
Italian auction house Art-Rite organized the sale of the “immaterial” statue in May with a beginning estimated value coming in between $7,000 and $11,000. Salvatore Garau sold his piece, entitled “Io Sono” (I am), to an unidentified buyer last month. Giant whale made of plastic bottles ‘beached’ in Bangkok, Thailandīeauty is in the eye of the beholder, but what happens when it’s undetected by the eye?Īn Italian artist sold an invisible sculpture for over $18,000 and had to give the buyer a certificate of authenticity to prove it’s real, the Daily Mail reported. Prominent art dealer Rudolf Budja lists colorful Florida estate for $29M Los Angeles museum returns ‘illegally excavated’ Italian art

One person gently felt the air, another closed their eyes and wiggled their fingers, one was super focused, another tried to reach as high as possible, another felt layer by layer, one person carefully read the pamphlet to figure out what was going on, others showed things to the heat camera including their faces.Luxury mag altered photos of possibly stolen Cambodian artifacts People had different strategies to “see” the shape. The Invisible Sculptures were shown at multiple shows and here are some videos of the audience interacting with the piece. There were several moments of people frowning at me and walking away :) I carried around a big piece of durian (delicious but very smelly fruit) in the station to create a large invisible space, an empty space around me. Sculpture V is stinky… You might not want to get too close to this one!Īnother smell sculpture existed in the Grand Central Station for a few hours on April 14, 2018. After getting the sliced images from each view, I created a 3d form by combining the images. What does the heat sculpture look like? I came up with a DIY way of 3d scanning the heat sculpture a thermal camera was used to get sliced images of the heat from three different sides. You will soon find yourself in the land of synesthesia. Concentrate all of your senses to find the connection between what you touch and what you hear. To experience the work, move your hand over the plinth.

Sculpture I and II are solid 3d forms made of sound. In a gallery setting, there are five identical display plinths. “So creative! Loved the way this project leverages our senses-sound, touch, smell-to convey its message.” -Isabel Kantor (Senior Technology Director at R/GA), juror of Communication Arts Interactive Annual A great set of experiments around nonvisual and nontraditional interface design.” -Josh Goldblum (the founder and CEO of Bluecadet), juror of Communication Arts Interactive Annual “I love the playful approach to interface and interaction. The sculptures are made out of sound, heat, directional airflows, and odor.

In order to perceive the objects, the viewer must synchronize multiple sensory functions and their imagination to find and feel the form of each sculpture. The goal of this project was to create perceptible objects which embody physical space but are completely invisible to the naked eye.
Invisible sculpture series#
Invisible Sculptures is a series of artistic experiments that studies human perception with sculptures that are invisible to eye and can only be “seen” by engaging through senses other than vision.
