Community Media
Medienkunst am Bau
Weitläufige Bilder auf Schwarzdornwänden Bereits zum vierten Mal findet in Bad Rothenfelde unter der Leitung von Prof. Manfred Schneckenburger die Projektionsbiennale «Lichtsicht» statt. Mit Einbruch der Dunkelheit verwandelt sich die einzigartige Kulisse des historischen Gradierwerkes im niedersächsischen Bad Rothenfelde in ein Theater der Projektionen, das auf einer Gesamtfläche von 11.000 qm mit 50 modernen Hochleistungs-Beamern […]
«Rendez-vous Bundesplatz» – 18. Oktober bis 1. Dezember 2013 Während der nächsten 6 Wochen, zweimal täglich um 19 und 20.30 Uhr, wird das Bundeshaus in Bern mit einem Lichtspektakel bespielt. Sieben Projektoren mit je 22 000 ANSI-Lumen verwandeln die Sandsteinfassade in eine flexible Leinwand. Initiiert wurde das Projekt von der Firma Starlight Events, Kilchberg/ BE, […]
LOOP – 1.10.2013 – 24.11.2013 In the end, we are self-perceiving, self-inventing, locked-in mirages, that are little miracles of self-reference. (Douglas Hofstadter, I Am a Strange Loop, 2008) With her work Loop on www.collective-view.ch Esther Hunziker researches the webcam’s function as a surveillance medium and an instrument for control freaks. To this end she implements […]
Color variations according to the mood expressed toward the Olympic sports fest Europe’s tallest Ferris wheel, the UK’s London Eye, is set to take part in what its sponsors are claiming will be the world’s first social media driven light show – controlled by Twitter reactions to the Olympics and Paralympics. The show kicks off […]
City-to-city live interventions series The CC Events are embedded in local programmes like the Media Facades Festival in Helsinki, Ikono On Air Festival in Berlin, Bauhausfest in Dessau, Ars Electronica Festival in Linz, Amber Festival in Istanbul, Nuit Blanche in Brussels etc. The urban media art projects have been produced by 18 partner institutions and […]
International Videomapping and Facade Projection Festival 5 – 11 August 2013, Weimar, Germany In 2013, the second edition of festival Genius Loci expanded in space and time as on three evenings three historical facades in the city of Weimar were transformed into a screening parcours. The festival offered additionally a symposium, workshops, an exhibition and […]
Scientific paper by Doris Gassert Now online: The scientific paper (in german) «Eine Frage des Blicks. in reality von Kasia Klimpel» by Doris Gassert (click here). Doris Gassert holds a PhD (Dr. phil. des.) in Media Studies. She works as a research assistant at the House of Electronic Arts Basel. Online until 17.08.2013: in reality, […]
International Videomapping Festival 9-11.08.2013 Genius Loci Weimar is an international festival for multimedia facade projections and site-specific audiovisual performances. The festival combines the historical spirit of Weimar and the contemporary techniques of video mapping, involving static objects in order to create an additional geometrical dimension and optical illusion. It combines an international competition, exhibition, symposium, […]