RANDOM INTERNATIONAL – Rain Room

Year – 2012

RANDOM INTERNATIONAL, Rain Room, 2012. Water, injection moulded tiles, solenoid valves, pressure regulators, custom software, 3D tracking cameras, steel beams, water management system, grated floor from 100m2. Exhibited at The Curve, Barbican, London. Courtesy of The Maxine and Stuart Frankel Foundation for Art. Photography by RANDOM INTERNATIONAL

RANDOM INTERNATIONAL, Rain Room, 2012. Water, injection moulded tiles, solenoid valves, pressure regulators, custom software, 3D tracking cameras, steel beams, water management system, grated floor from 100m2. Exhibited as part of Out of Control exhibition at Museum of Contemporary Art Busan, 2019. Photography by Museum of Contemporary Art Busan

Rain Room can be seen as an amplified representation of our environment. Upon entering the installation, visitors are simultaneously exposed to and protected from the water falling all around. Although the sound and smell of the rain are intense, its touch is nonexistent, leaving visitors dry within a continual downpour as they navigate the space. Rain Room was first displayed in 2012 at the Barbican in London and is now in the permanent collections of several art institutions internationally.