Kraki
Interactive art installation. Collaboration with Moradavaga
"Taking inspiration from the 2017 Taipei Public Arts Festival theme,
“Story of a River”, Moradavaga devised an interactive acoustic installation with a
strong visual impact that could resonate with the aquatic memories of the old course
of the Keelung River in a playful and imaginative way. “Kraki” is based on the
descriptions found since the late 13th Century about legendary sea creatures named
"kraken" that probably inspired Herman Melville and Jules Verne on some of their
most notable writings, like Moby Dick and 20.000 Leagues Under the Sea. In this
sense it is a kind of an ancestor, the great-great-grandfather, of “Vernie”, the
giant squid previously created by Moradavaga
on the island of São Miguel in the Azores
archipelago. Like its great-great-granddaughter, “Kraki” came from the depths of the ocean,
up the imaginary river course, to serve as a lively communicative tool for passersby of all
ages at the Meilun Park in the city of Taipei, Taiwan."
Written by Moradavaga.
Published on Designboom.
