Modern art is different in its manifestations and is being influenced by things it has never been influenced before. The rapid development of technology has given modern artists the new tools to put their ideas into the reality – art projects of today are made with new, unseen before, materials and greatly depend on the advancements in the IT sphere.

Additionally, the Internet and easy data transfer have shrunk the world even further – different cultures and traditions get to interact and mix together faster, creating unusual environment for the artists of today.

We have analyzed the most popular form of modern art – the art installation – and picked the most memorable projects on the web.

Here is the list of projects and art illusions that we got to review (we have used mostly the creative commons and fair use footage – all the links may be found below or in the credits section of the video):

- "Rainbow Panorama" in Aarhus, Denmark by Olafur Eliasson. Learn more here: www.vimeo.com/84675017

- Colorful Umbrella installation as a part of Agitagueda festival in Portugal

- 500-m long Kinematope in France by Pablo Valbuena (Spanish artist). Find out more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsAv3Fglapc or here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7mDAKdhIEc

- "Washed up" art project by Alejandro Duran in Sian Ka’an natural reserve

- Breathtaking light-art shows and optical illusions at the Vivid Sydney festival in Australia

- Plexus art series created by Gabriel Dawe (Dallas-based artist). Learn more here: www.youtube.com/watch?
v=AcdFZD4eom8 and here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4A7_q7hrfnU

- "Intersections" (winner of the Artprize 2014 ) piece by pakistani artist Anila Quayyum Agha. Learn more here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzUCWBSD8cs or even here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx8fji43Wm4

- art-project the creators of which (Paul Cummins, Tom Piper) placed 888,246 handmade poppies by the Tower of London
for Armistice Day. Find out more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nw10xaroQ0Q

- "The Rain Room" in London by Random International

- 1,600 pandas created by French artist Paulo Grangeon. Also check out: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5K6_B835HmY or this clip: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zV8h0lxetQ

- Budapest LED trams decorated with over 30,000 lamps each. Learn more here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLgebgdjQng

- London charity project - 50 brightly colored benches to celebrate London’s literary history

- Florentijn Hofman's sculpture based on the Chinese myth about the Moon Rabbit. Learn more:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K14IS6m4rGg

- Bloemencorso Zundert flower parade, where floats are just large artworks

- Creative Cassette tape art by Erika Iris Simmons

- hypnotic sand art projects by Joe Mangrum from New York. Learn more here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSfW8IA0LHU

- Unnumbered Sparks that painted the skies thanks to the Studio Echelman

- Scrap metal artworks by John Lopez, a sculptor from South Dakota

- mind-bending anamorphic artworks and unbelievable found-object installations by Bernard Pras from France

- mirrored maze in Hyde Park South, New Zealand. Learn more here: www.vimeo.com/77184368

- "the Dalston House" in London - awesome optical illusion by Leandro Erlich

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