Engage with a village of interactive structures, created by students from the University of Auckland's School of Architecture & Planning. They have been created and built as part of their course work and a key part of the annual Late Night Art in the city centre.
The event will activate a village of nine structures in O'Connell Street on Thursday October 10 from 12pm until 9pm with creative and interactive structures for all ages.
Matt Liggins and Angus Muir | Colour Theory
The Colour Theory teaches the public about the history, knowledge and beauty of the colour wheel. Understanding the colour wheel helps in colour mixing, creating colour palettes, and achieving balance and harmony in various visual compositions.
Rosemary Li & Karl Mendez | Waffling Question
Echoing the current phase of uncertainty like the “#hashtagwishtree” project, this ‘symbol’ series showcases a pixelated "question mark" that vanishes from certain angles, highlighting the value that different perspectives can inspire new opportunities, encouraging resonance and embracing diverse experiences. Proudly sponsored by KP Cabinet
Clare Na | The Festival of Flowers
Step onto the platform to celebrate the 'Festival of Flowers!'. The interactive art installation showcases the performance nature of flowers and invites people to become part of a living art piece, where light, shadow and movement converge to create a mesmerizing performance.
Sahil Tiku | Tapestries of Tamaki – Mapping Aucklanders’ emotive attachments to place and space
Tapestries of Tāmaki seeks to place Aucklanders in the context of the city and land they walk on by placing a flag corresponding to an emotion attached to a memory on a map of the city centre.
Yazan Hatem | Kinetic Linker "Reviving Connections: Redefining Urban Encounters in the Age of Recovery"
Kinetic Linker is a bar leaner installation designed to engage users through kinetic screens that respond to interaction. The screens serve as both a barrier and a bridge, mediating the interaction in a way that feels safe and controlled, yet organic and fluid, encouraging reconnection in post-pandemic spaces.
Runlin (Lin) Cai | Quotidian Chronicles
This interactive installation invites viewers to participate by contributing to a collective object. Viewers are given paper or small mundane objects to share their everyday experiences, creating a communal narrative that reveals shared human connections with the quotidian.
Julia Tang | The Viewfinder
The Viewing Machine invites people to celebrate everyday urban moments, focusing on overlooked aspects of the city.
Leah Jung | Auckland's Pulse
Highlighting the temporal journey of wound to healing and reflecting on the profound impact of social distancing on social relationships, it emphasizes the interconnectedness of the need for healing in individual and collective experiences from the pandemic.
Auckland Architecture School second year students | Towers of Cultures
A group of towers representing each student's different culture will be presented as part of a second-year design class group of students at architecture school tutored by Matt Liggins.
There is plenty more art & action on for Late Night Art 2024, click here to get all the details!
Part of Art Week 2024.
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