| Note: If you see this text you use a browser which does not support usual Web-standards. Therefore the design of Media Art Net will not display correctly. Contents are nevertheless provided. For greatest possible comfort and full functionality you should use one of the recommended browsers. |
Categories: Public Space
Relevant passages:
Inke Arns «Interaction, Participation, Networking: Art and Telecommunication»
VEAG
«VEAG media façade»
The headquarters of the Vereinigte Energiewerke AG, which opened in 1999, is on the busy Chausseestraße in the Mitte district of Berlin. Pedestrians, cars and trams go past the façade, all moving at different speeds and seeing it from different angles. The building's media façade consists of 18 windows which are switched to be opaque after nightfall in order to show images from 18 video projectors. The architecture of this media façade is very unusual: one horizontal and one vertical co-ordinate extend the image over a large area that is not playable itself. In late 1998, 11 European artists were invited to develop concepts for the media façade. The first work on the façade was completed in 1999 and the concepts submitted were presented in an exhibition.
