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Abstract
The "Kinetic Light Sculpture" visualises the urban and climatic influences to which the Frankfurt Zeilgalerie is exposed. The facade becomes a kind of 'visual barometer', responding to sounds and noise.
A weather station situated on the roof of the Zeilgalerie evaluates changing climatic conditions - temperature, rain and wind. Sound sensors positioned behind the building's glass facade register urban noises and street sounds. A computer combines both streams of data and uses pre-defined parameters to turn them into a light design for the facade.
The interpretation of the climatic changes controls the light modulation. When it is warm, vertical strips of yellow light spread out from left to right, pushing out the "cooler" blue along the length of the facade. A highly dynamic line graph (computer graphic) visualises the noise levels in the upper part of the building.
The activity of the surroundings and the town can therefore be gauged from the distribution of the blue (cool, quiet) and yellow (warm, noisy/much activity) colour fields.
Artists / Authors
- Christian Möller
- Rüdiger Kramm
Cooperators
- Jürgen Schneider , Entwickler
- Christian Bartenbach , Programmierer
- Gideon May , Programmierer
Origination
Germany, 1999
Submission
, Sep 21, 2001
Category
- artistic production
Keywords
- Topics:
- public space
- Technology:
- acoustic tracking