TIPS FOR INSIDE

As you would have seen on social media, the space is very photogenic and we highly recommend you take photos to capture your experience.

If travelling with friends, we recommend taking photos of each other, rather than taking selfies. Best results are achieved when you shoot towards the light at the rear of the room.

Please make sure your flash is off as it does affect the sensors in the space. Long exposure and slow-motion look fantastic in the space.

For the perfect silhouette, position the subject between the camera and the light, and lower the camera so they are blocking the light fully (as demonstrated in the image above).

Be sure to tag #rainroomaus #RainRoom #rainroommelbourne when uploading on Instagram and Tiktok.

About The Work

RANDOM INTERNATIONAL’s unmissable Rain Room was brought to Australia as part of Jackalope Hotel’s ambitious art collection. During our prior sellout seasons, a record 120,000 visitors controlled the weather, making it Melbourne’s most talked about and Instagrammed solo art exhibition of recent memory.

An international art sensation that has also taken London, New York, Shanghai and Los Angeles by storm, Rain Room is 100 square metre expanse of torrential rainfall that you control with your movement, allowing you to take centre stage in a mesmerising merging of art, technology, and nature.

The epitome of socially distant art, Rain Room is the perfect piece for the time. You will experience the work in a small group and are encouraged to explore the space in solitude. The result, a remarkably cleansing and contemplative experience, as visitors are consumed by a soothing rainstorm, all the while being completely protected from its forces.

TIPS FOR ONCE INSIDE

When moving through the rain, please remember that we cannot control gravity. If you move too quickly you will catch the rain that has already fallen and you will get wet.
We recommend slow, Tai-Chi-style movements throughout the space.

A WORD ON SOCIAL DISTANCING

We’ve had enough practice this year! Rain Room is best experienced when you keep space between you and other people. If you get to close together and your protective bubbles combine, be particularly slow and careful moving away from each other as the work might take a moment to realise you’re two people.

If at any point you get rained on, please do your best not to run. Instead, stop and wait a couple of seconds – the sensors will find you and the rain will stop.

Lastly, please remember that your own experience affects the experience of others and vice versa. Be mindful.

Black Star Pastry Art Project
Rain Cake

To celebrate Rain Room’s record-breaking Melbourne season, iconic cake makers, A Black Star Pastry, have created a limited-edition Rain Cake, inspired by the work. Exclusive to Black Star Pastry’s St Kilda store located under Rain Room’s Jackalope Pavilion the Rain Cake is the first in a series of art projects in which Black Star Pastry will collaborate with renowned artists and institutions, creating edible adaptions of iconic works.

The Rain Cake is quite literally the dessert after the sensory feast that is a walk through this globally significant work. While Rain Room indulges your sense of sight, touch and sound, the Rain Cake closes the sensory circle, spoiling your sense of smell and taste.

Be sure to stop by Black Star Pastry after Rain Room to experience this incredible collaboration.

RAIN TEAM

Want to know how much water Rain Room uses? What other works are part of the Jackalope Art Collection? Or do you want tips on how to take the best photo in the Rain? Our Rain Team are here to help you throughout the entire experience.

About Random International

Art Group RANDOM INTERNATIONAL run a collaborative studio for experimental practice within contemporary art. Founded in 2005 by Hannes Koch and Florian Ortkrass, today they work with larger teams of diverse and complementary talent out of studios in London and Berlin. Questioning aspects of identity and autonomy in the post-digital age, the group’s work invites active participation. Random International explores the human condition in an increasingly mechanised world through emotional yet physically intense experiences. The artists aim to prototype possible behavioural environments by experimenting with different notions of consciousness, perception, and instinct.

JACKALOPE ART COLLECTION

The Jackalope Art Collection was founded in 2016 by Louis Li, ahead of the group’s debut hotel opening on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula. With a background in filmmaking, Li drives the collection’s curatorial concept – to present rebellious pieces as a conceptual layer in storytelling. Often immersive, these pieces are used to create transformative experiences in hospitality, taking guests on a journey through an ever-evolving world of emotions and expressions.

The collection currently comprises international works by Rick Owens, Rolf Sachs, Tracey Emin, Emily Floyd, Nick van Woert and Tatsuo Miyajima. To read about more of the works, click here.

Rain Store

Looking for something to remember Rain Room by? Good news, you’ll exit via our Rain Store. We recommend bringing a credit card through so you can make a splash.

ALMOST TIME

Thank you for visiting Rain Room – we hope you have a wonderful experience inside.

Please have your ticket ready and standby for a member of the Rain Team to call your session forward.