The Blanket Project / Nicolas Stedman
This was exhibited in Linz's Central Station. I pushed my way through a crowd of people to find a kid sleeping under a blanket. The thing is, the blanket was wiggling and squiggling furiously. Apparently, the blanket tries to wrap around the sleeping person when they move, and this helps them sleep better... Wow, huh?

What was interesting is that they used a station as the exhibition space. The exhibit made you feel like you were at a stall which sold these bizarre "moving blankets", rather than an "exhibition space" as such. You could test the blanket out in the testing space, and if you liked it you could buy it on the spot.
Exhibitions that feature "fake" media artworks such as this are interesting, and they work. ARS took this particular work into the public realm because they saw its potential to attract people and engage with its environment. Very impressive.

Enjoy this artwork.


