»Wissensgewächs« 
Light Box
Light Box
© 2007, Laurent Mignonneau & Christa Sommerer
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(collective) Sommerer / Mignonneau >
»Wissensgewächs«, 2007 - 2007
Co-Workers & Funding:
commissioned by the city of Braunschweig,Germany
Curators and concept for the glass house: Dr. Anja Hesse, Culture Department of Braunschweig; Dr. Müller-Pietralla, Zukunftsforschung Volkswagen, Germany
Set-Up support: Hans-Peter Lock, Roland Frey, Stadt Braunschweig, Zentrale Dienste; Realization Support: Braunschweig Stadtmarketing Architecture: Juergen Friedemann, KSP Architekten Planning: Dirk Neubauer, Assmann Beraten + Planen GmbH
Sensor technology and Software © 2007, Laurent Mignonneau & Christa Sommerer
Supported by: University of Art and Industrial Design, Linz, Interface Cultures
http://www.interface.ufg.ac.at/christa-laurent/WORKS/artworks/Wissensgewaechs/Wissensgewaechs.html
Technology
Hardware
8 Large TV screens1 sensor interface
8 Distance sensor (~ 3 meters detection)
4 PCs with dual video outputs
Installation Requirements / Space
Building facade or wallInterface
8 Large TV screens8 Distance sensor (~ 3 meters detection)
1 sensor interface
Software
3D Plant growth algorithm
Descriptions & Essays
Christa Sommerer 03-12-2020
Wissensgewächs
interactive facade with 16 screens reacting to
passerby’s positions, distance and movements
© 2007, Laurent Mignonneau & Christa Sommerer
This interactive façade was designed by Mignonneau and Sommerer for the City of Science in Braunschweig, Germany, which is the City of Science in 2007. A 6 x 6 meters glass house placed in the very city center, the Dom Platz, hosts an exchange library where citizens of Braunschweig can exchange their books for general books on science, aiming to engage citizens more to the City of Science.
The outside surface of the glasshouse is equipped with 16 interactive screens designed and equipped with sensors designed and produced by French/Austrian artist duo Laurent Mignonneau and Christa Sommerer. Sensors measure the passerby’s presence and movements and a specially designed growth software relates these movements to the growth of artificial plants on the screens.
When passersby walk by, they grow a continually developing and always different garden that reflects their involvement with the façade and eventually leads to more involvement with the exchange library and the concept of growing knowledge. The German title “Wissensgewächs” literarily means Growth of Knowledge.
Christa Sommerer: Wissensgewächs, 03-12-2020, in: Archive of Digital Art Wissensgewächs
interactive facade with 16 screens reacting to
passerby’s positions, distance and movements
© 2007, Laurent Mignonneau & Christa Sommerer
This interactive façade was designed by Mignonneau and Sommerer for the City of Science in Braunschweig, Germany, which is the City of Science in 2007. A 6 x 6 meters glass house placed in the very city center, the Dom Platz, hosts an exchange library where citizens of Braunschweig can exchange their books for general books on science, aiming to engage citizens more to the City of Science.
The outside surface of the glasshouse is equipped with 16 interactive screens designed and equipped with sensors designed and produced by French/Austrian artist duo Laurent Mignonneau and Christa Sommerer. Sensors measure the passerby’s presence and movements and a specially designed growth software relates these movements to the growth of artificial plants on the screens.
When passersby walk by, they grow a continually developing and always different garden that reflects their involvement with the façade and eventually leads to more involvement with the exchange library and the concept of growing knowledge. The German title “Wissensgewächs” literarily means Growth of Knowledge.
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