UVA : LONDON
Floating Point, is the stunning new performance-based installation by United Visual Artists (UVA), the London-based visionary interactive art and design practice…. marked the worldwide launch of FlyKnit Collective, a globally connected roll-call of artists and installations curated by art and culture guru Neville Wakefield (former senior curatorial adviser for PS1 Moma in New York and curator of Frieze Projects at Frieze London). UVA, inspired by Nike’s FlyKnit technology, drew on its notions of performance and lightness to create an epic, public installation made up of three audiovisually integrated trampolines, each of which triggered different sounds and lights. By solo jumping or getting involved as a team, participants’ movements create different soundscapes for the park. “We’re used to working in public spaces, but usually with institutions,” explains UVA creative director Matt Clark, referring to his practice’s work for the Victoria & Albert Museum and the Royal Academy of Arts. “This is quite free-for-all – it has to appeal to the whole community. Our installation is about creating an inclusive, playful spectacle that acts as a beacon, that brings people together. We’re pushing ourselves into new territory both with the technology and our overall approach. This project is something that we have never done before, and that’s exciting.”
