Holzminden Sensoria

Client: Sensoria Haus der Düfte und Aromen Holzminden
SEPTEMBER 2024

The town of Holzminden is considered an international center of the fragrance and flavor industry. Between the Weser and the historic old town, an interactive exhibition house on the subject of fragrances and flavors is being built on a total of 850 m² of floor space. Sensoria is Europe’s first experience house for fragrances and flavors.

Visitors are invited on a journey through time through the world of fragrances and gain interesting insights into the historical and scientific background. From antiquity to ancient Egypt to the rainforest – aromas and fragrances are widespread and fascinate across national borders.
The visit not only engages all the senses, but also awakens emotions and memories, opening up completely new worlds. Visitors can immerse themselves in completely new worlds at the many interactive, multimedia stations.

For this, 235 Media supplies the entire media technology including media control and realizes the media production including programming and film production.

Bundeskanzler-Helmut-Schmidt-Stiftung

Client: Bundeskanzler-Helmut-Schmidt-Stiftung
23 April 2024

Helmut Schmidt, the fifth Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, not only shaped his hometown of Hamburg as a politician, publicist, and thought leader, but also had a significant impact on Germany as a whole and on international politics. The Federal Chancellor Helmut Schmidt Foundation addresses the central question: “Who was Helmut Schmidt?” and has been offering insights into Schmidt’s life and work through various exhibitions since 2017.

For several months, the new traveling exhibition “Challenging Democracy” will explore the multifaceted life and work of Schmidt. It will particularly focus on topics such as internal and external security, energy and the environment, as well as economic and social issues. At several interactive stations, visitors will have the opportunity to engage directly and contribute to a democratic understanding of politics.

235 Media was tasked with creating the media productions, programming, and screen design. This also included developing and implementing a four-minute animated film and producing several interview films with the exhibition organizers. Additionally, 235 Media was responsible for producing the entire exhibition, which included a total of nine modules equipped with various graphic elements and other components. Our responsibilities encompassed work planning, graphics production, and exhibit construction.

Museum la Boverie, Lüttich

CLIENT: MUSEUM LA BOVERIE

21 OCTOBER 2023 TO 28 APRIL 2024

La Boverie Museum in Liège is presenting “Sculptor of Time”, a major solo exhibition by the American artist Bill Viola.
In collaboration with Tempora and Bill Viola Studio, the museum is presenting the first Belgian exhibition of international standing to honor the work of the renowned video artist. Viola’s works are technically impressive, simultaneously grandiose and intimate, complex and surprisingly accessible, spectacular and deeply human. The sources of inspiration for his installations are diverse and rooted in Western and Eastern art traditions and various spiritual philosophies. They are imbued with a humanism with a universal character.
La Boverie presents 17 works by Bill Viola, including 5 large-scale installations. Among other things, visitors can expect to see the rarely shown works “Slowly Turning Narrative” and “Going Forth by Day” and an impressive version of the work “Fire Woman/ Tristan’s Ascension”, which is presented on an 8 m high canvas.

235 Media has produced a re-build of the 1992 work “Heaven & Earth” for this exhibition, commissioned by Bill Viola Studio,
and technically reworked the work “Slowly Turning Narrative” from 1992 (which we already rebuilt in 2017).
Furthermore, 235 Media was involved in the technical planning of the exhibition and carried out the complete technical realization.

Schauwerk Sindelfingen

CLIENT: SCHAUWERK SINDELFINGEN

24 SEPTEMBER 2023 TO 01 APRIL 2024

The SCHAUWERK in Sindelfingen is presenting the comprehensive exhibition “Return to the Real” by artist Doug Aitken from September 24, 2023 to April 1, 2024. His works, including video installations, sculptures and photographs, explore social themes such as alienation, isolation and the relationships between humans, nature and technology.

Highlights of the exhibition include the video installations “Migration” from 2008 and the new work “Wilderness” from 2022, which shows everyday life on the beach in Los Angeles during the coronavirus pandemic. Another installation, “migration (empire)” from 2008, presents abandoned cities and animals in motel rooms across the USA. In addition, the installations “3 Modern Figures (don’t forget to brathe)” from 2018 and “All doors open” from 2019, which address the fusion of the digital and the real as well as the fragmentation of space and time, will also be presented.

235 Media realized the technical planning as well as the construction and projection mapping. In addition, both the media technology and the media planning were taken over.

Arche Nebra, Nebra

Client: Kulturbetriebe Burglandkreis
21 JUNE 2023

The visitor center “Arche Nebra” was reopened with new highlights and barrier-free access. It is located near the site where the Nebra Sky Disk was found, a 3600-year-old bronze disk that is considered the oldest known concrete representation of the sky. New attractions include a high-definition planetarium show designed and implemented in a fulldome theater by 235 Media.

The planetarium show offers visitors a fascinating experience by taking them on an immersive journey through the cosmos. Using state-of-the-art technology, the stars, planets and galaxies are displayed in breathtaking clarity and detail. Visitors have the opportunity to explore the fascinating secrets of the universe and learn more about the Nebra Sky Disk and its significance to the history of astronomy.

The scope of services included execution planning, preparation and support of the tendering process and construction supervision until final approval.

Marta Herford, Herford

CLIENT: Marta Herford Museum

17 JUNE 2023 TO 15 OCTOBER 2023

From June 17, 2023 to October 15, 2023, the exhibition “SHIFT – AI and a future community” could be visited at the Marta Herford Museum of Art, Architecture and Design.
Nine international artists take a stand on the complex social contexts of AI, reflect on this topic and make it tangible for visitors. The result is an exciting exchange between humans, nature and technology that asks and answers questions and opens up new perspectives.

