Slumber Party at a Gallery on Laser-Guided Robotic Beds

Two Roaming Beds (Grey)

Engineer-turned-artist Carsten Höller's installations straddle the border between dreams and real spaces, and his latest takes that idea to a literal next-level with a set of two laser-guided, moving beds, stationed right in the midst of his upcoming survey at London's Hayward Gallery, Carsten Höller: Decision.

The Two Roaming Beds (Grey), guided by a combination of scanning lasers mounted on the front of each four-wheeled bed, with radio beacons embedded in the gallery’s ceiling, drift across the gallery floor at just over two feet per second in an agonizingly slow dance, responding to each other's positions in real-time. One bed dictates the other's movement, switching off leadership every time it ecounters an obstacle. According to Höller, this "introduces a moment of uncertainty" where the guests wake up in a completely different space than the one they fell asleep in.

Booking the beds also earns you exclusive access to Höller's other artworks throughout the Hayward Gallery, including older works like Two Flying Machines, last year's surreal Flying Mushrooms (which look straight out of Alice in Wonderland), and his classic grown-up playground piece, Isometric Slides. Reserving both beds and a night alone with the culmination of Höller's 20-year retrospective will run buyers £300 ($460) per night, but according to curator and Hayward Gallery Director Ralph Rugoff, te experience is transformative: “Visitors who get to spend a night in the gallery while transported on self-navigating beds will have an intimate and utterly unique experience," he explains. "On awaking, they may find that the Hayward will never look the same again."

Isomeric Slides

Flugmaschine (Flying Machine)

Upside Down Goggles

Half Mirror Room

Dice

Snake

Half Clock

Two Roaming Beds (Grey)Carsten Höller: Decision, Hayward Gallery, London, 2015

Carsten Höller: Decision will be open at Hayward Gallery from June 10 - September 6, 2015. Book a night on Two Roaming Beds (Grey) here. For more of Carsten Höller's work, check out his website.

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