Ӱ̳

Open Cityis an adaptation of theT_Visionariumresearch project and theAdvanced Visualisation and Interaction Environment(AVIE) developed at the iCinema Centre for Interactive Cinema Research. Produced for the International Film Festival of Amsterdam and the 4th International Architecture Biennale, Rotterdam, it is an installation focused on a century of urbanisation in the city of Rotterdam.

Inside the immersive, 360-degree, 3D cinematic environment of theAVIE, users can access and manipulate a large database of moving media that deals with the concept of living in the “Urban Century.” Provided by theVPROand other Dutch broadcasting companies, the archive installed includes documentaries, reports and interviews. The interactive presentation provides participants with the opportunity to explore material that focuses on and questions the current state of urban life across the globe, as well as the challenges facing the future of urban planning and development. Sensory technology installed within the projection environment is coupled with responsive programs that allow corporeal engagement with digitised information. As such, the work encourages audiences to actively sort and reassemble media objects in real-time.

This collaboration withVPROrepresents one of several commercial adaptations of iCinema platforms and programs.Open Cityhighlights the potential of theT_Visionariumresearch for novel information visualisation applications. The project is specifically demonstrative of the usefulness of a physically immersive interface for the navigation of large and dynamic databases — a capability of theAVIEthat has proven invaluable to developments in museological presentation, digital media arts, virtual reality and artificial intelligence research, and occupational health and safety training.

This project, commissioned by theVPRO, was produced byVPROin association with 4th International Architecture Biennale, Rotterdam (IABR), the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, and The Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision.

Աپٴǰ:Dennis Del Favero, Jeffrey Shaw,, Peter Weibel
Project Funding:VPRO(Netherlands),ARCDP0345547
2009

  • International Documentary Film Festival, Erasmus Bridge Tower, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 2009
  • International Architecture Biennale, Zuiderkerk, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2009