Media Facade Research

Aarhus by Light is a media façade at Concert Hall Aarhus in Denmark which have designed with interactive social experiment for the people. There are three illuminated zones with bright colors carpets (pink, blue, and yellow) on the central path leading towards to the concert wall. It has the sensors installed to detect the visitors’ presence and movements and translated into digital silhouettes on the façade. Users can interact with the small light creatures on the façade, with different kind of reaction by the small light creatures shown on the façade, thereby to create wide range of relationship between users and the façade.

Project title: Aarhus by Light
Website: www.aarhusbylight.dk/index-english.html
Location: Aarhus, Denmark
Site: Concert Hall Aarhus
Cost: €67,000 (production) + €1,000,000 (equipment)
Produced by: CAVI Center for Advanced Visualization and Interaction (University of
Aarhus), Martin Professional A/S, Wall of Pixels (animation), The Animation Workshop,
and Concert Hall Aarhus.
Equipment: 90 x Martin LC-2140 semi-transparent LED panels (1x2 m, 25x50 pixels), 3 x
ethernet cameras, 6 x 500W regular outdoor spots, custom tracking and visualization
software (C++), 1 Windows PC. Max/MSP/Jitter was used for prototyping.
Funded by: Media Façades (a regional ICT corridor project, also part of the Center for
Digital Urban Living)
3D model: Dagur Ballisager