235 Media is supporting the two artists Hito Steyerl and Philippe Parreno with the implementation. Hito Steyerl’s installation comprises an immersive projected live simulation articulated in the form of a narrative video that combines different sources and aesthetics. Philippe Parreno’s work shows 64 image sequences in high-end CGI, which are controlled and continuously developed by an AI.

Michael Pinsky, The Final Bid

MICHAEL PINSKY, THE FINAL BID

26.05. – 07.06. 2023 BEI 235 MEDIA, AM KÖLNER BRETT 1, KÖLN

The installation “The Final Bid” by British artist Michael Pinsky questions our consumer behavior and its impact on the environment. It is surprising that the majority of greenhouse gas emissions are caused by the consumption of things like furniture, clothing or appliances and not by air travel, energy consumption or food. The project promotes an economy of reuse by collecting used chairs that are then sold through an online auction. This creates an ever-changing sculptural ensemble. The installation height of each chair increases as the bidding increases, representing the evolving value of the object. However, the sculptural presence of the exhibition is only a moment in the chairs’ journey to reuse, as they will find a new home elsewhere after the exhibition.

“The Final Bid” plays with the idea of collecting artifacts and the appreciation they gain when placed in a new context. While some of the chairs may have significant sentimental value, they may generally have little commercial value. In the tradition of the readymade, they are momentarily ripped from their functional use and become sculptures to be contemplated rather than just pieces of furniture to be sat upon.

We are celebrating forty years of 235 Media as part of Passages 2023.

Bids could be placed on-site or online. Proceeds were donated to Doctors Without Borders.

 

With the kind support of the Draiflessen Collection, Mettingen.

Michael Pinsky, THE FINAL BID, 2022, first time realized at the Draiflessen Collection, Mettingen.

MuseumMobil, Traveling exhibition

Client: Foundation House of History
North Rhine-Westphalia

26 SEPTEMBER 2022

Following the major anniversary exhibition “75 Years of North Rhine-Westphalia” in the Behrensbau in Düsseldorf, the exhibition is touring NRW in a condensed format. Over the next four years, the specially developed “MuseumMobil” will stop for ten to twelve days in each of the state’s 53 districts and independent cities. Visitors can bring their personal objects and stories to the mobile on “collection days” and thus participate in building up the collection of the new museum “House of History of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia”.

235 Media had already developed interactive media applications in the Düsseldorf exhibition, which were then adapted for the MuseumMobil. In addition, 235 Media produced three new applications that, among other things, offer immersion levels for the exhibits on display in the mobile.

360°-Kino im Erlebniszentrum Naturgewalten Sylt

Kunde: Erlebniszentrum Naturgewalten Sylt

Syltdome – Deutschlands nördlichstes (360°) Kino

Mit der Errichtung des 360°-Kinos, dem „Syltdome“, erhielt das Erlebniszentrum Naturgewalten Sylt ein ganz besonderes Highlight. 235 Media übernahm die Konzeption von Innenraumgestaltung, Medientechnik, Raumakustik und Lichtdesign sowie die Planung der Lüftungstechnik.

Für das visuelle Erlebnis sorgen fünf 4K-Projektoren mit jeweils 5000 ANSI Lumen. Der Zuspielserver ist im Technikraum ca. 50 Meter vom Kino entfernt untergebracht und die Signalspeisung erfolgt latenzfrei und synchron. Ein ausgeklügeltes Beleuchtungskonzept sorgt in Abstimmung mit der Showsteuerung für „Ambient Sound & Light“ für die Wartezeit zwischen den Shows.

Im Lüftungskonzept kam das Quellluftprinzip zur Anwendung. Dabei strömt die Zuluft im Fußbodenbereich ein, die punktuell erwärmte Luft steigt hoch und wird abgesaugt. Für die Einhaltung gebotener Sicherheitsaspekte standen die Entrauchung, der Brandschutz und die Fluchtwegplanung im Fokus. Im Sinne der Barrierefreiheit wurden zwei Rollstuhlplätze eingeplant, Braille-Beschilderung und Bodenbelagswechsel für Menschen mit visuellen Beeinträchtigungen vorgesehen.

Um der visuellen 360°-Filmprojektion eine auditive Entsprechung zu geben, werden 31 Lautsprecher und vier Subwoofer nach dem Prinzip der Wellenfeldsynthese mit der Technologie des „Spacial Audio Designer – Processor (SAD-P)” gespeist. Dadurch entsteht der Eindruck einer objekthaften Wahrnehmung von Sound im Raum. Um eine störende Beschallung der umliegenden Ausstellungsbereiche zu vermeiden, wurden diverse Schallschutzmaßnahmen realisiert.

Neben den eigens produzierten Filmen für „Kräfte der Nordsee“ wird das Kino zusätzlich auch außerhalb der Öffnungszeiten als Full-Dome-Kino und Veranstaltungsort genutzt.

In Zusammenarbeit mit ntk, Düsseldorf, FH Glücksburg, Bergmann Bauingenieure, ka-Plus Ingenierbüro Vollert, JF-Architekten, Moll Akustik

House of History North Rhine-Westphalia

Client: Foundation House of History North Rhine-Westphalia

OUR STATE. 75 Years of North Rhine-Westphalia

27 August 2021 – 23 May 2022

 

To mark the 75th anniversary of North Rhine-Westphalia, a large exhibition was held in the Behrens building in Düsseldorf, which served as the seat of the first NRW minister-presidents from 1946 onwards. A variety of topics such as flight, expulsion, industry and economy, but also more mundane topics such as football, were presented on an exhibition area of approximately 1,200 square metres. At the same time, the show was the opening exhibition for the future “House of History North Rhine-Westphalia”, which will be realised in the Behrens building.

