#interactive-installation

#interactive-installation

drift presents a triptych of light across jubail island, abu dhabi brings three new large-scale light installations to Manar Abu Dhabi, transforming Jubail Island into an illuminated landscape of shifting wind, data, and memory. Part of the outdoor festival's second edition, running until January 4th, 2026, the works are staged within mangroves, tidal waterways, and open sky, allowing technology and environment to operate as a single system.

soft weapons: Keep Your Fucking Hands Off My Body, an exhibition of works by 29 artists curated by Cassandra Neyenesch and Lydia Nobles, takes its name from the concept of "soft power" - influence exercised through means other than force - and Gordon Parks's famous declaration that his camera, that is, art-making, was his "choice of weapon." The body, it argues, is a site of freedom, a method to resist forces of suppression, surveillance, and systemic violence.

Eight spinning robot vacuums near the beginning of the Asian Art Museum's latest exhibition end up spraying around more of the hot pink glitter than they clean up. That's the point of the piece "Puff Out" by :MentalKLINIK. "If they want to rest, they rest," said Naz Cuguoğlu, the museum's assistant curator of contemporary art. "And if they want to party, they party." The same might be said for visitors to the dance-centric "Rave into the Future: Art in Motion," opening Friday, October 24.

New York loves a spectacle-especially one that glows, hums and vibrates with enough sensory power to make Times Square look understated. Enter reSOUND New York, the latest immersive art experience to land at Rockefeller Center, transforming the iconic rink level into a labyrinth of light, sound and touch. Created by d'strict, the Korean art and design collective responsible for viral digital works like WAVE and Waterfall-NYC, the exhibition marks their official New York debut and will run through October 31, 2026.

The high-profile street artist KAWS will take centre stage in a major Abu Dhabi public art initiative launching next month. KAWS'S work-which shows the artist's signature Companian figure reclining on its back while lifting a lit moon in its hands-will feature in the second edition of Manar Abu Dhabi. The exhibition of light works takes its name from the Arabic for "light" or "guiding light".

On Saturday, as visitors walk through the display, motion sensors will trigger a piece of city furniture to speak, Wong said. 'We See You,' an independent multimedia installation, reimagines park landscapes as talking, thinking characters. (Submitted by Eunice Wong) "There's kind of a pleasant surprise element," they said. "You don't expect a tree to talk to you." We See You is among the more than 85 works on display by local, Canadian and international artists.

Visitors can collaboratively build a sonic architecture, creating a utopian city with modular sound parts that function as communication devices expressing connection through sound.

Netty, a large, spider-like installation, serves as a playful urban tool for communication, reflecting themes of connection and dialogue central to community interaction.

Interchange is a web-based interactive installation that explores how people perceive and engage with financial markets. The project reflects on the shifting relationship between individuals and the abstract systems that define modern finance. Active participation reveals a dynamic, unpredictable environment shaped by personal beliefs, collective behavior, news, and global events.