A kinetic interactive sculpture commissioned by Wayne MacGregor Royal Opera House, London.
Autumn 2008

64 head-size glass mirrors, iron cast base units, motors, custom software, camera, computer

Audience is sold as a limited edition through Carpenters Workshop Gallery.

Audience is an installation conceived by rAndom International, executed in collaboration with Chris O’Shea. It was originally commissioned by choreographer Wayne McGregor for the Deloitte Ignite Festival at the Royal Opera House London in September 2008. In 2009 'Audience' was awarded a Honourable Mention in the Interactive Art category at the Prix Ars Electonica 2009. in Linz, Austria. Audience consists of a large crowd of head-size mirror objects. When members of the audience enter the perimeter of the installation, the mirrors inquisitively follow a person of interest. Having chosen their subject, they all synchronise and turn their heads towards them. Suddenly the chosen person can see his/her reflection in all of the mirrors. The installation reverses the roles of the viewer and the viewed during this relatively involuntary interaction. When viewers experience the sensation of being ignored or excluded by the mirrors they can be found to start physically performing for the installation to regain its attention.


Royal Opera House: Audience. from rAndom International on Vimeo.

Royal Opera House - Audience: "Man in pink" from rAndom International on Vimeo.

Audience, Royal Opera House, Sept 2008
Audience, Art Miami Basel, June 2009
Audience, Art Miami Basel, June 2009
Audience, Art Miami Basel, June 2009
Audience, Art Miami Basel, June 2009
Audience, Royal Opera House, Sept 2008
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