds.
27 Floating Art Installations
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Pastel-Hued Textured Patisseries
This Spanish Patisserie Boasts a Mesmerizing Ceiling
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Suspended Skeleton Art
This Exhibit at the Baltimore Museum Features Fake Baiji Dolphin Bones
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Whimsical Handmade Chandeliers
Yehudalight's Suspended Lamps Feature Hand-Blown Glass Elements
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Overhead Ribbon Installation
This Cultural Ribbon Art is Suspended Over a Jazz Stage in Mall Palza
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Thin Sculptural Lighting
The U-light by Axo Light Looks Like a Practical Take on Wire Art
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Suspended Floral Gardens
Rebecca Louise Law's Bikini Berlin Installation is Striking and Sensory
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Interactive Cloud Installations
This Cloud Display Provides a Relaxing Escape for Festival Goers
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Floating Anime Ships
The 'Castle in the Sky' Installation in Tokyo Celebrates Studio Ghibli's Work
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Fantastical Raw Sculptures
Lauren Gallaspy Explores Vulnerable Imbalance in Her Work
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Suspended Origami Street Art
Mademoiselle Maurice Outdoor Installations are Made Using Paper
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Suspended Garden Installations
Karolina Maszkiewicz Encourages Guests to Enjoy Nature Artistically
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Suspended Origami Art
These Suspended Origami Pieces Come Together to Form a Flock of Birds
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Gravity-Defying Street Art
These Installations Put a Twist on Commonly Seen Street Clutter
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Technicolored Branch Installations
This Emanuelle Moreaux Project Features Hanging Elements
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Cascading Lightning Sculptures
These Magnificent Light Accessories Hang Beneath Mall Lights
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Metallic Ballooon Art
Argentinean Artist Tomas Saraceno Has Transformed Paris' Grand Palais
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Floating Forest Installations
Michael Neff Turns Abandoned Christmas Trees into Magical Art
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Interactive Motion Installations
The Lumibolic Electroluminescent Wire Sculpture Moves to Sound
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Digital Dome Installations
teamLab's Immersive Installation is Set in an Ethereal Enviroment
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Floating Box Installations
The 'Flying Boxes' Display Appears to Be Magically Floating in the Air
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Upcycled Architecture Exhibits
This Exibit at the Venice Biennale Uses 100 Tons of Recycled Waste
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Luminescent Web Sculptures
The Niemeyer Center Showcases Carlos Corona's Geometric Light Designs
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Activist Balloon Art
This Artist's Work is a Metaphor on Economic Separation in His Nation
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White Dandelion Sculptures
This Sculptural Installation Was Made from Over 3,000 Glass Orbs
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Luminescent Orb Sculptures
'Onformative' Created a Sphere Sculpture That Reacts to Light & Sound
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Cloud-Like Umbrella Displays
This Non-Traditional Ceiling is Created Using 1,100 White Umbrellas
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Insect Lightbulb Installations
This Musical Crystal Exhibit is Part of the London Design Festival
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AI-Generated Real-World Transformations
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Self-Operating Sand Artwork Tables
