Gold Installatioun · 2023
Spot On Interaktiv Liichtinstallatioun
by Responsive Spaces and Michael Holzer
- A' Design Award an Gold 2023 in Installatioun
- CLIENT: Creative Region / City of Linz
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 538,891
- Verification code 0F21A3F2D7 · Verify this award
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About Spot On Interaktiv Liichtinstallatioun
Eidel Buttek Fënstere sinn langweileg. Besonnesch wéinst der Covid-19 Pandemie gouf eidel Buttek Fënsteren eng nach méi dréngend Saach fir d'Stad Linz. Awer besonnesch op super Plazen an der Stad sinn déi Plazen och onbenotzt Presentatiounsberäicher, déi an der Tëschenzäit gutt genotzt kënne ginn. Dofir dës eenzegaarteg Buttek Fënster Installatioun an d'Konzept vun "Spot On"; hannert sech entwéckelt. Interaktive Liichtinstallatiounen verwandelen eidel Fënsteren an engagéierend an aussergewéinlech Konschtstécker, wärend och lokal Geschäfter eng wäertvoll temporär Bühn ubidden. Mir. Léift. Linz.
About the A' Design Award an Gold
Spot On Interaktiv Liichtinstallatioun ass e Gewënner vum A' Design Award an Gold, enger héich prestigiéiser Unerkennung, déi un éischtklassesch, wonnerbar an erausragend Designe vergi gëtt. Gold-Gewënner si ganz innovativ, visionär a blendend glänzend Kreatiounen, déi d'Talent, d'Wäisheet an d'Fäegkeete vun hire Designer reflektéieren. Et gëtt erwaart, datt Spot On Interaktiv Liichtinstallatioun eng héich gelueften, trendsetzend a monumental Erfindung ass, déi beispillosen Wäert liwwert. Dëst mam Gold ausgezeechent Design ass e spektakuläert, respektéiert Projet, dat d'Grenze vun der Konscht, der Wëssenschaft, vum Design an der Technologie erweidert. Spot On Interaktiv Liichtinstallatioun erzeegt intensiv Wënsch, erweckt Leidenschaft, encouragéiert Kreativitéit a faszinéiert eis.
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- Unique Properties
- Empty shop windows are boring. But especially in good locations, they are also unused presentation areas that can be put to good use in the meantime. For example, to offer local businesses a valuable temporary stage. Best of all in the form of this interactive shop window installation. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic additional empty shop windows happened to pop up in our hometown Linz. Therefore, in the summer of 2021, the concept of 'Spot On' was born.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- The whole installation has a size-flexible setup. The initial installation was 4 meters in width, 2 meters in height and 1.2 meters in depth.
- Tags
- interactive installation, light installation, mobile interface, shop window, art installation, digital installation
- Production Technology
- The whole installation consists of a easy to setup and remove wooden frame to which 24 DMX-controllable LED tubes with single RGB Pixel control are mounted.
The mobile website that lets everybody interact with the light installation has a MQTT based backend that is parked in the cloud, so every bypasser can reach it with his or her smartphone.
The light installation itself is also connected to the internet via a SIM card and mobile internet to receive commands from all users that a surfing the mobile website. - Design Challenge
- It was the goal to positively utilise ugly (because empty) shopwindows in the inner areas of Linz. We needed a flexible hardware setup to adapt to different measurements of shopwindows as well as add extra value to argue funding. Therefore we integrated the presentation of local businesses which were also hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. To engage with bypassers we offered them a mobile interface that let them easily take creative control of the light installation and display short messages.
- Research
- As a studio for interactive brand experiences we were able to apply our learnings from other projects in the B2B field to this public space installation. The overall creative process to design the setup, the light effects as well as the possibilities of interaction was done within the creative team of the project. This process benefitted from our interdisciplinary team setup and approach.
- Inspiration
- The heart of the installation was a voluminous arrangement of controllable LED lights. When viewers were 'on spot', they could design individual messages using their smartphones and send them directly to the system. A jury regularly selected new young companies and startups from among all the applicants, for whom this consequently meant to be in the spotlight in the shop windows.
WE. LOVE. LINZ. - Project Duration
- Since August 2021 in Linz
- Operation Flow
- As soon as one stands on a marked point in front of the shop window, the complex arrangement of lamps and light unravel for the viewer and an interactive ticker become legible. Via QR code and smartphone, own messages and crazy light effects can be controlled in the shop window.
- Image Credits
- Photo Credits: Responsive Spaces
Video Credits: Eyup Kus
