We are very happy to tell that the exhibition ‘C’est la vie – Geschichten aus Leben und Tod’ was awarded the Prix Expo 2009. The jury lauded the exhibition content as well as its educational effort.

On Thursday 15 October 2009 the opening of the new temporary exhibition at the Museum of Communication in Bern takes place. It is dedicated to ‘rumours’ of all kind and their spread over different channels and media. In some cases visitors may create and plant their own rumours. iart contributed two particular installations to the exhibition: One Pepper’s Ghost installation with a miniature rumour agent, who talks directly to the visitors, starts a chat and tries to worm a rumour out of them, and a whispering forest with 74 thematically connected rumours which are heard whispered out of the forest. The exhibition is on display until 4 July 2010.

For more facts on the project.

On Thursday, 8 October at 8:20 a.m. Valentin Spiess talked about the present and future application rang of LED light on Swiss Radio DRS1.

The interview was held in German language and can be listened to on drs1.ch.

The Swiss Academy of Natural Science (SCNAT) has nominated ‘C’est la vie – Geschichten aus Leben und Tod’ for the Prix Expo 2009. The award ceremony takes place on 15 October 2009 in the Museum of Natural History Bern. iart contributed the exhibition light and looks forward to the decision of the jury.

Further information on the project

On 24 September 2009 the Stücki shopping mall opens to the public. iart interactive is responsible for the LED façade, the interactive advertising wall, the illumination as well as for the static and digital signage.

Press reports in English:
Highway on page 13

Project description with further pictures and information

iart has expanded an moves to new rooms. The relocation takes place from 23 to 28 September 2009. During that time we will still be accessible: The landline calls will be deverted to our mobiles. In some cases, answers to e-mails could be sent with some delay, since we can not guarantee an online service completely without interruption.

From 29 September 2009 on you can reach us at our new address:

iart interactive ag
media, art and technology
Mülhauserstrasse 111
CH-4056 Basel

Phone: +41 (0)61 500 11 50
Fax: +41 (0)61 500 11 51

iart was nominated for the Design Preis Schweiz 2009 in the category ‘Communication Design – Research’. We proposed the so called ‘Interactive Cloud’, a media tool developed for exhibitions that allows an intuitive and playful access to a huge pool of objects and their context. The visitors just have to touch the virtual pictures or texts moving on a wall or show case to defold them and receive further information. The installation works with projection and camera recognition. The hardware is hidden on the ceiling. The award ceremony takes place on 6 November 2009 in the ‘depot for design’ in Langenthal. The nominated and awarded projects are displayed there from 7 November to 20 December 2009. Read More

In the current issue of PLOT-Magazine – Creative Spaces – the LED-Colourlab is featured. The research project by the HdK Zurich examines — with partners from the economy — the interplay of light and colour. Our CEO Valentin Spiess, was involved in the project as a research associate. While the accompanying exibition closed its doors already, one can watch a video documentation of it.

Issue 8/2009 of Hochparterre has a feature on the 50th anniversary of the Swiss Museum of Transport in it. The recently finished remodelling of the transport hall is described in detail, as is the 2008 remodelling of the media factory. iart worked on both projects.

On August 1 the new permanent exhibitions ‘Swiss History’ and ‘Collections’ Gallery’ open at the Swiss National Museum in Zurich. iart conceived and planned the exhibition media. To find out more about the project, please click here. Read More