Unusual things were taking place at London’s Southbank Centre this summer, as the artist Carsten Höller was given free rein at the Hayward Gallery. An array of installations – both eclectic and eccentric – were brought together for the exhibition, named Decisions.
Höller caused a buzz with his specially-commissioned 15-metre-long (49 foot) slides on the gallery’s exterior – which allowed visitors to travel from the glass pyramid ceiling to the entrance level – and inside the venue things were equally playful.
One highlight was two moving robotic beds that roamed the galleries, entitled Two Roaming Beds (Grey). For £300 ($461, €421), you and your guest could spend the night in the gallery, tucked up beneath your duvet as you trundled slowly amongst the artworks on a bed-machine on wheels.
Visitors were treated to Flying Machines, which gave the sensation of flying over Waterloo Bridge and The Pinocchio Effect, with technology that made visitors feel as though their nose was growing.
The Isomeric Slides, which have been already featured at the nearby Tate Modern, come at the climax of the experience, giving visitors the choice of how to leave. Built onto the gallery’s exterior wall, these constituted “a graceful sculptural installation,” according to Höller, leaving visitors “experiencing an emotional state that is a unique condition somewhere between delight and madness.”
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Unusual things were taking place at London’s Southbank Centre this summer, as the artist Carsten Höller was given free rein at the Hayward Gallery. An array of installations – both eclectic and eccentric – were brought together for the exhibition, named Decisions.
Höller caused a buzz with his specially-commissioned 15-metre-long (49 foot) slides on the gallery’s exterior – which allowed visitors to travel from the glass pyramid ceiling to the entrance level – and inside the venue things were equally playful.
One highlight was two moving robotic beds that roamed the galleries, entitled Two Roaming Beds (Grey). For £300 ($461, €421), you and your guest could spend the night in the gallery, tucked up beneath your duvet as you trundled slowly amongst the artworks on a bed-machine on wheels.
Visitors were treated to Flying Machines, which gave the sensation of flying over Waterloo Bridge and The Pinocchio Effect, with technology that made visitors feel as though their nose was growing.
The Isomeric Slides, which have been already featured at the nearby Tate Modern, come at the climax of the experience, giving visitors the choice of how to leave. Built onto the gallery’s exterior wall, these constituted “a graceful sculptural installation,” according to Höller, leaving visitors “experiencing an emotional state that is a unique condition somewhere between delight and madness.”
Read more from this issue of Attractions Management magazine
View contents of Attractions Management 2015 issue 4
Attractions: Gone, Not Forgotten
We find out what people thought of
Dismaland, Banksy’s twisted theme park
and contemporary art attraction – and
talk to one of the Dismal Stewards
Promotional feature: IdeAttack
Mysteries of China’s rich culture are at the heart of IDEATTACK’s new mixed-used tourism destination
Zoos & Aquariums: Turn over a New Reef
The Florida Aquarium is teaming
up with the National Aquarium of
Cuba in a bid to save and restore
the region’s precious coral reefs
Abu Dhabi-based investment firm Mubadala Capital has made a binding, fully financed
€1 billion
offer to acquire Pierre and Vacances SA, the European holiday resort operator behind the
continental European Center Parcs business.
Expo 2030 Riyadh is being planned as a permanent visitor destination, with organisers
confirming the six-million-square-metre site will become a Global Village after the event closes.
The owner of one of Australia's best-known waterparks has acquired a major competitor,
creating a new attractions business spanning two of the country's largest visitor destinations.
The Toverland theme park in the Netherlands has announced a €98m expansion programme
that will add a resort, new attractions and staff facilities as it pursues plans to become a multi-
day destination.
Hotel de France, located on the British Isle of Jersey, has created a wellness retreat package
that includes a hot yoga session that will take place in Jersey Zoo’s butterfly sanctuary.
A new immersive attraction designed to transport visitors into the final hours of ancient Pompeii
is preparing to open near the world-famous archaeological site in southern Italy.
Experience design company, BRC Imagination Arts, has completed a transition that sees founder
Bob Rogers pass ownership of the business to four long-serving senior executives, while
remaining actively involved with the company.
Movie Park Germany has opened a new Paramount Pictures-themed attraction as part of its 30th
anniversary celebrations, using immersive storytelling and adaptive reuse to reinforce the park’s
longstanding “Hollywood in Germany” positioning.
Therme Manchester’s 28-acre development, which will include interconnected glass pavilions
that measure 65,000sq m, will be the largest bathing and wellbeing attraction in the world once
complete, according to prof David Russell, CEO of Therme UK.
Efteling has opened Hooghmoed, a new family drop tower designed to broaden the appeal of its
recently launched Sirene Island themed area and introduce younger visitors to thrill attractions.
