As part of the 2015 Venice Art Biennale, design firm Studio DRIFT created 'In 20 Steps', a kinetic installation comprising thin glass bars that moved like wings. The forty bars were arranged in pairs and suspended from the ceiling so that their brass-tipped ends met. This connection point acted as a pivot for each of the pairs, with invisible plastic wire creating the illusion of them hanging in space. The wires were attached to an electronic system that lengthened and shortened them to create a

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“Murmuring Minds” is a new interactive performance installation from DRIFT on view now at LUMA Arles as part of the studio’s current exhibition there, “Living Landscape.” The installation “Murmuring Minds” has been in development for the last three years, and explores the intricate patterns governing movement and processes in nature. Within the space, sixty autonomously-moving rectangular blocks act as a swarm, executing specific behaviors. As the audience engages with the installation, “Murmuri