The BMW Museum's kinetic sculpture takes your brain to another dimension

by Joshua Topolsky, posted Jul 6th 2008 at 3:04AM

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Ready to have your gray matter softly stroked? Perhaps you should take
a trip to BMW's recently opened museum in Munich, where a kinetic
sculpture comprising 714 metallic balls suspended in air will soothe
your weary mind. It's one of those things that's better seen than
described, but if you can imagine a wave of undulating orbs that appear
to weightlessly float, you'll start to get the idea. Can't afford the
flight? Check out the video -- which features some serious easy listening jams -- after the break and see the installation in action.

[Via BMWCCA]

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龍鱗附著牆壁，翻雲覆雨！

由 Atticus Wu 於 Jul 4th 2008 @ 10:00PM 發表

[撰文：icebin]

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我想你會被這個建築物的外牆所打動的，這是個用成千上萬個可動菱形體構成的牆面，這些菱形體的變化通過電腦來控制，可以實現變幻莫測的效果，就猶如一片片龍鱗附著在房子身上，要是配上藍色的天空背影，真的是異常奇異，趕緊點進來影片，你就會發現有多奇妙：

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