{"id":564,"date":"2008-07-14T16:53:06","date_gmt":"2008-07-14T06:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mediaarchitecture.org\/?p=564"},"modified":"2014-04-15T20:09:16","modified_gmt":"2014-04-15T20:09:16","slug":"aarhus-by-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mediaarchitecture.org\/aarhus-by-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Aarhus by Light"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediaarchitecture.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2008\/07\/8s.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-568\" style=\"border: 0px;\" title=\"8s\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mediaarchitecture.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2008\/07\/8s.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"354\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<p>Concert Hall Aarhus is the setting for an interactive piece that invites the citizens of the city to be part of a shared experience. In contrast to billboards, Aarhus by Light is not driven by commercial interests. Rather it is an alternative staging of the encounter between the citizens of Aarhus and a cultural landmark. It is a blend of architecture, ornament, and interactive entertainment.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>People experience the facade in a multitude of situations. They may be headed for the Concert Hall or passing by on their way to shopping. Some may cast a quick glance and hurry on, while others will be lured to explore the interactive potentials of the facade.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediaarchitecture.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2008\/07\/7s.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-565\" style=\"border: 0px;\" title=\"7s\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mediaarchitecture.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2008\/07\/7s.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<p>It has been a challenge to come up with a design that functions with all of these situations in mind. However, we carry out the Aarhus by Light experiment precisely to gain insights into the workings of media facades.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/cDGY8e5a2r4&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/cDGY8e5a2r4&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object>\r\n\r\n<p>The interactive facade consists of 180 m2 LED displays. The displays are not in the shape of a giant rectangular TV, rather they form an organic shape that becomes part of the architecture.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The facade is interactive. On the path towards the concert hall, a number of sensors capture the movements of passers-by and transform them to silhouettes on the facade. In this way, you can contact and play with the luminous creatures.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>via:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aarhusbylight.dk\/index-english.html\" target=\"_blank\"> aarhusbylight.dk<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cavi.dk\/projects\/mediafacades\">cavi.dk<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Concert Hall Aarhus is the setting for an interactive piece that invites the citizens of the city to be part of a shared experience. In contrast to billboards, Aarhus by Light is not driven by commercial interests. Rather it is an alternative staging of the encounter between the citizens of Aarhus and a cultural landmark. [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11,18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediaarchitecture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediaarchitecture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediaarchitecture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediaarchitecture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediaarchitecture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mediaarchitecture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediaarchitecture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediaarchitecture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediaarchitecture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}