For the BIX media facade at the Kunsthaus Graz, LIA created a site-specific, interactive media intervention titled INT.5_27/G.S.I.L.XXXI.
Curated by Sandro Droschl, the work functioned as a real-time translation of the city’s sonic environment into visual architecture. A directional microphone installed on the main bridge facing the museum captured environmental noise. This audio data was transmitted wirelessly to the BIX control unit, where LIA’s custom software analyzed the input.
The software used the input levels to manipulate the position, rotation, and size of reduced graphic elements, creating an abstract, architectural visualization of the soundscape surrounding the museum.
The BIX Facade at Kunsthaus Graz displaying LIA’s interactive installation (2004).
Installation Views
Views of the generative patterns on the media facade.
Technical Setup
Left: The custom microphone unit installed on the Hauptbrücke. Right: Drawing of the wireless audio transmission system.
Project Details
Year Created: 2004
Medium: Interactive Facade Installation (Macromedia Director, Directional Microphone)
Technical Realisation (Audio): Winfried Ritsch
Exhibition Context
Kunsthaus Graz, BIX Facade, Austria (‘INT.5_27/G.S.I.L.XXXI’, Oct 9 – Nov 7, 2004)
Curator: Sandro Droschl (Kunstverein Medienturm)
Photography: Nicolas Lackner, LIA
Presented in the framework of the exhibition ‘Bewegliche Teile – Formen des Kinetischen’ (Moving Parts – Forms of the Kinetic).
Exhibition Curators: Peter Weibel, Peter Pakesch, Katrin Bucher, Heinz Stahlhut
The main exhibition featured artists including: Olafur Eliasson, Bruce Nauman, Jean Tinguely, Rebecca Horn, Julio Le Parc, Hans Haacke, Paul McCarthy, and others.
