You Won't Get Wet in This Rain

An art installation is now busy talking to almost everyone in Barbican Center, London, England. In a room that rainwater flowed, but it will not make us soaking wet. Visitors can control the rain fall by simply stepping into the affected part of the rain.

It's raining, but you won't get wet. (Picture from: http://nnake.wordpress.com/)

Raindrops fell completely real water with a total of 100 square meters. The water flowing from the roof of the showroom. As quoted from The Guardian, the artists of Random International, said they want to encourage visitors to get out of their comfort zone.

To get it, there's nothing better than playing with human automatic response and their intuition. One of them with the room's rain. Everyone knows when the rain will make them wet, but this time we must believe if we are going to stay dry.

"Seeing how the unexpected results will look and experiment with the behavior of the world not often seen. Therefore, simulation is one way to encourage us," said Random International spokesman. The Guardian’s, Oliver Wainwright trying to break into the rain. He said that if he felt like a Moses who parted the Red Sea.

"As visitors step up on to the stage, these identical vertical lines of driving rain begin to be repelled, as if each body is giving off a kind of invisible magnetic field. As you step further in, the rain closes around you, enveloping each silhouetted figure in a perfect cylindrical void. It is a startlingly surreal experience." he said.

Behind the magic of each piece is a highly refined piece of technology. The Rain Room is controlled by a series of cameras that 3D-map the location of bodies on the plinth, translating this to a pixelated grid of 25cm x 25cm panels, each of which controls nine outlets – and a total of 2,500 litres of water, falling at a rate of 1,000 litres per minute, which is filtered, treated and recycled.. *** [THE GUARDIAN | SEPTI | PIKIRAN RAKYAT 08112012]

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