The organisers behind Public, Britain's first participatory art gallery, have announced that it will be opening on June 28. Designed by avant garde architect, Will Alsop, the incredible building will house both permanent and visiting collections of exclusively interactive art. No standing and chin-stroking here. From the release:
Public Gallery is a dynamic space with no vertical walls, and incorporates dizzying drops, a glade of steel trees carrying responsive foliage, digital waterfalls, flying avatars, labyrinthine paths and sound tunnels, alongside two temporary exhibition spaces which will see a changing programme of work by internationally renowned artists.
Among the opening exhibits will be a piece called Flypad from UK collective, Blast Theory, whose work with alternative reality gaming concepts has featured on this site before.
Flypad creates a thrilling, collaborative experience for up to eleven players, who create their own 3D avatars. By stepping onto their Flypad they take off, diving and flying in the gallery's central atrium, with the aim of swapping as many limbs and skins by colliding and holding other players.
And you thought the Tate's giant slide was a neat idea...
Photo: Graham Peet
