Posted on 11/02/2015 4:18:25 PM PST by BenLurkin
In cities with wetter climes, storms are cautiously observed through windows. In droughty Los Angeles, they’re ogled in a museum.
Rain Room, an exhibition that simulates a downpour indoors, opens at LACMA on November 1. The high-tech installation is immersive: Up to seven people at a time can walk through the 1,000-square-foot deluge without getting wet.
British studio rAndom International, whose experiential projects explore human reaction and intuition as they relate to nature, created the work. Motion sensors and 3-D tracking cameras stop the flow of water whenever a human body is detected, imbuing the entire event with a divine vibe that recalls Moses and the Red Sea.
The water is filtered, treated, and recycled through a closed-loop system, so conservationists’ consciences will be clean—especially when posting a sarcastic #thirsty selfie on Instagram.
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That’s amazing.
My fantasy come true.
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It rained here on the Westside for a total of 5 minutes, LOL really uneventful
I make it rain on dem hoes.
Mine for you.
Have your ark ready by January.
The October heat was caused by the ‘blob’ of hot water lurking off our coast and it’s this same blob that creates El Nino. This was the second hottest October on record, the first being 1983, another El Nino year.
I’m looking forward to it we need the rain badly here so it would be nice to see it pour for a change..I remember the last El Niño my street flooded but we have good drainage here so it cleared out pretty quick but I remember it well you don’t see flooded streets on the west side everyday
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