Starting in July, United Visual Artists will take over a room of the National Maritime Museum in London and turn it into an Arctic wonderland in a new exhibition called High Arctic— a response to a trip Matt Clark took with Cape Farewell to the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard last September.Rather than just replicate the inside of your fridge by making it a frozen wasteland, UVA have abstracted the glaciers and frosted landscapes into white towers of differing heights, the blocky forms taking inspiration from Lego bricks, formed in to little islands to create an otherworldly archipelago. The unearthly mood is further enhanced by speakers embedded in the glacier structures that play a fragmented poem by author Nick Drake.Visitors navigate their way through this ethereal land using ultraviolet torches that trigger projections in their reaching beams. Cameras on the roof track the torches and projections, and when visitors come across a pool area an animation is activated. The projections are soundtracked by a generative soundscape created by Max Eastley and Henrik Ekeus. The overall effect will be to create an immersive sensory experience, where up to 70 people can wander about on an audiovisual Arctic adventure.Photos courtesy of National Maritime Museum[via Wired]
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UVA Recreates The Arctic In London Museum
Using sound, ultraviolet torches, and pools of animation, the visual sorcerers will abstract the icy landscapes of the North Pole into a room in South London.