[size= medium]Animated Architecture Part 1+2[/size]
A new visual culture has come to dominate the presentation of
architecture in recent years: animated digital visualization,boosted by
ever growing computer capacities, is now the tool of choice to render
both actual building projects and futuristic architectural visions.When
architectural designs are shown in an exhibition context today, often
videos have to carry the issue and form even the highlight of the
presentation – just look, for example, at the exhibition of Zaha
Hadid’s Casino project in the Schweizerische Architektur museum. Also,
regular and by now established festivals are held, in
Florence(International Festival for Architecture in Video/Beyond Media)
or in Rotterdam (Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam), for example.
The video visualizations incorporate elements of music, graphics and
text within arealization of architectural vision. The term “vision” can
be taken quite literally here,since this technique allows the user to
envisage not only commissioned architecture, but also free
architectural design and experimental work.
These digital video visions share the fact that they access media
(video, music, graphics)or media genres (music video, games) that are
not traditionally connected to architecture, furthermore, they develop
a specific language designed to present architectural detail within a
short film, going beyond simple videos on architecture as a means of
communication. The crucial point here is that the medium has taken on a
life of its own: besides serving as a representational film that
replaces the old architectural model, video is increasingly used as a
platform for freely experimental fictions.The selected videos are made
by architects but not exclusively as artists and designers are also
dealing with architectonical questions in architecture shorts.
Curated by Cornelia and Holger Lund in cooperation with Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film
ARTISTS
Part 1:
Zeitguised, “Peripetics“, 2008, Germany
Andreas Martini, “Crest“, 2008, Germany
Limmat, “District 2: Edge 1“, 2006, Canada
Kaspar Astrup Schröder, “My Playground“ (Trailer), 2009, Denmark
Johannes Guerreiro, “Twisted Reality“, 2008, Germany
Jan Schönwiesner, “Visual Music“, 2008, Germany
David Mozny, “Rahova“, 2009, CZ
Sergej Hein, “Berlin Block Tetris“, 2009, Germany
Julio Soto, “Invisible Cities“, 2003, Spain/US
Mirza & Butler, “The Space between“, 2005, GB
Quayola, “Architectural Density“, 2006, GB
Semiconductor, “Matter in Motion“, 2008, GB
ARTISTS
Part 2:
Serene Teh, “Parkour Motion Reel”, 2009, SG
jutojo & Philipp Sollmann, “Efdemin – There Will Be Singing (Chicago)“, 2010, Germany
Jörn Staeger, “Urban Poems“, 2004, Germany
Pia Maria Martin, “XI“, 2008, Germany
Dagmar Keller / Martin Wittwer, “Alles wird gut“, 2006, Germany
Keiichi Matsuda, “The Technocrat Retrofit of London“, 2009, GB
Sara Muzio, “Earthbound“, 2010, GB
Juryoku, The Poetry Of The Suburbs, 2004, Japan
Rob Carter, “Metropolis“, 2008, US
Bruno Barthas, “architecture“, 2008, France

This event is part of the Index Festival (August 3-28, 2011)
The Index Festival will transpire in August 2011 in New York City. Our aim is to bring together individuals and groups who cognitively engage
media culture. We welcome the interdisciplinary, shared and
accessible culture we are coming to live in as a result of digital
technology.  Our mission is to focus on projects that blur the
vocabulary of science and art, dissect the media that describes our
culture today, and to disseminate out from the [cultural] institution,
and further into the multi textural international landscape.