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ANTopolis 2020, Austria, Linz

interactive media facade

An interactive media facade project where people can create their portraits composed of artificial ants on a gigantic screen. Premiered at Ars Electronica in Linz in 2020.

In the interactive media façade project "ANTopolis" virtual ants invade the city. They look for human activities, crawl towards any man-made shape, follow humans, vehicles and any moving or still object in the city. All these artefacts become their resource. Passerby can also actively participate in "ANTopolis" and created their own ant portraits projected on a gigantic screen. It suffices to just place oneself in front of a camera. The artificial ants will start to organize themselves, creating complex shapes and trails and fascinating human portraits. In our world and in "ANTopolis" a minuscule insect or a virus has the power to profoundly impact human activities. We are reminded that we are all just part of one large fragile ecosystem.

http://www.interface.ufg.ac.at/christa-laurent/WORKS/artworks/ANTopolis/ANTopolis.html

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Building or project owner : Kunstuniversität Linz

Project artist/ concept/ design/ planning : Laurent Mignonneau and Christa Sommerer

Facade design : Ton&Bild Medien Gmbh

Facade construction : Ton&Bild Medien Gmbh

Lighting control software : Laurent Mignonneau

Project co-ordination : Manuela Naveau

Interaction design/ programming : Laurent Mignonneau

Project sponsor/ support : Kunstuniversität Linz

Descriptions

Facade type and geometry (structure) : 16 x 9 meters front projection screen in HD on the main facade of the University of Art and Design in Linz Austria

Kind of light creation : displayed onto a facade screen , can be displayed directly onto the facade

Resolution and transmitting behaviour : 1920 x 1080 HD on two Christies Video Projectors (20,000 lumens)

Luminace : 40,000 Lumens

Urban situation : Main square (Hauptplatz) of Linz right in the center on a 100 meters long square , projected during 3 evenings during the Ars Electronica Festival 2020, free access to the public, several 1000 visitors participated

Description of showreel : real time graphics from a PC

Participatory architecture & urban interaction

Community or communities involved : ANTopolis was shown on the main square (Hauptplatz) of Linz right in the center during 3 evenings during the Ars Electronica Festival 2020; there was free access and several 1000 visitors participated in the interactive installation; they could see their own images transformed my artificial ants projected on a gigantic screen

Host organization : Kunstuniversität Linz, The Wild State at Ars Electronica 2020

Impact : several 1000 participants during the Ars Electronica Festival 2020

Tools developed : custom made program (C++)

Tools used : PC computer with NVidia RTX2070 and custom made program (C++)

ANTopolis 2020, Austria, Linz

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Participatory architecture & urban interaction

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