Interactive outdoor art installations are some of our favorites! Now, Melbourne-based art and technology studio ENESS has launched A Solar-Powered Bench That Spins Ever So Slowly. The name of the permanent installation is exactly as it says – the whimsical benches store sunlight from custom solar panels and rotate, giving users a slow paced perspective of their surroundings. There’s absolutely zero age limit to enjoying this bench.
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The artwork also interacts with the sun itself, spinning faster on bright days and slower when there are clouds. Shorter people will enjoy their feet hanging off the edge in a childlike way, while taller users will have to re-plant their feet every few meters as the bench continues spinning.
Artist and founder of ENESS, Nimrod Weis, shares that “The intention was to create a work that innovates within the area of [the] public realm by being functional, sustainable, and one that inspires a different way of interacting. By harvesting sunlight, the benches move under their own steam – without intervention. This intention makes a statement about the future of public infrastructure and what energy sources are being used for light, movement, and animation.”
The Solar-Powered Bench That Spins Ever So Slowly is sustainably created, rotomolded using low-density polyethylene (LDPE). The design also references mid-century modern furniture details, an era when new synthetics were revolutionizing manufacturing techniques. The retro look, brought to life with today’s sustainability values and solar harvesting, gives the illusion of a garden of flowers when viewed from above.
To learn more about ENESS’s Solar-Powered Bench That Spins Ever So Slowly, visit eness.com.
Photography by Ben Wiseman.
Source: design-milk