DRIFT is presenting Living Landscape, featuring two interactive artworks, at LUMA Arles. To celebrate the exhibition’s opening, the artist duo performed a drone show, Electric Sky, above the museum’s Frank Gehry-designed tower. The drones mimicked movements from Van Gogh’s paintings, using a swarming algorithm against the night sky. This performance complements the Fondation Vincent van Gogh Arles exhibition, Van Gogh and the Stars, marking the return of “Starry Night” to Arles after 136 years.
Living Landscape includes two installations, Murmuring Minds and Coded Nature, which explore swarming behavior to showcase the visible and invisible aspects of nature. Ralph Nauta, co-founder of DRIFT, explains that their work examines patterns, social structures, and human reactions to these forms.
DRIFT’s installations at LUMA Arles focus on movement and relationships, themes also central to Van Gogh’s work. By revealing nature’s patterns, the duo offers an interactive experience that extends the themes of the Van Gogh and the Stars exhibition.
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