国际艺术工作室SpY为瑞士最大医院的中庭设计了一件大型动态装置“Loops”。

International artist SpY unveils “Loops”, a large-scale kinetic installation commissioned for the atrium of the largest hospital in Switzerland.

▼视频，Video ©  Mind The Film, RubenP Bescos, SpY

▼装置概览，The Loop © RubenP Bescos

令人振奋的挑战 AN EXCITING CHALLENGE

“Loop”是一件独特的动态艺术装置，其设计目标是探讨艺术如何对医院里的病人产生积极影响，并滋养他们的情感。在瑞士伯尔尼Insespital医院的主中庭，24个大圆环按照精心编排的次序和路径在室内空间中“舞动”。

How can art have a positive effect on patients, and help nurture them emotionally within a hospital? Fulfilling these needs has been the goal of this highly-specialised project, spanning over two years. The result is “Loops”, the new project by international artist SpY. A unique kinetic artwork in which 24 large rings move across an interior space following a series of subtle choreographic patterns. The piece was commissioned for the main atrium of Insespital in Bern, Switzerland.

▼变化的“舞动”轨迹 Subtle choreographic patterns © RubenP Bescos

创新的方法 AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH

SpY与领先的工程公司MKT和设计咨询公司Studio Banana合作，共同设计出这一开创性的艺术作品。如何为世界上最先进医院之一的卓越技术和建筑设计增添人文价值，是该项目面临的一大挑战。“Loops”装置正是SpY对该问题的回答，这件专门为场所定制的艺术作品，旨在为病人、医院工作人员以及来访者营造一种宁静且具有幸福感的整体氛围。

SpY teamed up with leading engineering firm MKT and with design consultancy Studio Banana to devise this groundbreaking artwork, born from a pioneering vision on the implementation of art in hospital spaces. Devising an approach that would add human- level value to the technical and architectural excellence of one of the most advanced hospitals in the world was the great challenge in this project. SpY’s answer to this question is “Loops”, an innovative site-specific artwork designed to provide an overall atmosphere of serenity and well-being for patients, hospital workers and visitors.

▼装置为医院中庭赋予宁静的氛围 © RubenP Bescos The artwork provides an overall atmosphere of serenity for the hospital’s atrium

艺术作品 THE ARTWORK

“Loops”装置立足于SpY作品系列，该系列旨在对模块化元素及其运动进行编排，达到前所未有的艺术效果。这项作品的特点在于直白且毫无矫饰的视觉呈现，其蕴含的复杂性将随着编排的模式逐渐展现在观看者的眼前。装置的形状不断变化，在中庭空间中划出空灵的运动轨迹，排列出无数种图案的组合。

“Loops” builds upon SpY’s celebrated line of work in which modularity and movement are orchestrated to unprecedented effect. Visually direct and free of artifice, the piece unfolds its complexity with the gradual development of its sophisticated choreographic patterns. The shape of the artwork shifts constantly, as its elements draw their ethereal movements across the atrium space and arrange themselves in a myriad combinatorial patterns.

▼装置的形状不断变化 The shape of the artwork shifts constantly © RubenP Bescos

不断变化的模式 THE SHIFTING MODES OF THE SCULPTURE

按照不同模式编排的装置能够适应医院内不断变化的动态环境。一系列圆环每隔一小时便会在中庭空间的中央重新排列。24个圆环中的一个或多个会持续点亮，用以指示时间。在夜晚，装置会进入“平静”模式，只发生一些轻微的移动。作品的动态设计旨在带来预料之外的愉悦体验，使长时间停留在医院的患者和工作人员能够舒适地共处。

The piece is programmed in different modes, in which the choreographies adapt to the changing dynamics within the hospital. The rings re-arrange themselves together in the middle of the atrium space every hour, with one or more of the 24 rings remaining lit up to indicate the time. During the night the sculpture enters a ‘calm’ mode, staying in the middle of the atrium and displaying only some slight movements. The kinetic dimension of the piece is designed to surprise, but also to allow for a comfortable co-habitation with those who stay longer at the hospital — both patients and workers.

▼中庭空间，Atrium view © RubenP Bescos

▼装置近景，Close-up view © RubenP Bescos

Developed in collaboration with Client Inselspital Bern Design consultancy Studio Banana Engineering MKTe Engineering Architects ASTOC Architects and Planners GWJ Architektur IAAG Architekten Since 2018 with Archipel Generalplanung Video: Mind The Film, RubenP Bescos, SpY Sound Design: Omar Tenani Photography: RubenP Bescos © SpY 2023