I’ve started looking for existing intallations for some of the themes. There’s so much amazing stuff out there!!!! I’ll update this post at some point because I didn’t have time to find examples for all the themes.

 

Rainforest: tropical greenhouse/ jungle look, hot and humid, walk barefoot for best experience

• kaleidoscope art installation “Urban Jungle”: (http://metro.co.uk/2015/08/27/theres-a-magical-giant-kaleidoscope-in-london-bringing-joy-to-everyone-5363704/)
• Ernesto Neto, installation is like a big jungle, crochet knitted, metres long (https://aboutartanddesign.wordpress.com/2011/11/07/welcome-to-the-jungle/)
• Lucie Thomas and Thibault Zimmermann “The Eternal Jungle” (http://www.flodeau.com/2013/06/zimzou-for-hermes-the-eternal-jungle/)
• to communicate the complexities of a tropical forest ecosystem in a way that is both visually striking and scientifically accurate (http://www.brown.edu/academics/institute-environment-society/news/story/graduate-student-osborne-collaborates-risd-colleague-create-artistic-analogue-costa-rican)
• Wade Kavanaugh and Steven Nguyen, Drawn from the Olympics (http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/11/25/currently-hanging-the-twisting-creeping-towering-darkness-of-the-northwest-rainforest-aaaah)
• Tape installation (http://vmspace.com/eng/sub_emagazine_view.asp?category=artndesign&idx=10888)
• Fallen Rainforest Trees (http://inhabitat.com/ghost-forest-repurposes-fallen-rainforest-trees-into-a-striking-public-art-installation/)

 

Woodland: european woods, cold-ish climate, conifer and broadleaf trees,

• A hidden art installation in the B.C. rainforest (http://www.macleans.ca/society/life/secrets-of-the-forest/)
• UK woodland into a digital installation (http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2015/07/play/datum-explorer)
• installation modeled on a national park of painted recyclables (http://www.news.cornell.edu/essentials/forest-glass)
• Paper forest (http://clementinekeithroach.blogspot.co.uk/2011/04/punchdrunk-tunnel-228.html)
• Gravity-Defying Land Art by Cornelia Konrads (http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2012/04/gravity-defying-land-art-by-cornelia-konrads/)
• This is an ongoing series of constructed photographs rooted in the forest (http://zanderolsen.com/Tree_Line.html)
• Dead Wood Installation (http://www.fubiz.net/2012/07/12/dead-wood-installation/)
• Wood Installations of Henrique Oliveira (http://www.jesterjacquesart.co.uk/trending-wood-installations-of-henrique-oliveira/)

 

Desert: changes temperature (really hot during the day, cools down at night), open space, dunes, maybe oasis in the middle of the room?

• MOT, “YouTubism” (http://www.motinternational.org/you-tubeism.html)
• Starlight is a sculptural installation exhibited at Burning Man (http://gpidesign.com/2013/05/thursday-salute-to-originals-constellation-installation/)
• A Monumental Land Art Installation in the Sahara Desert (http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/02/desert-breath-a-monumental-land-art-installation-in-the-sahara-desert/)
• Puls and Bloom (also at Burning Man) (http://www.ofbrooklyn.com/2014/09/6/building-pulse-bloom-biofeedback-burning-man-2014/)

 

Arctic: ice cold, maybe have jackets at the entrance? can only step on ice floe to move around.

• Ice-traffic (http://arts.brighton.ac.uk/research/sustainability-network/ice-traffic-breathing-city)
• artist Baptiste Debombourg’s, Ariel (http://gizmodo.com/5906384/maybe-this-is-why-those-in-glass-houses-shouldnt-throw-stones/)
• ice painting (http://cargocollective.com/CasperWhite/_-Ice-Painting-_-Installation-II)
• Mark Coreth and Duncan Hamilton, Ice Bear (http://www.wwf.org.uk/what_we_do/tackling_climate_change/the_london_ice_bear.cfm)

Sky: thunder clouds? A constant breeze? (I’ll add the missing links asap)

(http://io9.com/5892356/artist-suspends-real-clouds-in-the-middle-of-the-room)

Seaside: boats, sand, breeze, sandcastle, fake beach, lighthouse, sound of seagulls screeching, waves, ocean smell?

