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1. look back on olympus perspective playground: a traveling series of room-sized dreamworlds

   beginning in berlin, the 'olympus perspective playground' evolved into a touring series of rooms designed to be photographed.

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2. activated space: allan kaprow’s happenings and their afterlife in immersive environments

   from early happenings to digital environments, kaprow’s legacy traces evolving forms of participation in space.

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3. teamLab explores ‘borderless continuity’ in evolving worlds of perception

   the collective reflects on its immersive environments where viewers become part of the artwork, reshaping perception through interaction and continuity.

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4. SUPERFLEX floods palazzo strozzi with future refuges for marine life as sea levels rise

   on view until august 2nd, 2026, in palazzo strozzi, venice, the site-specific installation rethinks coexistence between human and non-human life.

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5. pilar zeta’s sculpted portals transform public spaces into pocket dreamworlds

   the argentinian artist builds sculptural environments like dreams that feel like stepping into a thought mid-formation.

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6. a dreamlike cast of objects shapes the haas brothers’ joyful reality

   the artist duo's sculptural works investigate perception through dreamlike, cast pieces that challenge viewers’ emotional responses to lifelike forms.

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7. barry webb photographs the macro world of slime molds hidden among the UK woodlands

   barry webb uses macro-photography to capture slime molds across the wet UK woodlands, revealing fleeting, otherworldly structures.

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8. zim & zou recreates vintage boombox and cassette tapes with handmade paper sculptures

   designers lucie thomas and thibault zimmermann create these artworks with layers, cuts, and folds by hand, using colored paper.

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9. carsten höller on the ‘most powerful architect’ and collective experience at MIT museum

   speaking with designboom, carsten höller explores how sleep can be guided yet never controlled, as dreams echo across multiple minds.

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10. obama presidential center set to open with site-specific artworks and sculptures on campus

    the artists include njideka akunyili crosby, maría magdalena campos-pons, jeffrey gibson, rashid johnson, hugo mccloud, martin puryear, lorna simpson, and norman teague.

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