The City is Creative by Michelle Teran explores the daily creative acts taking place throughout Eindhoven that are often overlooked. Michelle Teran approached different people in the city who published videos on YouTube and invited them to remake one of their videos within the abandoned factory buildings at Strijp-S, using the empty offices, hallways, and factory spaces as their playground and inspiration. Visitors can experience these reinterpretations through an exploratory interactive installation on the first floor of the SDM building (Veemgebouw) during flux-s.

Armed with a custom-designed infrared flashlight, they can explore the spaces and discover the untapped creativity of the city. The infrared beam from the flashlight is invisible to the viewer, however, certain sections of the wall have been ’sensitized’ to detect infrared light. Whenever an infrared beam strikes an IR-sensitive section of the wall, a section of a video-clip is projected there, corresponding exactly to the size and position of the infrared light-spot cast by the flashlight, giving the impression that the visitor is actually projecting a circular section of the video-clip from the flashlight itself. Multiple viewers, armed with a flashlight each, may cooperate and, by spreading their infrared beams over a larger section of the wall, reveal the video-clip in its entirety. (more…)