The slides were developed from a new material based on an aluminum composite based on the principle of cardboard. The static properties of the material were greatly improved by experimenting with the layer structure and form bonding. The rounded corners provide horizontal rigidity. Plexiglas display cases follow the ribbon-like design concept.
In the permanent collection “medien.welten” at the Vienna Museum of Technology, the presentation of exemplary, real objects is juxtaposed with comprehensive, further-reaching and virtual information. The two systems are translated into two presentation concepts. The real exhibits are mounted on object carriers that raise the objects to eye level. The additional information (image panels and cyberspace) is suspended from the ceiling. Both pieces of information “meet” at viewer level. The curatorial concept was based on the chronological presentation of the two main themes of “storage” (print, image, sound, data processing) and “transmission” (post, telegraph, telephone, radio, broadcasting) in the two side wings of the building. These two topics are combined in terms of content and space in the “Convergence” exhibition area.
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The linear shape of the ribbon-like slides refers to the temporal development of the media and the lines inlaid in the floor provide cross-references to other subject areas. With the increasing complexity of technical development, the slides also become more complex and develop from lines into spatial elements.
A new, trough-shaped floor forms the infrastructural background. The raised floor conceals the existing and new installations. It also carries glass elements that are placed in front of the existing windows as light filters. They interpret the historical structure, create the necessary lighting conditions for the exhibits in terms of conservation and create a calm background for the presentation of the objects.
The gallery shows a short tour through the exhibition.
Views through the historical space are used in a targeted manner to make the temporal parallelism of the content visible and to establish thematic references.
Interactive, digital ORF recording studio
The spatialization of the line
Spatial shells shape the virtual reality cinema
completion:
2003
client:
Vienna Museum of Technology
address:
Mariahilfer Straße 212,
1140 Wien
size:
2.500 m² Exhibition space
project team:
Susanne Veit-Aschenbrenner,
Bernhard Klingerstorff, Alexander Magold, Dagmara Szmydke, Sophie Riegler, Kathrin Grumböck, Sebastian Scuiller
staff TMW:
Axel Laimer, Elisabeth Plank (ÖBA)
modell construction:
Studio R, Michael Ratheise
modell pictures:
© Sedlacek
pictures:
© Herbert Schwingenschlögl