Installation Fever

ODE À LA VIE ON THE SAGRADA FAMILIA

For: the City of Barcelona and the City of Montreal

Where: Barcelona

  Moment Factory was invited by the City of Barcelona and the City of Montreal to create the first sound and light spectacle to be projected on the complex façade of the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona.

Our inspiration : Antoni Gaudi’s dream to see his façade full of colors.

Behind the Magic of Lexus Design Disrupted at New York Fashion Week

From MilkMade.com

One of the highlights of New York Fashion Week was watching the already impressive Coco Rocha transform into a lightning-throwing whirlwind at the Lexus Design Disrupted event. Some things you just have to see to understand, which is why LEGS, the award-winning multimedia studio responsible for heading the project, has just released this 6-minute cut of the presentation for all the poor souls who weren’t able to watch the show in person.

Incredible Light Art | Kinetica Art Fair 2013

25,000 LEDs Illuminate The San Francisco Bay Bridge

Japan's Spectacular Tunnel of Lights

If you happen to be in Japan from now to March 31, 2013, make sure to check out one of Japan's most stunning displays of light called Winter Illuminations at Nabana no Sato, a botanical garden turned light theme park on the island of Nagashima in Kuwana. Opened just yesterday, it's been called one of the best winter light shows in all of Japan. The park really outdoes itself by using millions of sparkling LED lights all over the vast grounds including on the water and in the gardens. This year's theme is "nature" and it promises gorgeous scenes including a beautiful sunrise inspired by Mt. Fuji at dawn, a rainbow across the sky, and even an aurora.

The stars of the show are the famous walk-through tunnels of light that completely envelop the viewer, making it seem as if they're walking through bright, magical portals. As Joanna Tocher of Wide Island View said, "if you can shut out the noise of the hundreds of people around you it really does feel like you’re stepping into another world."

Below are some photos taken in year's past of the gorgeous light tunnels as well as on the grounds. (Bucket list!)

TALKING TREES EMERGE IN SYDNEY'S HYDE PARK!

FROM THE CREATOR'S PROJECT

The installation took place in Sydney’s Hyde Park at nightfall as part of the Art & About festival and featured projected faces telling onlookers about the park’s history as a place of protest. Because if you’re going to learn some history a talking tree is a fine way to do it—better than, say, a talking human.

Kraftwerk – Retrospective 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

April 10–17, 2012

The Donald B. and Catherine C. Marron Atrium, second floor

Over eight consecutive nights, MoMA presents a chronological exploration of the sonic and visual experiments of Kraftwerk with a live presentation of their complete repertoire in the Museum's Marron Atrium. Each evening consists of a live performance and 3-D visualization of one of Kraftwerk's studio albums—Autobahn(1974), Radio-Activity (1975), Trans-Europe Express (1977), The Man-Machine (1978), Computer World (1981), Techno Pop (1986),The Mix (1991), and Tour de France (2003)—in the order of their release. Kraftwerk will follow each evening’s album performance with additional compositions from their catalog, all adapted specifically for this exhibition. This reinterpretation showcases Kraftwerk’s historical contributions to and contemporary influence on global sound and image culture. Read more

All performances are SOLD OUT

Kraftwerk – Retrospective 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Performance Schedule

Tuesday, April 10, 8:30 p.m. 1 – Autobahn (1974)  Wednesday, April 11, 8:30 p.m.  2 – Radio-Activity (1975)  Thursday, April 12, 8:30 p.m.  3 – Trans Europe Express (1977)  Friday, April 13, 10:00 p.m.  4 – The Man-Machine (1978)  Saturday April 14, 8:30 p.m.  5 – Computer World (1981)  Sunday, April 15, 8:30 p.m.  6 – Techno Pop (1986)  Monday, April 16, 8:30 p.m.  7 – The Mix (1991)  Tuesday, April 17, 10:00 p.m.  8 – Tour de France (2003)

L'Odysse De Cartier - Epic 3 Minute Commercial

via The Coolhunter

Chocolatier Creates Playable Chocolate Record 

Watch how they did it here.

From Oddity Central:

A collaboration between a talented chocolatier and Scottish band FOUND, this chocolate record can be considered the sweetest release of all time.

Chocolatier Ben Milne met FOUND members, Ziggy and Tommy, a couple of years ago, and they’ve become good friends, so when Ben approached them about doing something together in the shape of a chocolate record, it’s safe to to say they were pretty excited. But while the idea sounded pretty good in theory, it turned out pretty difficult to accomplish. At first, the Fife-based chocolate master went off and bought a 7″ single vinyl and covered it with melted chocolate, but that didn’t turn out very well, and he soon realized he had actually created the opposite of a record. Then he tried making a mold of the record and casting the chocolate vinyl from that, but he still couldn’t get the desired audio quality.

By this time, FOUND’s record company got really excited about this chocolate record, and they got PR companies involved, and Ben was just thinking his idea wasn’t going to work and he was going to let everybody down. As a last resort, he decided to ask the label to provide him with a template they use to press the actual vinyl, only use chocolate instead. That idea proved a winner, and when he played the first one to FOUND, the two members looked pretty impressed.

The Faberge Big Egg Hunt!

Stumbled upon this ingenious charity idea where artists design giant eggs to be hidden across Central London in efforts to raise money for the Elephant Family and Action for Children. 

About

The Big Egg Hunt is a plan hatched by Elephant Family and Action for Children for a record-breaking egg hunt across Central London to raise money for these two egg-cellent causes!

Over 200 uniquely crafted eggs, created by leading artists, designers, architects and jewellers, are be hidden across the capital. Gather your family and friends and join the hunt, for a truly original and interactive eggsperience! With so many eggs to find, grab your zone map and get the clues that will test even the savviest of Sherlocks!

The Charities

RGB Murals Use Colored Light Filters To Create Beautiful Optical Illusions

From The Creator's Project:

Carnovsky is a creative duo comprised of two Milan based artists, Francesco Rugi and Silvia Quintanilla. Their latest project RGB looks at image creation through a new lens. Each of the RGB images are made up of three layers represented by primary colors.

This starting image is discombobulating and difficult to read. Lines blend together into a rainbow swirl and it’s hard to grasp exactly what you are meant to be seeing. But by applying different primary colored filters to the room, using either filtered lightbulbs or transparent material, a different color in the mural will “pop” and rise to the surface, distinguishing a unique layer from the others. The images revealed are anatomical drawings of the human body or old scientific drawings of animal and plant life, each rising and receding into the foreground depending on the colors at play.