[ISEA2010] Curator Statement: ECF 2010 & ISEA2010 RUHR – Electronic Beats

Curator Statement

E-Culture Fair 2010 Closing Party

Bringing the E-Culture Fair 2010 to a close, large interactive video projections controlled by visitors can be seen in the sizeable audiovisual outdoor installation of MediaLAB (Hogeschool van Amsterdam, NL) on the facade of the office building, next to the Dortmunder U. MediaLAB’s “U-Turm Project” was developed in collaboration with video artist Matthias Oostrik, Beam
Systems, and Virtueel Platform. It combines interactive, large-scale projections with music and video art. The silhouettes of every visitor stepping onto one of the four stages on the Leonie-Reygers-Terrasse are recorded and projected onto a window of the facade. Through their movements, players can steer their images in different directions. The closing party expands at 23:00h when the E-Culture Fair 2010 opens the vaulted cellar under the Dortmunder U, jointly organised with ISEA2010 RUHR, providing an opportunity to get to know each other in a relaxed atmosphere, accompanied by electronic music.

INTERACTIVE FACADE PROJECTIONS by MediaLAB, Hogeschool van Amsterdam

ELECTRONIC BEATS
Electro / Cosmic Disco / Balearic / Indietronics
Line-up: Malo (Poème Électronique, Cologne),D.E.R. (Ex-Lollywood,Essen), Fabian Saavedra-Lara (Poème Électronique, Dortmund)