让人们迷失自我的“城市精神”艺术装置
Spirit of the City at A/D/O "designed for people to lose themselves in" says United Visual Artists

由专筑网吴静雅，李韧编译

联合视觉艺术家协会（United Visual Artists）的Matt Clark为小型汽车品牌MINI的布鲁克林创意工作区“A / D / O”设计了艺术装置，该装置反应了城市的人类体验，Matt Clark将这些内容在Dezeen为MINI制作的电影中向大众描述。

“城市精神（Spirit of the City）”是联合视觉艺术家协会（UVA），Clark工作室为A/D/O庭院空间设计的艺术创作，这个合作空间由MINI资助。

这个装置由16根圆柱组成的网格组成，这些圆柱包裹着金色镜面，而镜面经过程序设定，能够在全天以不同的速度旋转。

Matt Clark of United Visual Artists explains how the installation he created for MINI's Brooklyn creative workspace A/D/O, is designed to reflect human experiences of the city, in a movie produced by Dezeen for MINI.
Spirit of the City is an artwork created by Clark's studio, United Visual Artists (UVA), for the courtyard of A/D/O – design-focussed co-working space funded by MINI.
The installation consists of a grid of sixteen rectilinear columns clad in gold-tinted mirrors, which have been programmed to rotate at different speeds at intervals throughout the day.



“它们经过编程，独立受控。”Clark在视频中解释道，该视频是由Dezeen记者在A / D / O拍摄。

在某些点上，所有的柱列保持一致，当参观者走过装置时，他们的周围会产生了许多动态反射效果，而在某些时刻，这些柱列又会保持静止。

"They're all individually controlled, but programmed to work in group behaviours," Clark explains in the video, which was shot by Dezeen at A/D/O.
At points, all of the columns turn in unison, creating a multiplicity of moving reflections around visitors as they walk through the installation. In other moments the columns collectively come to a stop.



UVA的创始人Clark说，他希望这个装置能模仿城市的感觉，“这是对城市人类体验的抽象回应。”

“多年前第一次来纽约，人们会在交通高峰时间陷入困境，有时你会感觉周边的事物时而秩序时而混乱，但正是这些混乱和秩序的时刻让我们感兴趣。”

Clark, who founded UVA, says he wants the installation to mimic the feeling of being in a city. "It's a response to the human experience of the city in quite an abstracted form," he says.
"I tried to remember the first time I came to New York many years ago," he continues. "You get caught in traffic and the rush hour, and at times you feel like things are flowing in a very chaotic way, at other times there seems to be more order. It's these moments of chaos and order that we're interested in."





Clark认为，该装置旨在为游客提供身临其境的体验。

他说：“这是为人们暂时迷失自我而设计的作品。”

“这有点像幻觉，可能会非常迷失方向，但有趣的是，我们想创造那种你甚至开始质疑周围环境的时刻。"

MINI战略和业务创新主管Esther Banhe认为“他们是共同协作的团队，能够跨职能和学科工作，这非常适合我们，因为这个空间涉及多方学科的知识。”

According to Clark, the installation is designed to offer visitors an immersive experience.
"It's designed for people to lose themselves momentarily," he says. "It's a bit like a hallucination, it can be very disorientating, but in an interesting way. We want to embrace that moment when you're kind of off-kilter and questioning your surroundings."
Esther Banhe, head of strategy and business innovation at MINI, says that UVA and A/D/O share a multidisciplinary outlook.
"They're a team that works very collaboratively, working across functions and disciplines," she says. "This fits us perfectly, because this space is all abut crossing disciplines and cross-pollination."





“除了向公众开放的合作空间、餐馆、商店和艺术设施，A / D / O还为会员提供了一些额外区域，其中包括城市主义初创企业工作场所、设计师工作室和制作实验室。

Clark的团队在组装该装置时使用了车间里的设备。“我们需要重构一些曾经只能在工作室里完成的任务，他们这里有很棒的设施，同时人们知道他们在做什么。”

As well as a co-working space, restaurant, shop and art installations that are open to the public, A/D/O also features areas for members, including an accelerator for urbanism startups and a workshop and fabrication lab for designers.
Clark's team used the equipment in the workshop when assembling Spirit of the City. "We had to rebuild a lot of the more intricate things that we thought we could only do in our studio," he states. "They've got great facilities here, and people who know what they're doing."



A / D / O是MINI品牌以设计为导向的项目，同时也是MINI Living建筑方向的构建。Banhe声称:“MINI是一家有情怀的公司。我们通常认为，好设计可以更加人性化。”

Banhe认为A / D / O是设计项目的灵感源泉，“我们希望在这个空间里与设计师合作，帮助他们将原本不存在的作品变成有趣的现实。”

A/D/O is part of a wider push towards design by MINI, alongside the creation of architecture wing MINI Living. "MINI is an emotional design company," Banhe claims. "We generally think that good design can tip the scales towards a more humane world."
Banhe sees A/D/O as a facilitator for design projects. "We want to work with designers here at the space to help them to bring to life interesting work that wouldn't exist otherwise," she says.



纽约布鲁克林绿点的A / D / O庭院对游客开放。

Spirit of the City is open to visitors in A/D/O's courtyard in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York.