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The City is Creative at flux-s
From September 10-13, 2009, the vast, bare concrete floors of the monumental Hoge Rug buildings and Veemgebouw (the old warehouse building), together with the impressive street of pipelines, the Natlab (the former physics laboratory) and the wasteland in between, constituted the setting and stage for an international selection of artists and performers during flux-s.
For the festival, artist Michelle Teran developed a new site-specific work The City is Creative in residence at BALTAN Laboratories, which was installed on the first floor of the Veemgebouw during flux-s. See all of the photos and videos from the project as well as more information about the infra-red flashlight interface developed by Mr. Stock Interfaces for the work.
Photo: Jeroen van der Wielen
Hacking webcams and flashlights for The City is Creative
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…)
The City is Creative – documentation
Fré Sonneveld paints a Google Map onto the wall of SDM building (Veemgebouw) in Strijp-S
The City is Creative explores the daily creative acts taking place throughout Eindhoven that are often overlooked.
To see all the videos made for the project please visit the YouTube channel.
To meet the people who participated on the project please visit the Flickr Collection.
The City is Creative is a project by Michelle Teran and developed through a co-production between flux-s and BALTAN Laboratories. Michelle Teran will present her work during a lecture on Saturday, September 12 at 14.00 in the NatLab on Strijp-S.
The City is Creative by Michelle Teran at flux-s
| 10/09/2009 to 13/09/2009 |
During flux-s, a new international arts festival taking place from September 10-13 at Strijp-S in Eindhoven, NL, visitors are invited to experience The City is Creative, a new work by artist Michelle Teran developed in residency at BALTAN Laboratories. The City is Creative 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. (more…)
The City is Creative
Urban Surfing in Eindhoven’s canals
Link to Flickr Collection
Link to YouTube Channel
People meet in different ways now, even in the strangest of manners. Imagine flying over a city and witnessing all the things that are taking place there. Connect to Google Earth and find Eindhoven, a small city in the Netherlands. As you get closer, a number of YouTube videos appear on top of the city. Did you know about the man that juggles? That there is a flying saucer in a park? A young couple are moving into their new apartment? The people who like to dance tango or the person who is an aspiring singer?
The City is Creative 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, the former Philips industrial terrain and future site of urban development project ‘The Creative City’. Visitors to flux-s can experience these reinterpretations through an exploratory interactive installation on the first floor of the buildings where the videos were recorded. This creates a double facade. The video makers never imagined that their works would be exhibited beyond the realms of YouTube, and the public are exposed to the untapped creativity of the city.
In addition, a series of documents from conversations and interviews between the artist and the creators brings together biographical information, observations and comments about the past, present and future state of The Creative City of Strijp-S as well as personal experiences about exploration, movement, play and discovery.
The City is Creative is project by Michelle Teran and co-produced by flux-s and BALTAN Laboratories.