235 Media produced two interactive media installations for the exhibition: At “Where do you come from?” visitors could state their origins and those of their parents and grandparents and understand what role immigration plays in North Rhine-Westphalia. Another station allowed the audience to define topics that are considered future challenges for the federal state.

In the foyer we realised a 270° video panorama that was projected onto nine surfaces.

For the front of the building, we equipped 22 of the 48 windows on the third floor with LED meshes, for which we created an animation based on the state flag.

In collaboration with gewerkdesign, Berlin.

Altena Castle

Client: Märkische Kulturstiftung Burg Altena

September 2021

As part of the media enhancement of the cultural-historical exhibition at Altena Castle, 235 Media produced seven videos for Pepper’s Ghost installations as well as wall and floor projections. Seven characters from contemporary history present historically authenticated facts and anecdotes that are closely related to the town of Altena and the exhibition site.

The filming took place in a green-screen studio in Cologne. The entire production – from casting the actors to shooting and post-production – was carried out by the 235 Media team.

Museum Ludwig

Client: Museum Ludwig, Cologne
Andy Warhol Now
Decem­ber 12th 2020 – Ju­ne 13th 2021

Andy Warhol is without a doubt the number one Pop artist. The Museum Ludwig in Cologne is dedicating a major retrospective to him with over one hundred works. Alongside art-historical icons such as the Elvis Presley, Electric Chair and Marilyn Monroe Series or Campbell’s Soup Cans and Brillo Boxes, the exhibition also presents films and other media works that perhaps most clearly reveal Warhol’s interest in a diverse, queer counterculture that was based in his New York studio, the Factory. The exhibition is evidence that Andy Warhol’s work remains highly relevant in our time, when an ever-increasing number of people are calling for the recognition and promotion of cultural and gender diversity.

235 Media installed several room-sized monitor and projection works. These included “Screen Tests,” with a projection area of nearly 80 square meters, and “Exploding Plastic Inevitable,” a spatial installation with 14 monitors.

“Screen Tests” (1964–66) are a series of black-and-white film portraits. They show a variety of people – usually from the neck up against plain backgrounds – many of whom were part of the mid-1960s New York cultural scene. Under Warhol’s direction, the sitters attempted to sit motionless for about three minutes while being filmed in slow motion. The films represented a new kind of portraiture – a slow-moving, almost still image of a person. The “Exploding Plastic Inevitable” was a series of multimedia events organized by Andy Warhol in 1966/67. They included performances by The Velvet Underground & Nico, screenings of Warhol’s films, and performances by Factory regulars.

Andy Warhol Now is a cooperation of Cologne’s Museum Ludwig and London’s Tate Modern. Other venues include the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto and the Aspen Art Museum in Colorado.

For copyright reasons, we only show images taken during the installation process and to document our own work.

Bill Viola

CLIENT: Bill Viola Studio
30.06. – 09.11.2017

Of the seven international Guggenheim museums, the Guggenheim Bilbao is the most spectacular. Frank O. Gehry’s famous deconstructivist building is housing the exhibition “Bill Viola: A Retrospective”, which provides a thematic and chronological cross-section of works by one of the most important artists of our time. The retrospective begins with his early single-channel videotapes, including iconic works such as “The Reflecting Pool” (1977–79) and “Four Songs” (1976), where the central themes of Viola’s work were already evident: time and its deconstruction, the exploration of human existence, and experimentation with the media manipulation of images and sounds. Significant works from the 80s, 90s and 2000s trace the development of the large-scale audiovisual masterpieces that brought Bill Viola worldwide renown, and which reveal their full magic in the Guggenheim Bilbao.

Since 2007, 235 MEDIA has been responsible for providing and installing the complex media technology for all of Bill Viola’s major exhibitions in Europe, including the Guggenheim Bilbao, the Palazzo Strozzi in Florence, the Deichtorhallen in Hamburg, and the Grand Palais in Paris.

Bill Viola

CLIENT: Bill Viola Studio
June 2017

As part of the 2017 Anniversary of the Reformation, the Deichtorhallen Hamburg is presenting a large exhibition of Bill Viola’s works. In his works, the American artist deals with personal as well as universal experiences, through which he presents his emotional and spiritual confrontation with important metaphysical themes such as life, death and transformation.

The exhibition will show 13 of Viola’s cinematic works, including huge video installations up to ten metres in height, which will transform the architecture of the Deichtorhallen’s darkened Hall for Contemporary Art into a cathedral of the 21st century.

The technical planning and implementation was undertaken by 235 MEDIA, who will also provide the video and audio technology. For this exhibition, 235 MEDIA designed and built a custom screen measuring 5.6 metres in width and 10 metres in height, in an extremely slimline design.

Photos: Felix Krebs / Deichtorhallen
© Bill Viola Studio

Showroom “LivingROM”

CLIENT: ROM AG
March 2017

ROM AG is a Belgian producer of upholstered furniture, headquartered in Eupen. This family-owned company was founded in 1961, and currently has a total of around 900 employees in four locations. Every year, the company sells more than 30,000 fabric and leather furniture suites in more than 20 countries. In recent years, ROM AG has specialised in the IT-supported configuration of upholstered furniture, and the networking of upholstered furniture with smart home systems.

