Berlin
O2-World Facade
Location
O2 World, Mühlenstrasse 12-30 – The Giant Screen: The crescent shaped glazed front with a total area of more than 1,440 m2, incorporating 300,000 LED’s of the Arena is probably one of the largest outdoor media installations world-wide. It overlooks a large square with ample public space and faces the river Spree. Three loosely dispersed large format LED screens operate as guidance system and advertising space. The event hall is part of the 180 hectare urban development area “Mediaspree”, which currently is to be transformed into an urban media- and service district. Converted industrial and commercial buildings that are so characteristic of Berlin lie at the banks of the river. The East Side Park is being developed by the district beside the hall – part of the memorial concept of the Berlin Wall.
http:// www.o2-world.de
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediaspree
SAP Facade
Location
The office building is located at Rosenthaler Straße 30, in the heart of the vibrant tourist centre of central Berlin. The media facade consists of various linked digital elements and invites interaction with sound, movement and touch. The projections behind the glass facade will especially become visible at dark and establish a relationship between the inside and the outside of the building.
http://www.aec.at/sap_web/de/index.htm
Wall Terminal
Location
Wall Terminal, The Multi Media City Terminal: These terminals are part of a network of 64 public Bluespot online city information terminals incorporating two illuminated posters and a touch-screen monitor, dispersed near Berlin’s main tourist attractions. For the festival, one particular terminal will provide an interactive link with the CHB media facade.
Collegium Hungaricum Berlin (CHB)
Location
Since november 2007 the Hungarian culture institute Collegium Hungaricum Berlin (CHB) has its home at Dorotheenstraße 12, behind the Humboldt University, with a view on the boulevard “Unter den Linden”. A location in the middle of the historic centre of Berlin, right next to the “Museum Island”. This modern building in a neo-Bauhaus style, designed by Peter P. plays with its façade with “laminarity” and contrast. It includes a 40 m² large panorama window with a rear projection. The ground floor room behind the 15 m² large front window communicates with the public space as well.
Bewirb du dich 2 agency
Artists: R. Shaw, A. Heilgemeir, V. Steininger
Locations: Berlin - Wall Terminal, Nightscreen-Gasometer and O2-World Big Screen
Relaxing the structures of communication
Artist: Claudia Boukatouh-Stüwe
Location: Berlin - O2-World Big Screen
The city square as a space of public communication, inspired by Tai Chi practices and the Muezzin’s calls for prayers: The screen engages the observer through textual instructions and graphics of relaxation and gymnastic exercises to communicate through motions.
Radio VJ - Joint Broadcasting Event
After the Gala evening of the Ars Electronica Festival on September 3rd, FM4 radio station will provide a musical event in the Danube Park. Various DJs and VJs will be invited play and turn the music into light visualisation on the Ars Electronica Center facade. The event will be streamed online by FM4 and local VJs in other European cities involved in MFF Europe 2010. They will be invited to create simultaneous visualisations for their local media facades.
Tales that are never told - ZeroEstigma’
‘Tales that are never told: ZeroEstigma’ aims to contribute to visualise part of the history of women and lesbians in Spain, regarding the role of mental control in society. Collaboratively, people of all genres will build the final image of the project, the meaning of stigma in mental health. The artistic model of Toxic Lesbian goes from pure artistic language to virtual and live action, creation and investigation processes, including all kind of collaborations.
www.ideash.org/cuentosquenuncacuentan/
LummoBlocks
LummoBlocks is inspired by the legendary ‘Tetris’ game and designed to create social interaction between people in the public space where a digital facade is used to visualise the game. The mechanics of the game are similar as in ‘Tetris.’ Players must try to solve the largest possible number of lines in order to prevent the stacked pieces from reaching the top of the screen. The aim is to create a playful interactive space located experience.
Live Coding Performance
Kitchen Budapest will present ‘No Copy Paste’ performance when the members of the event generate music and visuals in real time, utilising live coding which emphasises the expressive possibilities afforded by programming languages as a means for defining and manipulating computational processes. A Live Coding Performance will take place simultaneously on 3 September in all participating MFF Europe 2010 cities.
