Audience Participation: CLOUD

CLOUD is a large-scale interactive installation by Calgary-based artist Caitlind Brown for the arts festival Nuit Blanche in Calgary. Created out of 6,000 donated burnt out light bulbs, CLOUD invites the viewer to wander through a rain of pull strings switching on and off lights. By manipulating the sculpture audiences activate CLOUD’s inner sphere animating light bulbs and creating the illusion of lightning on the cloud’s surface.

Eric Whitacre, Composer

Browsing through Stumbleupon, which has become my newest obsession, I found a TED talk (which is another fantastic obsession of mine) on Eric Whitacre, a composer. I watched this video and thought it was amazing, sound art-esque that includes audience participation?! Yes, please!
This video is a must see!
http://www.ted.com/talks/eric_whitacre_a_virtual_choir_2_000_voices_strong.html

What Interests Me ...

Im really interested in public art that involves the audience. Last year in our Globalization class I covered the 2004 Sydney Biennale. I loved Cecilia Costa's piece called Pli. It was all about audience participation. I also found an great installation audience participation piece on stumbleupon by Yoyoi Kusama. This is something that I would love to explore further.

Another interest of mine is turning everyday items in art, I found these sculptures on stumbleupon as well by Jennifer Maestre.