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Well-Appointed Floating Tiny Homes
The 'Fang Song' Floating Tiny Home is Solar-Powered
AI-Inspired Digital Art Programs
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Origami-Inspired Sleek Cabins
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Floating Marble Cosmic Clocks
Zanwen Li Designs the Mobius Calendar Clock with Two Marbles
Shapeshifting Outer Space Hotels
The Acromnia Orbital Hotel Imagines Life in Space
Blurry Abstract Photography Exhibits
Hiroshi Sugimoto Displays the Optical Allusion Exhibition
Sophisticated Upcycled Home Sculptures
Origin Made Boasts the Exquisite Barco Basket Sculptures
Dazzling Art Design Exhibitions
Kiki Goti Showcases the Selene Exhibition at Alcova
Statement Street Art
Alex Chinneck’s Surreal Street Art Transforms Bristol's Urban Landscape
Commemorative Art Installations
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Flax Fiber Floating Homes
The Conceptual 'Blue Nomad' Floating Home is Sustainable
Nature-Reconnecting Art Installations
Birkenstock Presents the Highwood Installation
Psychedelic Sculptural Art Installations
The Frank Stella: Recent Sculpture Exhibition Opens in NY
Terracotta-Inspired Art Installations
Gornace Brioni's Grounded Exhibition Features Wall Coverings
Colorful Educational Art Installations
Mario Cucinella Architects Displays Sparking Change
Air-Purifying Tree Sculptures
The 'Tree.ONE' From the ecoLogicStudio is Naturalistic
Stunning Origami Portraits
João Charrua's Creations are Intricate and Eye-Catching
Dream-Adorned Mosaic Benches
Kite and Alisha B Wormsley Create a Range of Cosmologyscape Benches
Colorfully Inflatable Art Installations
This Year's BlowUp Art The Hague Marks its Third
Origami-Inspired Lit Table Concepts
Sonakshi Gupta Designs the Dynamic LightUP Concept
Illuminated Suspended Installations
Melek Zeynep Bulut Designed the Large-Scale Duo Suspension
Vibrant Inclusive Playground Exhibitions
Wade and Leta Presents the Falling Into Place Exhibition
Monolithic Sound Installations
Torkwase Dyson Debuted Birds and Lava (Scott Joplin) in St Louis
Intricate Lighting Sculptures
Objects of Common Interest Creates the Lights on Installation
Texture-Highlighting Design Exhibitions
The Second Material Matters Launches in London
Immersive Hotel Art Installations
The St. Regis Venice Introduces 'Terrazza 365º Azzarret'
Orb Lighting Installations
Teamlab's Mangrove Island is an Innovative Display of Lights and Color
Curved Translucent Experimental Apartments
NEUHÄUSL HUNAL Designs the Sculptor's Apartment
Concept-Driven Public Art Installations
Ivan Toth Depeña Unveils Photon/s in Downtown Charlotte
Japanese Garden-Inspired Offices
Flooat Designs the Mitsui & Co Office Space in Tokyo
Perception-Challenging Art Exhibitions
Raise the Moral Studio Presents the Becoming Familiar Show
Concrete Meditation Spaces
Tadao Ando Builds a Meditation Space for a Museum in South Korea
Thought-Provoking Interactive Installations
Daniel Iregui Presents the Antibodies Installation
Origami-Inspired Steel Art Sculptures
Jyhling Lee Created the Stainless Steel Reflector Sculpture
Forgotten Theme-Park Art Exhibitions
Luna Luna Presents the Forgotten Fantasy Exhibition in LA
Geometric Wooden Art Sculptures
Aleph Geddis Creates the Series of Dimensional Wooden Art
Climate Change-Informed Cloth Calendars
Miya Ando's Installation is Titled 'Flower Atlas'
Wonderous Art Installations
Olafur Eliasson’s 'Your Psychoacoustic Light Ensemble' is Immersive
Playful Public Seating Designs
The London Festival of Architecture Boasts a Series of Seats
Kilometer-Long Museums
Junya Ishigami Introduces the Zaishui Art Museum Along a Lake
Water Movement Sculptural Instruments
The Inner Waves Installation is a Musical Light Show
Accessible Space Travel Systems
This Space Elevator Concept by Jordan William Hughes is Wondrous
Collectible Circular Design Exhibitions
Isola Presents Nothing Happens if Nothing Happens
Intergalactic-Inspired Lifestyle Products
The Spacio Collection is Made up of Everyday Objects
Suspended Origami-Like Lighting
The Sora Light by Fung + Bedford for Frandsen is Artistic