For the first “LivingROM” shop, 235 MEDIA collaborated with ROM AG to create an interactive sample wall which allows customers to configure combinations of sofas, carpets and side tables to their own requirements. As soon as one of the wall’s approx. 500 fabric samples is placed on the table, the corresponding groups of fabrics and recommendations are illuminated on the wall in precise detail by means of projection mapping. The sample wall is also designed to interact bidirectionally with the 3D configuration software specially developed by ROM AG.

Energy Transitions

CLIENT: Deutsches Museum Munich
February 2017

In the new special exhibition “energie.wenden” of the Deutsches Museum in Munich, the world´s largest science and technology museum, everything revolves around the provision, distribution and storage of energy. By means of exhibits, demonstrations and media installations, visitors can experience how environmental compatibility, profitability and social justice can be reconciled.

235 MEDIA implemented the media technology for 18 audio-visual media installations. The sensor technology and evaluation electronics of the predominantly interactive exhibits were developed by 235 MEDIA itself.

Heaven above, heaven below

CLIENT: Stadtverwaltung Düsseldorf
February 2016

On 22 February, the six new underground stations on the Wehrhahn line were opened in Düsseldorf. This extraordinary project was completed after a 15-year collaboration between architects, artists, engineers and the municipal authority.

The Benrather Straße station was designed by the installation artist Thomas Stricker under the project name “Heaven above, heaven below” (German: Himmel oben, Himmel unten). The entire intermediate level, which is around 70 x 15 m, replicates the inside of a spaceship. Six large video screens were built into the metal walls, showing planets of our solar system and stars in the Milky Way. Together, the six animations form a complete film which is displayed on the six screens in such a way as to give the impression of travelling through space; thus creating the illusion that the entire station is flying through space. The installation brings the heavens to the earth, swaps up for down and transforms heavy to light. The vastness of the universe is transferred to the confines of the underground. The architecture appears mobile, like a spaceship moving through the infinite expanse of space.

235 MEDIA designed the media technology and installed the feed technology, as well as devising the animations in cooperation with Thomas Stricker.

Full press reports from The New York Times and the Süddeutsche Zeitung can be found using the following links.

The New York Times

Süddeutsche Zeitung

PARTNERS:
Artistic conception and realization: Thomas Stricker
Architecture: netzwerkarchitekten, Darmstadt
Media planning, film production: 235 MEDIA, Köln
Client: City Administration Düsseldorf
Photos: Thomas Stricker

CHINA 8

CLIENT: Stiftung für Kunst und Kultur e.V., Bonn
15th May til 13th September 2015

Nine museums in eight cities on the Rhine and Ruhr have joined forces to present contemporary art from China in the most extensive exhibition Europe has ever known in its museums. Around 120 artists and 500 works of painting, photography, calligraphy, ink painting, sculpture, installation and video art represent a cross-section of the current artistic positions and trends in the world’s largest economy.

Featuring 25 video and sound installations, the “Glaskasten” sculpture museum in Marl makes up the setting for the main media art venue. One of the technical highlights of “CHINA 8” is to be found at the “NRW-Forum” in Dusseldorf in the form of “Related to YA”, an installation by Wang Gongxin: the visitor is visually and acoustically catapulted into a world full of vibrations, shocks, clacking sounds and twitching pictures on nine synchronised vertical projections that reflect the hustle and the bustle of everyday life in China.

235 MEDIA completed the entire media-technology set-up in a mere ten days for 44 video installations at eight venues. A total of 92 monitors, ranging from 19 to 75 inches diagonal, along with 31 projectors and 112 media players were mounted, installed or set-up, all connected by several kilometres of cable, which proved to be a major logistical challenge.

OUTER SPACE

CLIENT: Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany
October 2014

At the threshold of science and art, the exhibition around the theme of outer space showed a range of exhibits from the areas of research, technology, history, art and literature. The curators deployed a poetic panorama of artefacts from space and astronomy, documentary material, movies, comics, space design, artistic works and multimedia installations which covered the enormous spectrum of the topic which has fascinated humanity for thousands of years and which has lost none of its appeal.

Reminiscent of the legendary cockpit of the spaceship Orion, one of the 60`s German TV series “Raumpatrouille“, whose controls had been created in part from re-purposed household appliances, 235 MEDIA realised the installation “Countdown minus 10” for the exhibition in the form of a “media cockpit”, an interactive table with a wall projection where visitors could take a flight through the history of space travel. Spread over five main themes, 235 MEDIA produced a total of 19 comprehensive animations which included surprising facts, images and films.

The installation “Countdown minus 10” was designed, created, editorially overseen, programmed and technically realised by 235 MEDIA.

“Outer Space has become a unique show because this is where facts and fiction, art and science really meet on a par.”

(Welt am Sonntag, Stefan Keim, 5 October 2014)

Energeticon

CLIENT: ENERGETICON gGmbH
August 2014

In the converted buildings of the former “Grube Anna” coal mine the ENERGETICON adventure museum opened its doors in August 2014 in Alsdorf with four large-scale permanent exhibition areas: “The History of Sun and Earth”, “The History of the Fossil Industrial Age”, “Energy Transition” and “The History of the Regenerative Industrial Age”. In a vivid manner ENERGETICON explains to its visitors the necessary energy transition from the nuclear/fossil age to the age of renewable energy in a global context. The 700-meter arena with about 30 stages focusses on strong visual and haptic forms in the presentation of the complex subject of energy.

