Water art installation

Water projection

Michelle Higa Fox's "Strandlines" creates digital waves that replicate the tide.

Water and light-filled condoms that resemble oversized droplets hang from the ceiling in Spanish studio Luz Interruptus' Rain Interactive installation

For the French, Bordeaux is often dubbed the Paris of the South . This is due in part to its abundant offerings in art and culture. During my most recent stay, I visited two distinct art museums/spaces. Both cater to contemporary art, and help to establish Bordeaux as a valid destination to experie

In Lupanar, an installation by French artist Nicolas Tourte, water flows on a never-ending path over the floor, walls, and ceiling of an art gallery. Displayed in a darkened room, the slithering 130-foot route shows a continuous video loop, which includes the rushing sound of the white-capped waves as they surge across the room.

Photo: Robert McNair for Sunoptic. Mary Ma's Wind Water Wave is a 50 foot long polyester fabric that cascades from the ceiling. This fabric is blown by high powered fans, causing a continuous series of waves that ripple to the ground. Video projectors mounted in the ceiliing light up the fabric with the imagery of moving water recorded on the shore of Lake Ontario. Wind Water Wave was created and installed at 260 King Street West in Kitchener over the month of May 2016 and opened on May 28…

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light is the material of projection, and water the material of reflection--what happens at the moment they collide?

Argentinian artist Leandro Erlich is celebrating the 20th anniversary of "The Swimming Pool", his brilliant site-specific optical illusion art