BMW is already notorious for the innovations it brings to the automotive cars. A while ago, we’ve seen the GINA concept car, but now I want to show you something that doesn’t have a strict relation to cars. I’d say it’s a rather unique form of art that could also take the form of a car or any other form for that matter. Check out the clip first.



Spiffy stuff, won’t you agree? The unique “kinetic sculpture” system could be seen among 125 exhibits packed into the newly-renovated BMW Welt in Munich last week. The system is in fact a mechatronic installation designed by ART+COM, a Berlin-based interactive media company which was commissioned by BMW. The project uses 714 metal balls that are individually suspended by barely visible strings, creating a seemingly weightless, amorphous mass that resembles a 3D mash. Each ball lowers and retracts independently, which allows them to approximate almost any form.

Since it was commissioned by BMW, the installation was also programmed to cycle through the shapes of all classic and contemporary BMW cars. In between car shapes, the “kinetic sculpture” system demos some abstractions, showing some artistic potential.