The UK design collective Random International, which created the hugely popular Rain Room installation, is due to make a major new work for the Nine Elms development in Vauxhall, south London. The London-based studio has been commissioned to create “a large-scale embedded work of art” at the Albert Embankment, opposite Tate Britain on the south bank of the River Thames.
The work, scheduled for completion by 2017, will be funded by the developer St James and will include three outdoor installations and managed by Futurecity.
According to its website, Random International “creates works that encourage an active relationship between people and their surrounding environments, making the viewers’ participation fundamental”. The Nine Elms regeneration project, which will include up to 11 hotels and 20,000 new homes, runs from Lambeth Bridge to Battersea Power Station.
The latest version of Random International’s Rain Room—an artificial downpour which visitors can walk through without getting wet—is now open at the Yuz Museum in Shanghai (until 31 December).
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