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Media Files
- › Media flow (of netzspannung.org) © Monika Fleischmann + Wolfgang Strauss. Foto Marcus Meyer [JPEG | 111 KB ]
- › Video documentation of the Media flow © Monika Fleischmann + Wolfgang Strauss. [RealMedia]
- › A visitor reading the Media flow © Monika Fleischmann + Wolfgang Strauss. Foto Marcus Meyer [JPEG | 55 KB ]
- › Installation view, detail © Monika Fleischmann + Wolfgang Strauss. Foto Marcus Meyer [JPEG | 46 KB ]
- › Visitors © Monika Fleischmann + Wolfgang Strauss. Foto Marcus Meyer [JPEG | 44 KB ]
Abstract
The installation "Media flow: netzspannung.org" is an all-encompassing browser, which, in a simple to use way, makes the archive of the Internet platform netzspannung.org accessible. Two parallel media flows, one made up of images, and one of words, flow as large format data projections through the space.
The word flow shows keywords, authors and title of the archived documents. A visual access point made up of images, which represent the archived documents, complements this text-based point of entry. Using an integrated text-to-speech-module, the terms are spoken out by a computer voice. They build, alongside the representation of text and image – an acoustic description of the archive. The media flow, and the image based acoustic spheres, create the impression of a media space.
The interface object, an archive table with two monitors, allows access to an extensive data flow. Concepts within the media flow, listed alphabetically on a touch-screen, serve the user as an interface in which choices can be made. With the choice of a word, it is pulled out of the flow and is surrounded by a word-ring of terms, which shows the contextual relationships of the database entries. With the choice of a picture, the title and names of the author of the selected document are shown, complemented by links to further documents by the author. At the same time, detailed information relating to the selected terms appears as HTML, PDF or video documents on a third screen.
This synopsis of overview, context and detail, allows an all-embracing navigation through the archive. It combines the usual access via keywords with the new approach of an associative network of terms combined with visual search possibilities.
Artists / Authors
- Wolfgang Strauss, concept and art director, Fraunhofer IAIS.MARS, eCulture Factory, Bremen › Biography
- Monika Fleischmann, concept and project management, Fraunhofer IAIS.MARS, eCulture Factory, Bremen › Biography
Cooperators
- Jochen Denzinger, interface design
- Ansgar Himmel, database programming
- Kai-Uwe Kunze, database programming
- Andreas Muxel, interface programming
- Kresimir Simunic, programming
- Bernd Kolbeck, set-up, Fraunhofer-Institut für Intelligente Analyse- und Informationssysteme
- Rainer Liesendahl, coordinating and organizing installation set-up
Origination
Germany, 2006
Partners / Sponsors
"Media flow" (of netzspannung.org) was developed within the context of Fraunhofer IMK.MARS research on knowledge-media and knowledge-arts, and from 12.05 to 21.05.2006 was exhibited in the ZKM, Centre for Art and Media Technology, in Karlsruhe. Today in the permanent collection of ZKM.
Submission
Redaktion netzspannung.org, Jul 7, 2006
Category
- research project
Keywords
- Topics:
- culture mediation |
- human-machine-interaction (HCI) |
- information design |
- hypermedia |
- knowledge spaces
Additions to Keyword List
- Internet |
- Interaktive Medienkunst |
- Installation