Uploaded March 2014 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Step inside "Momentum," the massive installation from United Visual Artists (UVA) at London's Barbican Centre. The experience is a void of darkness filled with only 12 illuminated pendulums swinging rhythmically from the sky, creating an evolving composition of light and sound. The unexpected contrast of natural and synthetic patterns is designed to distort your perception of time and physical space.

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Learn more about the making of "Momentum": thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/exclusive-inside-the-making-of-momentum-uvas-distorting-new-installation

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