Particle, designed by artist Alex Posada, is a kinetic sculpture that “responds to its environment translating movements into color and sound.”  The sculpture is composed of a stand that’s mounted with several rings sprinkled in LED lights.  The lights rotate around a central axis when it senses nearby motion.  What’s so interesting is that “its movements cannot be predetermined” since its rotations occur randomly depending upon a passersby’s influence upon it.  A surround sound system is synchronized with the flashing LED lights.  Strange and bizzare, but I like it.  Additional images below and a video of it in action after the break.

[Via DesignBoom; Gizmodo]

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