Creative Technology Research LibrarianGrove
Created by Living Architecture Systems Group in Toronto, Canada , 2021
Open to the public at La Biennale di Venezia, Grove features an undulating canopy of lace-like clouds embedded with liquid-filled glass vessels hovering above a central pool-shaped screen, into which a film, called Grove Cradle, by London-based Warren du Preez and Nick Thornton Jones is projected. The projection pool is surrounded by a forest of columns with embedded custom speakers that carry a multi-channel spatial sound environment.Together, the film and sound environment offer visitors an intense experience of worlds falling into chaos and rising again in new life. Initially conceived as a robustly physical, densely interactive environment, COVID-19 made it clear that a different type of public installation would be required during a global pandemic. The designers looked to ways of creating enhanced physical experiences by utilizing sound and film. The result is a new type of multimedia installation that re-interprets interwoven layers and is constantly transforming.
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Project Website Press ArticleCreated by Living Architecture Systems Group in Toronto, Canada, 2021
Open to the public at La Biennale di Venezia, Grove features an undulating canopy of lace-like clouds embedded with liquid-filled glass vessels hovering above a central pool-shaped screen, into which a film, called Grove Cradle, by London-based Warren du Preez and Nick Thornton Jones is projected. The projection pool is surrounded by a forest of columns with embedded custom speakers that carry a multi-channel spatial sound environment.Together, the film and sound environment offer visitors an intense experience of worlds falling into chaos and rising again in new life. Initially conceived as a robustly physical, densely interactive environment, COVID-19 made it clear that a different type of public installation would be required during a global pandemic. The designers looked to ways of creating enhanced physical experiences by utilizing sound and film. The result is a new type of multimedia installation that re-interprets interwoven layers and is constantly transforming.