235 MEDIA has realized a total of 17 partly multi-part and interactive media installations. The range of services covered by 235 MEDIA included production management, concept and storyboard creation, editing and adaptation of scientific content, wireframing, development of the look and feel, usability engineering, creation of animations and movies, audio production including directing of the voice recordings and multi-channel sound design, as well as the entire post production process.

For a special thrill, 235 MEDIA realized a 3D animation for ceiling monitors and a Body-Shake-System in an elevator which creates the illusion of a mine ride at a depth of hundreds of meters even though the real journey in fact is just a few meters. The coal mine being accessible in this way was equipped with audio and video productions by 235 MEDIA and gives a vivid impression of the everyday work of a miner.

PARTNERS:
In cooperation with Atelier Brückner

Centre Charlemagne, Aachen

CLIENT: Stadt Aachen
June 2014

The city of Aachen recently commemorated the 1200th anniversary of the death of Charlemagne by hosting a three-part exhibition dedicated to the ruler of the Frankish Empire. The trio of exhibitions held under the title of “Karl der Große. Macht Kunst Schätze” (‘Charlemagne. Power, Art and Treasures’) was also accompanied by the presentation of the city’s new museum, the “Centre Charlemagne”, to visitors.

The new museum uses four epochs to demonstrate to visitors how the history of the city of Aachen is inseparably linked to the history of Europe as a whole.

Its exhibition is divided up into four parts, each focusing on a different epoch and combining historic and artistic exhibits with multimedia presentations.

235 MEDIA was involved in the concept development and exhibition planning for the museum and was responsible for the implementation of the media planning, the detailed planning of all media installations and the screen design.

PARTNERS:
In collaboration with Dr. Ulrich Hermanns Medien Ausstellung Transfer and cultural institution of the city of Aachen.

Orte der Macht

CLIENT: Stadt Aachen
June 2014

The largest special exhibition focusing on Charlemagne in Aachen was held in the Coronation Hall in Aachen City Hall. It invited visitors to explore courtly life in Carolingian times, showed Charlemagne as a king and military leader travelling between imperial palaces, used archaeological and art-historical evidence to outline the material foundations of his rule and provided an insight into the external role models that motivated him to create a ‘place of power’ in Aachen.

The media presentations not only provided visitors with in-depth factual information, but also enabled them to experience elements of popular science by offering different depths of information ranging from striking demonstrations through to a variety of educationally oriented informative displays depending on the topic in question.

In order to make the exhibition as attractive as possible, these were additionally joined by four complex media installations. Upon entering the hall, visitors were first greeted by an elaborate 3D visualisation of the shrine of Charlemagne in Aachen Cathedral in order to acclimatise them to the atmosphere of the exhibition. In the middle of the exhibition, a video panorama with a diameter of 5.50m presented life in the Palace of Aachen.

At the end of their tour of the exhibition, visitors were able to view two interactive large-format installations that focused on the nature of the phenomenon of power in the present day and gave visitors the opportunity to actively participate in this discussion.

235 MEDIA was involved in the concept development and detailed planning of the exhibition and was responsible for the technical planning, media planning, and screen design of every interactive media installation.

PARTNERS:
In collaboration with Dr. Ulrich Hermanns Ausstellung Medien Transfer and cultural institution of the city of Aachen, Prof. Dr. Pohle.

The exhibition was open to visitors in the Coronation Hall of Aachen’s historic City Hall from 20th June to 21st September 2014.

Bill Viola

CLIENT: Bill Viola
MARCH 2014

Bill Viola is without doubt the most celebrated exponent of video art. For the first time, the Grand Palais presents a wide-ranging group of his works, including moving paintings and monumental installations from 1977 to today. Focusing on both intimate and universal experiences, the artist expresses his emotional and spiritual journey through great metaphysical themes – life, death and transfiguration.

235 MEDIA took over the engineering and the maintenance of the exhibition. In addition 235 MEDIA delivered essential components of the media technology and implemented the technical setup and the destruction.

An exhibition organized by the Réunion des musées nationaux – Grand Palais in collaboration with Bill Viola Studio.

Museum im Mendelssohn-Haus, Leipzig

CLIENT: Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Foundation
February 2014

The Mendelssohn House in the German city of Leipzig reopened on 3rd February 2014. The exhibition informs visitors about the life and works of the musician and composer Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, who lived and worked in Leipzig for many years.

The museum offers a variety of interactive exhibits that enable visitors to explore the works of Mendelssohn Bartholdy. One of its outstanding highlights is the interactive room installation “Effectorium”.

In the “Effectorium,” visitors can use a baton, the Leap Motion technology and a touchscreen to ‘conduct’ a digital orchestra. The Leap Motion Controller records their movement and uses their actions to control the music. The ‘conductors’ can also influence different factors such as volume for both the entire orchestra and individual orchestra or choir groups. They can also control the lighting of the room, with the LED lighting changing its colour and intensity according to their movements.

235 MEDIA supplied and installed all of the media technology used in the “Effectorium”.

In cooperation with WHITEvoid GmbH

Mendelssohn House Museum
Goldschmidtstraße 12
04103 Leipzig

Opening hours: every day 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Concerts: every Sunday at 11 a.m.

„Made in Oceania: Tapa – Art and Social Landscapes“

CLIENT: Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum, Cologne
OCTOBER 2013

The exhibition “Made in Oceania: Tapa – Art and Social Landscapes” presents unique works of art from the museum’s collection together with many loan pieces that have never been displayed in Europe before.

235 MEDIA designed and realised all of the media installations, including an interactive photo installation with a historic camera, allowing visitors to photograph themselves in original Melanesian clothing.

