Rain Room, MoMA PS1, New York City

Members of the public experience 'Rain Room,' an art installation by Random International, at the Barbican Centre in London, England. It features a field of falling water that pauses wherever a human body is detected, and will be part of a MoMA PS1 exhibition in NYC. (Photo: Oli Scarff/Getty Images)

For years, artists have been drawn to the beauty of nature, making it the subject of their work, as seen in everything from Georgia O'Keefe's Sunrise painting to Japanese artists' woodblock prints of giant waves. With the rise of multimedia, today's weather-inspired art is becoming more creative and interactive. Here, we take a look at the most memorable art installations inspired by (and sometimes, imitating) weather.

Opening at MoMA PS1 in New York in May 2013, Random International's art installation 'Rain Room' "makes you feel the forces of nature," MoMA PS1 director Klaus Biesenbach told the New York Times. Composed of a 5,000-square-foot field of falling water, the 'Rain Room' offers visitors the experience of controlling the rain—its carefully choreographed downpour pauses and creates a dry path wherever a human body is detected. The installation was a hit at the Barbican Centre in London last year, where visitors queued for 12 hours to experience it, according to UK newspaper, the Telegraph. The 'Rain Room' opens at MoMA PS1 on May 12 and will be on display through September 2, 2013.

NEXT: A fog installation in San Francisco's Exploratorium

Fog Bridge, Exploratorium, San Francisco, Calif.

Fujiko Nakaya's 'Fog Bridge' debuted at San Francisco's Exploratorium in April 2013. The fog installation stretches across the 150-foot-long pedestrian bridge that spans the water between Piers 15 and 17. (Photo: Amy Snyder)

As part of the reopening of the Exploratorium in San Francisco, Japanese artist Fujiko Nakaya created 'Fog Bridge #72494," a fog installation stretching across the 150-foot-long pedestrian bridge that spans the water between Piers 15 and 17. Visitors to 'Fog Bridge' are shrouded in mist and fog, created by water pumped at high pressure through more than 800 nozzles, creating an immersive environment that "puts their own senses, perception and surroundings at the center of their experience," according to the Exploratorium. The work, which is on view through September 16, 2013, is lit at night.

NEXT: Indoor clouds in a train station in London

Cloud Meteoros, St Pancras Station, London, England

'Cloud Meteoros' by sculptors Lucy and Jorge Orta, which was unveiled on April 18, 2013, floats above St Pancras Station in London, England. (Photo: Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images for HS1 Ltd)

High above London's St Pancras International station, clouds with gray human figures riding them drift over commuters and the Eurostar platforms. Created by sculptors Lucy and Jorge Orta, 'Cloud: Meteoros' is part of the Terrace Wires initiative that presents public artworks suspended in the historic Barlow Shed of the station (a giant set of Olympic Rings have previously graced the station, which welcomes 1 million visitors every week). Lucy Orta hopes the sculpture "will be one more way for the millions of visitors to admire the beauty of the space and take their minds off the mundane."

NEXT: Raindrops fall on the MOCA in Los Angeles

Horses Dream of Horses, MOCA, Los Angeles, Calif.

Members of the public view Urs Fischer's 'Horses Dream of Horses,' an installation of 1,500 hanging plaster and resin raindrops, part of his retrospective at Los Angeles' MOCA. (Photo: Mike Windle/Getty Images for MOCA)

The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Los Angeles recently opened the first-ever US survey of Swiss-born, New York-based artist Urs Fischer's work. One of the highlights is "Horses Dream of Horses," a sculpture of 1,500 plaster and resin raindrops hung on nylon string, bringing a taste of the outdoors indoors. The Urs Fischer retrospective is on view through August 19, 2013.

NEXT: Singapore lets it rain in an airport terminal

Kinetic Rain, Changi Airport, Singapore

A view of 'Kinetic Rain,' a kinetic art sculpture made of 600 copper-plated rain droplets in Singapore's Changi Airport Terminal 1. Computer-controlled motors raise and lower the droplets, forming various shapes. (Photo: Roslan Rahman/AFP/Getty Images)

Reflecting the tropical climate of Singapore, Changi Airport's Terminal 1 features a moving sculpture consisting of 608 copper-plated aluminum raindrops. "Kinetic Rain," called the work's largest kinetic sculpture, is powered by a computer-controlled motor which moves each "raindrop" to form elaborate shapes. The installation is programmed to make the elements morph into 16 different shapes during a 15-minute loop, including flight-related shapes such as airplanes, kites or hot air balloons, according to the Jakarta Post.

NEXT: A museum in Vienna spotlights artists' representations of clouds

Clouds (Wolke), Leopold Museum, Vienna, Austria

A woman walks next to an artwork by artist Dietrich Wegner, titled ‘Playhouse’ and dated 2008-2012, as part of the ‘Clouds’ (Wolken) exhibition at the Leopold Museum in Vienna, Austria. The exhibition will run through July 1, 2013. (Photo: Alexander Klein/AFP/Getty Images)

In the 1800s, landscape painting entered a new era when artists started focusing on the motif of clouds, according to the Leopold Museum in Vienna, Austria, where a new exhibition on the "strange, elusive formations of water, air and light" is on view through July 1, 2013. Clouds can convey different emotions and messages, whether dark and foreboding or light and idyllic, and this is reflected in the exhibition 'Clouds,' which features European and American artists such as Claude Monet, Vincent van Gogh, Edvard Munch, Andy Warhol and Gerhard Richter.

NEXT: A cloud sculpture made from 6,000 light bulbs

CLOUD, Caitlind r.c. Brown and Wayne Garrett

Members of the public experience 'CLOUD,' an art sculpture by Caitlind r.c. Brown and Wayne Garrett at the Garage Center for Contemporary Cultures in Moscow, Russia. (Photo: Caitlind r.c. Brown and Wayne Garrett)

Created by Canada-based artists Caitlind r.c. Brown and Wayne Garrett, CLOUD features 6,000 new and burnt-out light bulbs collected from local households, businesses, museums and eco-stations. The sculpture is rear-lit by 250 compact fluorescent bulbs, each attached to a pull-string, allowing viewers to the control the illumination of the structure–like lightning in the CLOUD above them, according to the official website. The sculpture was on display in the Garage Center for Contemporary Culture in Moscow, Russia in January.

NEXT: A "weather project" mesmerizes visitors of a London museum

The Weather Project, Olafur Eliasson

Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson is known for sculptures and installations using light, water and air temperature, work that explores human perception of the world and the boundaries between nature, art and technology. One of his most powerful is "The Weather Project," installed at the Tate Modern in London in 2003. In this installation, a representation of the sun hung over the museum's Turbine Hall, while a fine mist permeated the space and a huge mirror covered the ceiling. Throughout the day, the mist accumulated into faint, cloud-like formations, before dissipating across the space, according to the Tate Modern.

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