Croatian-Austrian design collective numen/for use have unveiled a new installation at Aut. Architektur und Tirol museum in Innsbruck comprised of a series of interactive, explorable, stitched safety nets.
The temporary exhibition, which closes on 10 October, uses elastic strings tethered to the ceilings and walls of the exhibition space, forming a fluid tunnel for intrepid visitors to traverse through.
The architect’s design uses dispersed structural support to allow for an even distribution of force to create the sensation of free floating for explorers. According to numen/for use, “as they climb, creep and wiggle their way through the jagged progression of the ‘tube’, entrants encounter irregular diagonals and oblique perspectives that allow them to experience the architectural environment from unexpected angles.
“The human crawler within experiences architectural environment from unexpected, surreal angles as they move through the mesh artery which supports the body but lets the eyes fly and explore, resembling a strange case of ‘bird-worm’ amalgamation.”
The design team has worked on similar pieces in the past, with a string installation in Vienna and exhibits made entirely of tape in Paris, Tokyo, Hasselt, Melbourne and Frankfurt over the last several years.
