Kinetic Rain

In the Singapore Airport, ART+COM created an amazing art installation. “Kinetic Rain” is composed of two parts, each consisting of 608 rain droplets made of lightweight aluminum covered with copper. Suspended from thin steel ropes above the two opposing escalators, each droplet is moved by a computer-controlled motor hidden in the ceiling. The drops follow a 15-minute, computationally designed choreography where the two parts move together in unison, creating an sometimes mirroring, sometimes complementing, and sometimes responding to each other - simply breathtaking!