This exhibition at The Tate Modern was really eye catching

in #blog3 years ago (edited)

Exhibition name: HYUNDAI COMMISSION
ANICKA YI
IN LOVE WITH THE WORLD

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Location: Turbine hall @ The Tate Modern
The exhibition: The machines are called aerobes and float in the air using tiny fans distributed around balloons. They are based on ocean life and mushrooms.
Artist: Artist Anicka Yi
source: https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/exhibition/hyundai-commission-anicka-yi

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These aerobes float around slowly in the turbine hall as they are controlled by engineers, who were hidden in the corner of the gallery.

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This exhibition nicely married technology, art and biology to create a hypnotic piece that had everyone marvelling at it.