In addition to this, numerous videos and five interactive info stations were also created. A video-mapping installation on the exhibition’s key visual rounds off the media concept.

Mercator-Ausstellung

CLIENT: Kultur- und Stadthistorisches Museum Duisburg
MARCH 2013

Duisburg’s Museum of Culture and Local History greets visitors in the newly designed “Mercator treasure room”, and takes them on a voyage of discovery on the trail of cartographer Gerhard Mercator, creator of the world’s first atlas in the 16th century. With the cartography technique he invented, the Mercator projection, he laid the foundation for modern cartography. Even today captains and pilots navigate with maps which are created based on this principle. A variety of media installations ensure modern and fun communication of the facts of Mercator’s life and work.

235 MEDIA designed, developed graphically, programmed and realised two interactive media installations for the Mercator treasure room. The monitor installation “Red Wall” gives information about the intellectual conditions and cultural-historical background of the Renaissance, the era of Mercator. The “Interactive World Atlas” gives visitors the possibility of browsing through Mercator’s magnum opus, the “Atlas sive Cosmograhicae Meditationes de Fabrica Mundi et Fabricati Figura” (“Atlas or cosmographic mediations on the creation of the world and the form of creation”), and to examine it closely via a zoom function.

As well as this, 235 MEDIA installed all the media and control technology in the Mercator treasure room.

German Federal Office of Economics and Export Control

CLIENT: German Federal Office of Economics and Export Control
January til November 2013

Within the framework of the Renewable Energies/Energy Efficiency Export Initiatives, the Federal Republic of Germany is participating in a total of 10 trade fairs with a joint stand in 2013. Part of the corporate design is an interactive media table and a 360° projection that is used to support the communication goals. In addition, these exhibits act as design elements and help the stand to achieve a long-range effect.

The media table realised by 235 MEDIA consists of a circular projection table with a diameter of 100 cm, a projection cylinder with a 500 cm diameter mounted above the table, and the corresponding control units. The multi-touch surfaces allow visitors to learn interactively about the focal topics of the Renewable Energies/Energy Efficiency Export Initiatives. Different imagery is generated on the projection cylinder depending on the accessed content, providing changing atmospheric moods at the trade-fair stand.

The rear projection is complemented by a multi-touch function with an IR camera detection system, an IR laser matrix and a HD camera. The 360° projection is realised with six projectors on a rear-projection screen and steered by a Watch Out system.

Stations:
Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), Johannesburg (South Africa), St. Petersburg (Russia), Bangkok (Thailand), San Francisco (USA), Tokyo (Japan), Mexico City (Mexico), Manila (Philippines), Buenos Aires (Argentina), Casablanca (Morocco)

Inside the Station

CLIENT: International Polar Foundation, Brüssel
DECEMBER 2012 TIL MAY 2013

The “Inside the Station” exhibition takes visitors on an expedition to the South Pole! The destination is the “Princess Elisabeth Antarctica” polar research station.

235 MEDIA was responsible for supervising and implementing the concept of the whole media production of the exhibition, which covers 700 m2. This includes an interactive media table located in the technology room, the centre of the exhibition. At this multi-touch table, visitors can enjoy the experience of playing with the complex system of the zero-emission polar base. Seven more external monitors are integrated into this room environment and display the respective energy levels of electricity consumption and production.

In addition, 235 MEDIA has implemented an interactive telescope with which visitors can learn more about the polar station. The video editing, subtitles, and sound design of the various exhibition rooms complete the immersion in the media environment, which enables visitors to be transported to Antarctica or to the kitchen in the polar station.
All the media equipment was delivered and installed by 235 MEDIA.

PARTNER:
In cooperation with Atelier Brückner

Bayer 3D-Markenraum, Warschau

CLIENT: Bayer SP. z o.o.
NOVEMBER 2012

235 MEDIA designed and realised a two-area 3D Brand Space for Bayer’s company location in Warsaw. The entire media planning and installation process was handled by 235 MEDIA. In the showroom area, backlit printed graphics fill the walls and lend the room an intensive background atmosphere that directs the visitor’s concentration to a large Interactive Table presenting products and innovations from all Bayer subgroups.

The Interactive Table is fitted with an RFID receiver unit for nine tokens, also developed by 235 MEDIA, that contain RFID transmitter chips. The tokens, which are distributed over stainless-steel pedestals around the Interactive Table, each represent a specific Bayer product and initiate an associated product story when placed on the specially provided area on the table. This haptic device is an additional attractive and often-used interactive feature that allows visitors to explore Bayer’s products and innovations. The application is based on the Interactive Cross-Linked Media Database developed by 235 MEDIA. This software system can be used with various presentation media (touch screen, Interactive Table, website, etc.) and allows location-specific adaptation and worldwide updating of complex content via a server system. Developed for Bayer AG, the system is used across the globe and has already been implemented in the languages German, English, Chinese, Finnish, Polish, Russian and Spanish. The content’s editorial management and implementation is carried out at 235 MEDIA.

Three monitors built into a wall show “Challenge/Solution Videos” that illustrate Bayer’s commitment to the core competencies of health, agriculture and materials science within the context of global megatrends.

The second area of the 3D Brand Space, which can be separated from the showroom area by a sliding glass wall, is referred to as a laboratory and acts as a versatile multi-functional room for group visits, talks and similar events. The room is equipped with two touch-screen monitors, radio microphones and ceiling loudspeakers, as well as mobile tables and seating. 235 MEDIA installed a management unit in an alcove, allowing all monitor content and audio functions to be controlled and combined via a touch screen and intuitive user menu. Thanks to an integrated matrix, additional information such as films, animations, applications or external signals from a laptop can be displayed on any monitor.

