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Participatory Curation

Exhibits expand in scale to offer audiences a more interactive experience

Implications - Extending exhibits beyond the comfort of confined spaces, artists are turning to grandiose installations to offer greater interactive appeal. Allowing spectators to become part of the exhibit itself, these art shows reflect a turn towards more physically engaging sources of art and culture.
Trend Themes
1. Participatory Curation - Artists are turning to grandiose installations to offer greater interactive appeal, reflecting a turn towards more physically engaging sources of art and culture.
2. Exploration of Form and Material - The relationship between form and material in architecture is being explored, with an emphasis on timeless techniques resulting in morphing design according to exterior influences.
3. Immersive Installations - Interactive installations are transporting people into different tactile realities, as seen with String Prototype by Numen/For Use.
Industry Implications
1. Art and Culture - The trend towards more physically engaging sources of art and culture is disrupting traditional exhibition practices.
2. Architecture and Design - Exploration of the relationship between form and material is disrupting traditional construction practices.
3. Technology and Photography - New technology, such as Sony's high-zoom cameras, is disrupting traditional viewing experiences by offering unique and interactive opportunities.
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Featured Examples

Rope Matrix Installations
Rope Matrix Installations
String Prototype by Numen/For Use is a Futuristic Interactive Experience
The String Prototype interactive installation will make people feel as though they have just stepped into a computerized matrix. Yet unlike anything envisioned by the blockbuster movies ‘The... MORE
Transparent Labyrinth Installations
Transparent Labyrinth Installations
This See Through Glass Maze's Path Isn't as Clear as its Walls
Part of the bewilderment of a maze is the fact that other than walls, you can’t see anything that’s going on around you; in this glass maze, things are very different. We saw a glass... MORE
Paradoxical Maze Installations
Paradoxical Maze Installations
This Wooden Maze Brings Clarity Instead of Convolution
Danish architecture firm BIG has installed a hollowed wooden maze inside of Washington’s National Building Museum. Visitors are invited to get lost in the concave labyrinth, which is located... MORE
Transitional Finnish Pavilions
Transitional Finnish Pavilions
'The Resilient of Architecture' Exhibit Stands the Test of Time
Architect Anssi Lassila’s contribution to the Venice Architecture Biennale 2014 is titled ‘The Resilient of Architecture,’ and consists of two huts located outside of the Finnish... MORE
Giant Bamboo Installations (UPDATE)
Giant Bamboo Installations (UPDATE)
The Starn Brothers Complete Another Big Bambu Exhibit
The Starn Brothers are an artist duo who have put together massive bamboo exhibitions all over the world, with their latest being in Jerusalem. This is the ninth version of the installation, titled &#... MORE
Lakeshore Art Shows
Lakeshore Art Shows
Sony's Outdoor Art Show Had People in Canoes Try to Spot Waldo on a Canvas
Sony recently set up an unusual outdoor art show in Southwark Lake, literally taking art to new depths. However, the art itself isn’t anything that would go over your head, since the public... MORE

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