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
OMA has completed a major transformation of New York's New Museum, creating a larger
cultural campus that combines expanded exhibition spaces with learning, performance,
hospitality and public programming.
A US$50 million (£44.2 million, €51.2 million) transformation of Chicago's historic McCormick
Mansion has created a new destination that combines live magic, immersive theatre, dining and
private membership under one roof.
The Montana Historical Society has officially celebrated the opening of its new Montana
Heritage
Center, a US$107 million (£79 million, €92 million) destination that combines immersive
storytelling with cutting-edge audiovisual technology to bring the sta
San Antonio Zoo has reported a US$283 million economic impact for 2025, following a decade-
long transformation programme that has seen almost US$200 million invested into the Texas
attraction.
Plans for the AU$180 million redevelopment of Reef HQ Aquarium in Townsville, Australia, are
progressing, with the project set to transform the attraction into a global centre for reef
education and conservation.
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.
Disney has reaffirmed its commitment to investing US$30 billion in its US parks and cruise
business by 2033, using new America250 celebrations to underline the role its attractions play
in supporting jobs, tourism and economic growth.
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.
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