 

• origami boats (http://strictlypaper.com/blog/2013/03/1697-origami-boats-flow-down-to-the-sea/)
• palm tree sculpture (http://www.algarveexperiences.com/public-art-in-the-algarve/)
• sandcastle (http://henney.com/weekend11/index2007.htm)
• fake sun (http://www.wired.com/2013/06/vision-division/)
• sea gulls dismaland (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3204653/Come-eat-cold-chips-sound-crying-children-Banksy-confirms-opening-Dismaland-seaside-bemusement-park-art-exhibition.html)
• über wasser (above water) exhibiton (http://www.buceriuskunstforum.de/en/exhibition/ueber-wasser-photographie-und-malerei-1800-bis-heute/)

 

Underwater: fish tanks? sunken ship, mermaids, make look like it’s actually underwater

 

• stand underwater (http://www.hashslush.com/standing-underwater-fake-pool/)
• Nearly 300 people from around the world have stitched together their own piece of art (http://reefbuilders.com/2012/08/17/friday-smorgasbord-6/)
• Jason deCaires Taylor underwater sculptures  (http://www.underwatersculpture.com/)
• mega fishes made of recycled plastic bottles (http://artcocktail.mallforarts.com/2012/07/eco-art-installation-mega-fishes-on-the-beach-in-brazil/)
• no info but found it here (http://www.readingt.readingcities.com/index.php/toronto/harbourfront_nets_surprising_fish_installation/)
• shipwreck (http://www.eurostylelighting.com/modern-inspiration/b/blog/archive/2012/09/10/burning-man-festival-2012-captured-in-photos.aspx)

 

Mountains:

• silhouette of an imaginary mountain (http://www.lijiwei.net/en/artwork/installations/2009_bookmountain_concept.htm)
• Mountain using methods inspired by image mapping in 3d modelling sofware and Google Earth’s terrain view (http://riseindustries.org/arkv/category/video/page/2)
• paper mountain (http://rebeccaglover.co.uk/category/installation/)
• buildings are designed to look like mountains (http://www.dezeen.com/2013/12/10/mad-nanjing-masterplan-ma-yansong-mountains/)
• Yasuaki Onishi’s Floating Mountain Made out of Plastic Sheeting & Hot Glue (http://beautifuldecay.com/2012/05/15/yasuaki-onishis-floating-mountain-made-out-of-plastic-sheeting-hot-glue/)
• 3D Printed Interactive Mountain Art Installation (http://3dprint.com/74887/3d-printed-mountain-art/)

 

Space: planetarium kinda scenario:

 

• star tunnel (http://kneverkneverland.com/2012/07/05/from-me-to-the-universe/)
• actual and representational star shape (www.anonymousd.com/stars)
• proposal for Astrohedra Installation (http://skatar.com/projects/astrohedra-installation/)
• Secret Operation 610, spaceship (http://stupiddope.com/2013/10/02/out-of-this-world-design-secret-operation-610-flightless-spaceship-video/)
• space fashion (http://tp1989502.tumblr.com/post/40027347782)
• spaceship (http://www.sonjavordermaier.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=52&Itemid=71&lang=en)

 

Cave: bats? Dampness? stalagmites and stalactites, dark, torches on walls?

 

• Crystal Cave 2, 2012 (http://kristoffsteinruck.com/index.php/project/crystal-cave-2/)
• paper cones to transform the space into a cave (http://www.jeanniejeannie.com/2011/09/paper-cave-installation-made-of-cones/)
• crystal cave (http://rachelburnstein.com/Crystal-Cave-Installation)
• batmania (https://megabatblog.wordpress.com/)