Studio Roosegaarde
Studio Roosegaarde is a techno artistic laboratory based in Rotterdam, Netherlands, which has made several internationally acclaimed interactive artworks such as Dune, Intimacy 2.0 and Lotus. Launched by artist Daan Roosegaarde, it is well known for its interactive installations that explore the dynamic relation between space, people, and technology. In interaction with Roosegaarde's work, visitors become active participants, passive observers and eventually part of the artwork's identity. Within this dynamic relation between human and technology, the human senses are triggered to create a sensual engagement with their environment, pointing out that technology is not just an extension, but a co-creator of our world.
The studio develops its own technology and has been the focus of many international shows such as in Hong Kong, Tate Modern and Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the Tokyo National Museum. Besides exhibitions in museums, the studio is working on larger scale installations in architecture and public space, such as Sensor Valley in Assen and developing their own ‘in-house’ productions such as Liquid Space 6.1. In 2011 Studio Roosegaarde opened its second studio in Shanghai, China.
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[edit] Daan Roosegaarde
After graduating from sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts (AKI) in Enschede and from a master in architecture at the Berlage Institute in Rotterdam, Daan Roosegaarde wanted to combine disciplines in order to research the possibilities in developing interactive and digital environments. In 2006, Daan Roosegaarde founded Studio Roosegaarde, which has been developing interactive installations in collaboration with various material manufacturers, software programmers and other whiz kids.
"For too long, the concept of space has been a sum of walls, doors and windows. I have always felt a need to make work which could function as an activating mediator" Daan Roosegaarde [1]
Daan's inspiration stems from his many travels and public spaces where people interact with each other and the environment. Daan believes human interaction to be the key ingredient to his work. His Dune and Intimacy are tactile high-tech environments in which viewer and space become one. This connection, established between ideology and technology, results in what Roosegaarde calls “techno-poetry”.[2] He is also known as an innovator and frequent invited lecturer with his motto "Don't Copy-Paste, but Copy-Morph". [3]
[edit] Exhibitions & Commissions
Previous international exhibitions have been shown at Tate Modern London, Victoria and Albert Museum, and Tokyo National Museum. Studio Roosegaarde's special projects have been exhibited at Microwave International New Media Arts Festival Hong Kong, TodaysArt NL, Sculpture Quadrennial 2008 in Riga (LV), Digital Art Lacda L.A. (USA), BIP (Building Interactive Playground) in Italy and many other international cities. Their exhibitions move between art and architecture and are site related artworks of interaction.
Studio Roosegaarde continuously develops interactive design technologies for special events and architecture. Functioning as interactive laboratory, it creates unique projects for specific contexts such as Dune 4.2 for the City of Rotterdam, Singapore, Eindhoven and Stockholm.
[edit] Publications and Press
Roosegaarde's work has been widely published, including Architectural Design, A+U, Bright, Dezeen, Domus, Algemeen Dagblad (AD)and NRC Handelsblad.
In 2010 Daan Roosegaarde published the book Interactive Landscapes in collaboration with NAi Publishers. It features all interactive projects to date, their public effect and the creative process involved in the making. Also interviews with Daan Roosegaarde, about his life, carrier and vision are included as well as an essay of Timo de Rijk, design historian and professor and Adele Chong’s (editor) personal storyline as she travels alongside Daan Roosegaarde.
[edit] External links
- Official Site Studio Roosegaarde
- Book by studio Roosegaarde - Interactive Landscapes
- Official Studio Roosegaarde Facebook
- Microwave
- TodaysArt
- YCAM
- Tate Modern about Studio Roosegaarde
- IMPERICA INTERVIEW WITH ARTIST DAAN ROOSEGAARDE ABOUT HIS LIQUID REALITIES, ARATO ISOZAKI, AND RECENT EXHIBITION IN LONDON
- DESIGN MUSEUM HOLON IN ISRAËL TALKS WITH DAAN ROOSEGAARDE
- Daan Roosegaarde - A Self-Confessed "Pain In The Arse" by Design.nl
- Engadget
