“The Mechanics of Spring” is a light installation by Folly Collective presented at Vivid Sydney 2023 in Sydney, Australia. The work could be seen at Tumbalong Boulevard Australia.
What do hummingbirds, cicadas, bumblebees and helicopter seeds have in common? Watching them whizz through the air is spellbinding. That's thanks to the complicated aerodynamic system keeping them afloat, where their wings (or leaves) twist and turn in the air rather than flapping up and down, creating the illusion of…
About Folly Collective
Folly Collective is the offshoot of celebrated New Zealand design studio Unlabelled , focusing on more collaborative and less commercial works across design, performance, lighting, food and digital creations.
Location
Tumbalong Boulevard Australia, Sydney — open in OpenStreetMap
Programme information from Vivid Sydney. Short excerpt quoted for reference; see the original page for full text, images and credits.