Monday, October 17, 2016

Material Tendencies: Benjamin Hubert | News | Architonic

<b>At London Design Festival 2016, Architonic caught up with Benjamin Hubert who is particularly interested in material research, technology and innovation in both the physical and digital worlds.</b> <b>Please tell us a few words about your installation „Foil“.</b> Foil is our first piece of public artwork in collaboration with german manufacturer Braun. It is a 20 meter kinetic undulating LED reflecting piece of sculpture, composed of 50,000 mirror-finish stainless steel triangles, which runs the length of the Tapestries Gallery at the V&A. 50,000 points of lights scattered in the space create slowly morphing patterns on the walls and the ceiling, as the panels move. Accompanied by sound, this multi-sensory installation emulates some of the technology performance and engineering of a Braun shaver. The whole experience is about some of the poetry, emotions and mechanics of a shaver. <b>Which material would you choose if you had to restrict yourself to working with just one for the… continue



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