Rain Room: An Interview with Random International. Following much-talked-about exhibitions at the Barbican in London and the Museum of Modern Art in New York, art collective Random International’s Rain Room makes its debut in Los Angeles at LACMA on November 1.
Amidst preparations for the opening, I spoke to Florian Ortkrass and Hannes Koch, founders of Random International, about the genesis of their collaboration, this project, and more. How did you both come to making art, and how did your collaboration begin? Rain Room comes to LACMA. Rain is finally coming to Los Angeles -- unfortunately, not the kind that would reverse the drought.
"Rain Room," an elaborate art installation that allows visitors to walk through a simulated downpour, is arriving at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. (Video by Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times) Loading Sports. Walk Through Rain Without Getting Wet. Step Inside MoMA's Rain Room [Exclusive Video] "What do you do with a rain room?
" That simple yet intriguing question motivated London-based artists rAndom International—founded by Stuart Wood, Florian Ortkrass, and Hannes Koch—as they conceived and created their immersive spectacle, Rain Room. Initially installed at the Barbican in London, Rain Room became the most successful installation in the museum's history, offering visitors the chance to stand in the middle of a rain storm without getting wet. Making the Rain. <div class="wp-caption"><img src=" width="643" height="429" alt="Random International.
<em>Rain Room. </em> Installation view at The Museum of Modern Art with dancers from WayneMcGregor | Random Dance. Rain Room at MoMA: Random International. 13 May Click to enlarge It’s been a weekend of wall-to-wall art and design here in NYC with art fairs small and large, from Pulse, to Nada, to Collective, to Frieze and, of course, the opening of Rain Room at MoMA, the interactive and immersive installation by rAndom International that first debuted at the Barbican Centre in London last October.
I will be featuring some of the highlights, for me, from these events in the next few days but here, for starters, is the amazing Rain Room. Rain Room - rAndom International.