Sizable Chair Installations
Martino Gamper Presents His Sitzung Project in Munich
Productive Mood Lighting Designs
Teixeira Design Studio Presents Moody Lighting for Gantri
Swooped Museum Roof Planes
BIG Designs the Waterfront Suzhou Museum of Contemporary Art
Origami-Inspired Suspended Lights
Fung + Bedford Creates the Sora Pendant Light for Frandsen
Interactive Kinetic Sculptures
This Dynamic Sculpture Takes Its Cue From Tide and Wind Data
Intricate Fiber Art Exhibitions
Threadwork: Women Redefining Fiber Arts Opens at Saatchi
Artful Suspended Fashion Exhibitions
Arran Gregory Presents the Invisible Figures Series
Repurposed Brick Public Furniture
Akasaki Vanhuyse's FLOAT Bench is Intriguing & Eco-Friendly
Bright Whimsical Home Accessories
Blue Balcony Design Studio Delivers a Range of Vibrant Decor
Community-Centric Art Galleries
The Tableau Gallery Will Host a Roster of Designe
Sensory Explorative Art Exhibitions
Chromasonic Presents the Making Sense of Color Exhibition
Futuristic Totemic Lighting Series
Jeremy Anderson Designs a Set of Floor Lamps for Space Relics
Subterranean Courtyard Galleries
Buzz Designs the Hermit Space Yards in Beijing Park
Origami-Inspired Solar Panels
Sego Innovations Develops a New Foldable and Portable Solar Panel
Immersive Art-Technology Installations
WNDR Museum Boston Will Feature 20 Exhibitions
Digital City-Inspired Art Works
New Digital Art is on Display in Grand Central Station
Music Festival Fabric Installations
Do Lab Created a Range of Fabric Mushrooms at Coachella
Ethereal Oil Lamp Systems
The TIWA Gallery is Beautifully Lit up by A Realm of Light
Paper-Inspired Artful Museums
Bjarke Ingels Group Designed the Museum for Papirkunst
Seasonal Interactive Fashion Installations
Yoshihisa Tanaka Highlights Washi Paper for SS24
Experimental Biomaterial Art Exhibitions
Copenhagen Contemporary Opens the Reset Materials Show
Mesmerizing Sculpture Exhibitions
Dan Lam Showcases Her Fourth Solo Exhibition Tiled Cosmic Shake
Accessibility-Enhancing Public Art Installations
Isometric Studio Presents Cloud Swing
Intersecting Dimensional Art Sculptures
Amy Cushing and Lara Sparey Present DIORAMA
Colorful Patterned Infinity Exhibitions
Yayoi Kusama Presents I Spend Each Day Embracing Flowers
Architecture-Inspired Home Sculptures
Origin Made Spotlights the Spiral and Flight Sculptures
Interactive Weaved Jacquard Installations
A Team of Designers Create the Dung Dkar Cloak Project
Mountaintop Cantilevered Residences
Alejandro Vazquez Designs the Levitar House on a Mountain
Organic Sculptural Furniture Exhibitions
Gallery Fumi Hosts the Growth + Form Exhibition in London
Cloister-Style Sculptural Galleries
Axel Vervoordt and Tatsuro Miki Design the Meridiano
Immersive Light Art Installations
Olafur Elisson Presents Your Psychoacoustic Light Ensemble
Spiral-Inspired Minimal Benches
Verónica Mar Designs the Minimal Soul Sculpture Bench
Origami-Inspired Playful Magnetic Blocks
Artur Tikhonenko Designs the Trido Building Blocks
Ambient Atmospheric Music Exhibitions
Brian Eno Presents a New Show at the Paul Stolper Gallery
Outdoor Floral Sculpture Installations
These Sculptures at Kew Gardens Are Made by Marc Quinn
CD-Comprised Towering Art Sculptures
Tara Donovan Presents Her Stratagems Exhibition in New York
Tech-Forward Contemporary Art Exhibitions
SPACES Was Organized by HOFA Gallery and PhillipsX
Natural Japanese Art Galleries
Brazil's Yayoi Kusama Gallery Features a Nature-Inspired Design
Crystalline Chinese Museum Buildings
The 'Space Crystal' Building Looks Like An Otherworldly Rock
Self-Designed Exhibition Spaces
Kiki & Joost Adds a New Installation Space to Eindhoven Studio
Artful Climate-Themed Installations
Michael Pinsky & Studio Bark Unveil the Making a Stand Design
Mesmerizing Fluid Art Installations
Dutch Invertuals Creates the Flow Fountain Installation
Floating-Style Classroom Designs
Ennead Architects & Rockwell Group Completes the Bloomberg Center
Metal-Wrapped Exhibition Spaces
Trace Architecture Office Creates a Structural Steel Wrap
Artful Garden Inflatable Spheres
Nic Brundson Designs the (This is) Air Project in Melbourne
Artful Reflective Art Exhibitions
