DRIFT PRESENTS AEOLUS AT LADBROKE HALL

Presenting our new work, Aeolus, premiering with Carpenters at Ladbroke Hall.

Wind is one of the most essential forces on Earth, yet it remains invisible to our eyes. We perceive it through its fleeting effects on the natural world, sensing its presence without ever seeing its form.

With Aeolus, DRIFT gives physical form to the movement of air. Named after the Greek god of the winds, the installation translates airflow into a sculptural composition of glass and light, with a form that takes inspiration from its surroundings.

While the glass captures the geometry of the airflow, light travels through the sculpture, responding to the movement of visitors. A moment of movement is held in space, where stillness and change exist side by side.

On view until October 25, 2026. Photos by Benjamin Baccarani.

DRIFT PRESENTS SHY SOCIETY ON VENICE GRAND CANAL DURING THE 61ST BIENNALE DI VENEZIA

Last month, DRIFT presented Shy Society on Venice Grand Canal during the 61st Biennale di Venezia. The installation was visible from Ponte dell’Accademia and by boat from May 3-10, 2026.

Shy Society is an outdoor installation of multiple moving textile elements, revealing a fundamental principle of nature: transformation. In the natural world, nothing is static – everything shifts, adapts, responds. Change is not disruption, but a condition for balance and survival. Presented in Venice, the work enters into dialogue with a city shaped by water, time, and climate. What if our built environments engaged with change instead of resisting it?

With Shy Society, DRIFT introduces movement into architecture – transforming static space into dynamic systems. Soft elements respond to wind, light, and human presence, aligning with nature. Movement becomes a shared, embodied language – creating moments of connection in a world increasingly distanced from physical experience.

We believe the future of public space lies not in resisting change, but in embracing it. Movement is not instability – it is a shared language that can restore connection.

We have not lost this language. We have only forgotten how to access it.

Through movement, we can remember.

Special thanks to Marsilio Arte.

Photos credit Arjen van Eijk, Xinix Films.