PARTNER:
Kutscher: graphics in motion, Cologne

Bayer Liaison Office, Berlin

CLIENT: Bayer AG
OKTOBER 2012

The new premises of Bayer’s Liaison Office Germany in Berlin offer the ideal conditions for communicating innovation in a hands-on fashion. In close cooperation with Bayer AG’s Communications – Corporate Events department, 235 MEDIA designed the entire showroom, from the artistic concept to the interior architecture and the media planning and realisation.

Laid out as an open communication area, the Liaison Office in the headquarters of Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals is equipped with an Interactive Table that presents products and innovations from all Bayer subgroups. The application is based on the Interactive Cross-Linked Media Database developed by 235 MEDIA. This software system can be used with various presentation media (touch screen, Interactive Table, website, etc.) and allows location-specific adaptation and worldwide updating of complex content via a server system. Developed for Bayer AG, the system is used across the globe and has already been implemented in the languages German, English, Chinese, Finnish, Polish, Russian and Spanish. The content’s editorial management and implementation is carried out at 235 MEDIA.

To allow larger visitor groups to access the information conveyed through the various media, the Liaison Office is also equipped with a large-format projection wall. The projected content – such as films, content from the Interactive Table or PowerPoint presentations – is controlled via a tablet PC equipped with an intuitive user interface developed specially by 235 MEDIA.

A large counter provides structure to the room and allows the company to provide catering for guests. In addition, an integrated USB interface allows, for example, a notebook computer to be connected and further content to be presented on the projection wall.

Large-format prints that fill the walls in the hallway area and showroom act as visual anchor points and present the spectrum of Bayer’s activities in the fields of health, agriculture and materials science.

PARTNER:
In cooperation with Bayer AG, Communications – Corporate Events

Bayer Material Science – Technikomm

CLIENT: Bayer Material Science
November 2012

235 MEDIA has developed and set up a three-dimensional, interactive visitor guide for Bayer Material Science’s “Technikomm” in Leverkusen.

Using a tablet PC, visitors move through a virtual space that corresponds to the real exhibition area. The viewing angle seen on the tablet PC corresponds exactly to that looking at the real exhibits. This way, detailed information on the material characteristics can be gathered intuitively. In addition, the system offers selected tours where visitors have direct access to a wide range of information, images and film footage specifically arranged by topics and materials.

The application was produced in German and English. Other languages can be added. The tablet PCs are housed in a tablet cabinet that on the one hand takes care of the power supply, and on the other allows them to be updated centrally

Emschergenossenschaft & Lippeverband

Client: Emschergenossenschaft & Lippeverband
MAY 2012

The Emschergenossenschaft & Lippeverband work together in partnership as the largest waste water disposal company and operator of sewage treatment plants in Germany.

235 MEDIA has created an interactive table model to present the complex circulation of water and energy. It comprises of two seamless monitors, a touchscreen and 3D models. Using a menu, the circulation of sewage disposal and the connections between the supply and the consumption of energy are presented and explained, as are the generation and use of heat. The monitor surfaces are covered with a glass panel and complemented in certain areas with 3D models, such as wind turbines, thermal power stations, and gas storage facilities. Via the touchscreen mounted to the side, the visitor can call up various categories and observe the circulation and flow of heating, electricity, sewage gas, and waste water via the large displays. The system can, with minimal effort, be adjusted to reflect new processes and technologies.

PARTNER:
In cooperation mit Schirwon Messekonzepte mit Format GmbH.

Bill Viola

CLIENT: BILL VIOLA STUDIO
20. OCTOBER 2008 bis 14. JUNE 2009

Bill Viola is one of the world’s leading media artists. His spectacular media art installations deal with some of the fundamental aspects of existence, like life and death, and life in relation to states of energy.

His solo exhibition “visioni interiori” was shown in the Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome, between 20th October 2008 and 6th January 2009. Sixteen of his best known works were exhibited, including the installations „The Crossing“, „Departing Angel“, „The Greeting“, „The Veiling“ and „Emergence“. 235 MEDIA managed the entire exhibition and put into place the complex media technology. In January and February, the Haunch of Venison gallery in Berlin showed the installation “The Messenger”, which was also installed and managed by 235 MEDIA.

From 7th February to 14th June 2009, Bill Viola’s installation “Nante’s Triptych“ was shown as part of the exhibition “Drei. Das Triptychon in der Moderne” in the Stuttgart Art Museum. 235 MEDIA carried out the management of the exhibition in this case as well. Followed by the exhibitions “Water” im Nordic Watercolor Museum in Skärhamn, Sweden und “Reflections” at Villa Panza in Varese, Italy

PARTNER:
Bill Viola Studio

Bayer 3D Markenraum, Beijing

Client: Bayer 3D Brand Room, Beijing
JANUARY 2012

The 3D brand room is the public face of Bayer AG at their new headquarters in Beijing. In this building, completed in 2006 by the gmp architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partner, a visitors centre has been set up on the third floor, a third of which is made up of an interactive room installation. Here, the three topics of “Climate + Resources”, “Nutrition” and “Health” are presented through a progressive, interactive design and an attached lighting display, also describing the related global challenges. At the heart of the display are three interactive tables, upon which thematically arranged “product stories” are presented; for example, the contribution made by Bayer AG to solving existing problems.

