Installation on jonas hansen

Paidia Laboratory: feedback, 2014

Sun, 25 Jan 2015 09:05:43 +0000

Installation together with Paidia Institute

documentation: Schwindel der Wirklichkeit, Akademie der Künste, 2014

Solar Wind Aeroscope, 2014

Wed, 16 Jul 2014 20:25:20 +0000

The Solar Wind Aeroscope is an artistic instrument dealing with atmospheric conditions that depend on “space weather:” a storm of electromagnetic particles from the sun that constantly affects our atmosphere. It uses an Internet connection (in the gallery) or a radio receiver (in the wild) to tap into a global network of amateur HAM-radio stations known as WSPRnet. Through this network, the Aeroscope can “see” the atmospheric conditions caused by the solar wind.

Paidia Laboratory: Feedback #1, 2013

Thu, 05 Dec 2013 22:00:20 +0000

In the experiment feedback #1 two game controllers of a fighting game are modified. The vibration feedback of the controller are used to create two closed feedback loops. The vibration motor of each controller is linked with the PUNCH button of the controller. As soon the setup gets a start impulse by pressing one PUNCH button the system plays itself.

In 2013 Paidia Laboratory: Feedback was part of the game exhibition “Computerspielen - perspectives of play” in Dortmunder U, Dortmund.

Paidia Institute @ Next Level Conference 2011

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:25:41 +0000

Paidia Institute is part of the exhibition and panel programme of Next Level Conference 2011. As part of the conference, Paidia Institute takes part in Cologne’s Long Night of Museums 2011 as well.

Solar Wind Periscope, 2011

Sat, 15 Oct 2011 14:45:59 +0000

The Solar Wind Periscope is an artistic instrument visualizing atmospheric conditions that depend on space weather. It uses a radio receiver to measure HF radio signal range and relies upon a global network of amateur HAM-radio stations known as WSPRnet. It was developed for The Weather Tunnel Project at Translife Triennial 2011 and is part of an ongoing inquiry into weather beyond earth.

The project was developed together with Lasse Scherffig

More info at: pixelsix.net/swp

Paidia Laboratory: Feedback, 2011

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 12:53:02 +0000

Paidia Feedback Laboratory examines computer games as closed feedback systems, as servomechanisms or control chains that may or may not involve human elements. In an ongoing series of artistic experiments the feedback behaviour of games is studied and put in new contexts through modifications of hardware and software, creating an open structure of artifacts, schematics and patterns. The focus lies not on the usability of games, but rather on an archeology of interaction – determining the limits and boundaries of games in order to understand the media specific characteristics of computer games and the spaces they create.

Paidia Laboratory: Feedback at Platine 2011

Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:18:21 +0000

Paidia Institute will be part of the Platine 2011 (Cologne, August 15th-19th) with the Paidia Laboratory: Feedback.

Eight+, 2009

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:54:35 +0000

Eight+ is a synaesthetic user-generatedcontent-post-new-rave-multiplayer-shooter in 2D.

Eight+ is an anarchic mix of rhythm, action, sounds and visuals provoking the conventions of standardized content and feedback loops in computer games. In this multiplayer game, players shoot at objects drawn live by other players. The longer they interact, the more distortion emerges. The borders between parties blur as ever more content is created and destroyed. The installation explores the social behaviors of groups as well as the limits of game design.

Audiodome Playground, 2008

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 08:30:51 +0000

In the period 2008-2009 I was part of the Audiodome Playground research group at Animax Multimedia Theater in Bonn.

The goal of the research was the development of playful and interactive environments for a front/floor projected stage with a spatial sound system. Through a marker based rigid body video tracking system the movement of a person on stage could be tracked and used for interaction with the projections. During my stay I developed a couple of small playful miniatures to determine the possibilities of the system.

iobox, 2008

Sun, 14 Sep 2008 11:27:25 +0000

iobox is an experimental game, developed during the Play08 (play08.de) Festival in Potsdam, Germany by Creative Gaming Lab08:

Jonas Hansen (Cologne)
Karin Lingnau (Cologne), karinlingnau.com
Leif Rumbke (Hamburg), rumbke.de
Marek Plichta(Potsdam), marek.monoid.net

MyBot at ARTEFACT, Belgium

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:25:16 +0000

Kinetic Life / MyBot will be exhibit at

ARTEFACT festival 2008 –> 12 - 17 February 2008 –> STUK kunstencentrum Leuven, Belgium

The installation will be part of Warom2.0 from Stefaan Decostere (CARGO) at the ARTEFACT festival in Belgium.

In my installation, a robotic hand plays the computer game Second Life. By pressing keys of a computer keyboard, the hand moves a virtual Avatar on the screen. The movement of the hand’s fingers is an automated ongoing routine. The routine will be interrupted, when a person stands close to the hand. But after a short while the hand, and with it the virtual avatar, will go back to their monotonous routine. The installation can be seen as a physical and virtual kinetic performance. In Second Life the avatar walks through a collage of photographs and interview fragments by Daniel Demoustier about war victims.

Warum 2.0 :: MyBot, 2008

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 12:46:09 +0000

WARUM2.0 is a public experiment where the visitors can explore documentary images and media shaped by YouTube, Second Life and surveillance cameras. Passively watching is no longer sufficient - instead we need to select, evaluate and choose. The installation features unique videos from Darfur, Afghanistan, Haiti, Gaza, Iraq and Kosovo by acclaimed cameraman Daniel Demoustier, as well as interviews with cultural theorist Paul Virilio. The installation can be seen as an ongoing investigation of media and the influence of mediated images that more and more determine our relation with the world around us.

Dat-A, 2005

Mon, 14 Nov 2005 10:36:03 +0000

Dat-a is an art installation made by me together with z25.org for ‚Soiree des Ateliers‘ at Huis aan de Werf, Utrecht Netherlands. Subject of the installation is Radio Frequency Identification chip (RFID) and the consequences when this new technology will be implemented in everyday life. With this installation z25.org is hoping to create a discussion about RFID and the influence of this technology on who we are. Central question is how do we experience our identity when our movement through space is continuously monitored and when this collected data about where we are and where we have been is used to make assumptions about who we are. All the receiving and sending devices were custom made by z25.org.

Reactionmachine, 2005

Wed, 14 Sep 2005 12:30:14 +0000

The installation Reaction Machine plays with the intimate field of tension between the people. Balance of power, personal input and connecting old and new technology are all part of this experience. Reaction Machine is an open system, in which the visitor‘s reaction determines the art work. In the Reaction Machine different kinds of technologies are combined in one object, a television screen is combined with a old rusty gear wheel and a handle, all together connected to a computer with a web cam, microphone and speakers. The object looks unfamiliar, but the interface is clear: a chair in front of it to sit, a television screen to watch and a handle to turn. When a curios visitor sits down and starts to explore the use of the machine, he will