Rice Roshan Showcases The Space in Between Exhibit
Live-In Art Gallery Homes
Casa Galeria is a Home That Doubles as an Art Gallery
Sound-Interactive Art Installations
Yuri Suzuki Creates the Arborhythm Outdoor Art Installation
Futile Material Design Exhibitions
Objective Gallery Presents Please Sit for an Alternate Ending
Tree Branch-Formed Lighting Series
Jérôme Pereira Presents the Celestial Attraction Show
Painting-Immersive Photo Exhibits
Abelardo Morell Presents the New Ground Exhibition
Rotating Solar Powered Benches
ENESS Launches a Spinning Whimsical Bench Installation
Festive Light Painting Techniques
NASA Astronauts Creates Captivating Light Paintings
Creative Sun Safety Installations
Giant Beach Installation is a Reminder to Practice Sun Safety
Destructive Nature Art Exhibitions
Keita Miyazaki Unveils the Keita Miyazaki Exhibition
Perforated Light-Passing Art Installations
The Volvo Circle Pavilion Uses Tyvek Facades
Sculptural Wooden Art Exhibitions
Joel Shapiro Presents His Out of the Blue Exhibition in NY
Hanging Portal-Like Art Installations
Melek Zeynep Bulut Designs the Suspended Duo Installation
Vibrant Public Art Installations
Rico Gatson's Installation Brings Life to Penn Station
Technology Connection Art Exhibitions
Design Agency Here Unveils the Code/Craft/Chaos Exhibition
Rice-Centric Outdoor Installations
Carlo Ratti Associati and Italo Rota Present Sunrice
Inflated Design Classroom Spaces
Noberto Miranda Designs the Inflatable Intermittent Dome
Office-Themed Metallic Installations
Crosby Studios Forms a Pop-Up Exhibition for The Frankie Shop
Human Connection Design Exhibitions
VERSO Presents the No Discipline Solo Exhibition
Artfully Rotating Glass Pillars
Sebine Marcelis Created the Panorama Pillars in Atlanta
Artist-Dedicated Gallery Spaces
Instituto Inhotim Recently Unveiled Galeria Yayoi Kusama in Brazil
Boundless Art Exhibitions
The Frameless Experience Showcases Iconic Art Beyond Reality
Curvaceous Floating Illusion Furniture
Fantin Tapped Designers to Create the Wave Collection
Large-Scale Pink-Fabric Art Installations
Ibrahim Mahama Designs the Purple Hibiscus Installation
Immersive Space Exhibitions
‘Beyond the Light’ Immerses Guests in NASA’s Scientific Discoveries
Recycled Ship Sail Pavilions
The Breeze Installation is Installed at Chart Art Fair
Natural Material-Transformed Artworks
Borrowed Earth Collaborative Uses Natural Materials for Art
Paper-Like Art Museum Roofs
BIG Expands the Museum for Paper Art in Denmark with a Folded Roof
Dynamic Interactive Lighting Installations
Zava Designs a New Light and Metal Installation
Maze-Inspired Performance Spaces
Ma Yansong Designs the City of Time Installation in China
Ice Block-Formed Pavilions
BIAD Creates the Ceremonial Falling Hours Pavilion for Visitors
Immersive Balloon Experiences
The Balloon Story Pop-Up Event is Whimsical and Imaginative
Lightning-Inspired Artful Exhibitions
Ugo Rondinone Presents the Bright Light Shining Installation
Feng Shui-Inspired Home Devices
Yoojin Chung Presents Her Capturing Qi Graduation Project
Recycled Molecular Lighting
LightArt Unveils its Clear Coil Collection Made from Waste Materials
Permanent London Art Installtions
Yayoi Kusama Presents Her Infinite Accumulation Piece
Dual Level Concrete Galleries
Morphosis Designs the Crow Museum of Asian Art in Dallas
Artful Cartoonish Canal Bridges
Artist Frankey Installs the Canal Skybridge in Amsterdam
Art Center Sweeping Canopies
Kengo Kuma & Associates Extend the Centro de Arte Moderna Gulbenkian
Hopeful Design Installations
Annemoon Geurts Presents the Evolving Harmony Exhbition
Water Flow-Inspired Art Buildings
MAD Designs the Waterfront Nanhai Arts Center in Guangdong
Artful Dockside Installations
London Festival of Architecture Gets Benches for Pews and Perches
Historic Contemporary Sculptural Artwork
The New KAWS:HOLIDAY Lands in Indonesia for its 10th Stop
Immersive Breeze Houses
Alya Ola Abbas' Design Was Installed for Dubai Design Week 2023
Contemporary Permanent Art Displays
Cj Hendry Introduces the HOOPS Tree Installation in Miami
Artfully Balanced Chair Concepts
The Halfway Serious Chair Concept Balances Two Eggs