The basis of this application is a server based presentation tool developed by 235 MEDIA – the Interactive Cross-linked Media Database. Thanks to its flexible architecture, this software system enables the use of different presentation media (touchscreens, interactive tables, websites etc.) and allows a location-specific adjustment and worldwide updating of complex content via a server. The software contains a CMS (Content Management System), which enables the adding and configuration of data with different regional points of focus. The updating of clients in numerous international locations is performed by a web server, through an automatic update routine.

The system created for Bayer AG has locations around the world and is available in the following languages: English, German, Chinese, Finnish, Polish, Russian and Spanish.

PARTNERS:
Exhibitor / Project Management:  Bayer AG,  Leverkusen
Concept / Design: Bayer AG Leverkusen, 235 MEDIA GmbH, Cologne
Multimedia: 235 MEDIA GmbH, Köln
Film Production: Kutscher: graphics in motion, Cologne
Light: Peter Fischer Lichtgestaltung, Cologne

ART AND DESIGN FOR ALL – The Victoria and Albert Museum

CLIENT: Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany
NOVEMBER 2011

For the exhibition “ART AND DESIGN FOR ALL – The Victoria and Albert Museum”  at the Art and Exhibition Hall in Bonn 235 MEDIA developed and designed two interactive tables.

These tables feature an interactive world map of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. By interacting with the tables visitors inform themselves about the Victorian era in a complex, fascinating and extraordinary way. With the aid of a timeline and eight categories, such as technology, industry and politics for instance, the visitors explore and experience various global chains of events that will bring the 19th century closer.

PARTNERS:
In cooperation with RWTH Aachen, Faculty for Architecture, Professorship for Urban Development History.

Technoseum Mannheim

CLIENT: Technoseum, Mannheim

29. October 2011 til 29. April 2012

235 Media developed and implemented the entire media technology and an interactive table featuring a 3D Depth Sensor for gesture control for the “Our Daily Bread“ exhibit.

The visitors can interactively take a meal from a conveyor belt at the table and gather information with regard to water consumption, CO2-emmission, price and caloric expenditure for diverse food items. A table with 4 empty plates is on display. A conveyor belt with trays containing diverse food items, from which the visitors can extract one by hand gesture runs through the centre of the table. Information regarding the water consumption, CO2-emmission, price and caloric expenditure for diverse food items can be obtained for each individually assembled plate. Each piece of information is incited in an interactive and entertaining manner.

PARTNERS: In cooperation with gewerk GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin

Bayer MaterialScience

Bayer MaterialScience

27. October – 3. November 2010

On the occasion of the trade expo K2010, an Interactive Product Portfolio was developed for Bayer Material Science. A total of 20 interactive interfaces allow for an intuitive access to over 80 product stories. A strict structure for interaction and a clearly designed interface make of easy access and orientation within the stories. An ambient modus visualises the five theme areas by generating the actual data structure as a 3D-room. This “data room” loads the stories into the interface. The core of the application is the central data bank with all contents which are administered via a web based Content Management System (CMS).

PARTNERS:

Concept / Design: dreiform GmbH, Köln

Multimedia: 235 Media GmbH, Köln

Fair construction: Werbe- und Messebau Walbert-Schmitz GmbH & Co. KG, Aachen

Construction Management: smd + partner, Aachen

Film production: Kutscher grafics in motion, Köln

Light: rgb GmbH, Essen / prg GmbH, Köln

Photos: Stefan Schilling

Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum

Client: Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum

October 2010

The exhibition “Humans in their Domain” at the Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum in Cologne takes the visitor to an astounding and educational journey. Comparing different cultures, the innovative exhibition is spread out across 3600 square metres of exhibition space on three levels. A multitude of media installations provide information in a neoteric way without dominating the overall production.

235 MEDIA developed and implemented all media stations and built the entire media technology and navigation at the exhibition. A total of 30 projectors, more than 40 monitors and 14 audio stations have been installed. Our “Electronic Book” in the “Meet the World” segment and the interactive table in the “Humans in Society – European Saloon” segment are regarded as the technical highlights of the exhibition.

PARTNERS:
In cooperation with ATELIER BRÜCKNER

RWE

CLIENT: RWE

OKTOBER 2010

The Coal Innovation Centre at Niederaussem is now accessible to visitors. At interactive exhibits, visitors can see for citizens and provide detailed information about the technology and features the work force, and discover there are such new technologies to improve energy production and consumption tested.

An avatar greets guests and draws attention to the many ways of the exhibition. The core of the Information Centre is a real model of the power plant complex – here is the complex world of power generation interactive experience.

The navigation through the topics lignite, CO2, and future technologies via plastic knob. On the opposite side, visitors can use an intuitive touch interface virtual select information that will be highlighted to the power plant model. Thus, the power plant processes and interactive spatial experience.

Cross-company issues such as renewable energy or global CSR projects are also available on a 65 “multi-touch screen.

Gary Hill

CLIENT: Fondation Cartier
SEPTEMBER 2007

Exploding the walls that divide the media, Gary Hill digs into questions of perception and meaning in complex and challenging ways that always place the viewer inside an undeniable situation of presence and physicality. Making use of an array of elements and layered meaning, he has created two new large-scale works for his solo exhibition at the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain. Gary Hill puts the notion of value into perspective—its significance, its ambiguity, the value of art as well as of money—through works that question our systems of thought and our symbolic construction of the world.

On the real gold bar in the center of the oil lake it is written: “For everything which is visible is a copy of that which is hidden”

PARTNERS:
imai – inter media art institute
Fondation Cartier, Paris