Light Swarm
Installations in the city / Events
Tags: Germany , Frankfurt am Main , Hessen , lighting concept , Luminale
April 6, 2010 12:00
A "living", self-organizing swarm (English hive) of LED lights is April visitors to the festival of light Luminale enchant in 2010.
Excerpt from the official press kit:
hive is an interactive light installation that hangs over the pond at the Alte Oper Frankfurt. The installation was developed jointly by the Department of Design at FH Mainz - interior design and communication design - for the Luminale 2010th
hive has a dimension of 14 × 6x5 meters and consists of 1600 LED lighting company Zumtobel Lighting GmbH, the entire installation is video capabilities and respond in real time. The light spots are individually animated and of themselves as responsive system. About an interaction platform on the banks of the pond, visitors can interact with the hive.
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Luminale 2010: Project 056 hive - interactive light installation
Creator: interior designers and communication designers FH Mainz, luminale.fh-mainz.de/luminaleX
Location: Bockenheimer plant, pond behind the old opera, 60322 Frankfurt am Main, show location
Duration: 11 to 16 April 2010 under the 2010 Lumen
Vernissage: 11 April 2010 at 19.30 clock
Photos: PR from Prof. Anna-Lisa Schoenecker on flickr.com
Project support: Zumtobel
Event Information: Lumen - Biennale Lighting Culture, www.luminapolis.com
11 to 16 April 2010 in Frankfurt and the Rhine-Main region at the fair Light + Building .
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Excerpt from the official press kit:
hive is an interactive light installation that hangs over the pond at the Alte Oper Frankfurt. The installation was developed jointly by the Department of Design at FH Mainz - interior design and communication design - for the Luminale 2010th
hive has a dimension of 14 x 6 x 5 meters and consists of 1600 LED lighting company Zumtobel Lighting GmbH, the entire installation is video capabilities and respond in real time. The light spots are individually animated and of themselves as responsive system. About an interaction platform on the banks of the pond, visitors can interact with the hive.
The project was developed under the guidance of Prof. Klaus Teltenkötter, Prof. Anna-Lisa Schoenecker, Prof. Clemens Tropp and Andreas Muxel.
