Discoteca Flaming Star    Discoteca Flaming Star        www.discotecaflamingstar.com

Johanna Billing    You don’t love me yet    www.makeithappen.org/johannabilling.html

Alfonso Gil + Francis Gomila   Guantanamera    www.alonsogil.com   www.digitalartsgallery.co.uk/FG.ARTISTSpage.html

Ben Frost   I lay my ear to furious latinwww.ethermachines.com

Dan Perjovschi    Off www.perjovschi.rowww.lombard-freid.comwww.gregorpodnar.com

Dirk Vollenbroich    Short circuit / Cortocircuito www.dirkvollebroich

Mandla Reuter Pictureshttp://www.mandlareuter.com/

Susan PhillipszFollow Me

Anikka Ström    The missed concert    www.annikastrom.net

Dora García    Rezos/Prayers    www.doragarcia.net    www.rezosprayers.org

Nexus Art Group    Proyecto[NEXUS*]Jose Luis Delgado Guitart Ricardo EchevarríaMajorie KanterAchilleas Kentonis María Papacharalambous

Oswaldo Macià    Cuando los perros ladran     www.oswaldomacia.com

Leopold KesslerAlarm bikehttp://www.leopoldkessler.net/www/index.html

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Powers of the darkness (Technical cityhall Frankfurt, 2002)

Each computer monitor inside the cityhall building dispalys an specially programmed screensaver during the night. The screenaver displays randomly every second a different color. The indirect, colored light kinetic displays a permanent changing image of the Frankfurt cityhall. 

( 85 offices )

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SUPER NOVA (2001) + LUFTHANSA LIGHT (2004)

SUPER NOVA, 2001

Every two seconds each of the 240 offices in the building was illuminated by a flash light module.The indirect light gernerated a ´fast-motion´ effect, displayed on the surface of the building.Compared to the buildings ‘speed of light’, all moves in public life seem to be in a slow-motion.

( 240 stroboscopes in 240 offices )

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 MADRID ABIERTO is an international artistic initiatives programme which is held throughout the month of February in the junction Paseo de la Castellana-Recoletos-Prado since 2004. It is an avenue for approaching the interpretation and comprehension of how the public space is constructed from the sphere of art. Since its first open invitation announcement it has received more than 1.200 proposals. Out of all the projects presented, 29 were exhibited in the previous three editions and 13 will be exhibited this year, selected by different juries comprised by international experts.

Organised by the Cultural Association MADRID ABIERTO, the 2007 edition of the programme is promoted by the Altadis Foundation, the Department of Culture and Sport of the Autonomous Community of Madrid and the Governing Department for the Arts of the City Council of Madrid, with the collaboration of the Telefónica Foundation, La Casa Encendida of Obra Social Caja Madrid, the Ministry of Culture, ARCO, Radio 3 of RNE, Círculo de Bellas Artes, Canal Metro, Cemusa, Centro Cultural de la Villa of Madrid, Remo, Mediazero and Metro.

For this fourth edition, which will be held from the 1st to the 28th of February, a total of 658 projects were presented; 471 for the general invitation, 61 for the façade of La Casa de América, 28 for the façade of Círculo de Bellas Artes, 74 works for Canal Metro and 24 sonorous initiatives for Radio 3. The breakdown by countries of the projects presented is as follows: Spain (174), Italy (46), USA (46), Mexico (40), Argentina (33), Germany (28), Colombia (28), France (25), Brazil (18), Canada (16), Cuba (16), Ecuador (14), Chile (13), The Netherlands (13), Portugal (12), Ireland (9), Sweden (9), United Kingdom (9), Venezuela (9), Japan (7), Austria (6), Yugoslavia (6), Australia (5), Peru (5), Belgium (4), Costa Rica (4), Finland (4), Norway (4), Poland (4), Turkey (4), China (3), Croatia (3), Slovenia (3), Russia (3), Switzerland (3), Uruguay (3), Bulgaria (2), El Salvador (2), Georgia (2), Guatemala (2), India (2), Iceland (2), Israel (2), New Zealand (2), Czech Republic (2), Cyprus (1), Denmark (1), Estonia (1), The Philippines (1), Greece (1), Hungary (1), Latvia (1), Lithuania (1), The Dominican Republic (1), Serbia (1) and Singapore (1).

The selection committee was comprised by Juan Antonio Álvarez-Reyes (curator of Madrid Abierto 2007), Ramon Parramon (director of Idensitat), Cecilia Andersson (director of Werk) and Guillaume Désanges (co-ordinator of art projects in Les Laboratoires D’Aubervilliers, Ille de France). We declared the project for the façade of Círculo de Bellas Artes unfulfilled and pre-selected thirty projects, from which the curator finally selected Fernando(We were young. Full of life. None of us prepared to die) by the collective Discoteca Flaming Star; proyecto_nexus* by the collective [nexus*] art group; I Lay My Ear To Furious Latin by Ben Frost; Rezos/Prayers by Dora García;Pictures by Mandla Reuter; Guantanamera by Alonso Gil and Francis Gomila and Short Circuit/Cortocircuito by Dirk Vollenbroich. In addition to these seven selected projects, the current edition is complemented by other projects from artists invited by the curator: Dan Perjovschi, Susan Philipsz, Johanna Billing, Leopold Kessler, Oswaldo Maciá and Annika Ström. Through this mixed selection model our intention is to continue to make progress in our objective of broadening each annual proposal of MADRID ABIERTO.

In this year’s edition, for the first time, two specific invitations for audiovisual and sonorous works were announced, which were selected by the curator, myself, Arturo Rodríguez and José Iges. The following 11 works were selected for projecting on Canal Metro: Rothkovisión 3.0 by Daniel Silvo; Mierda de caballos y príncipes by Fernando Baena; Rest by Carolina Jonsson; Every Word is becoming by Alexander Vaindorf; Alpenflug (Alpine Flight) by Juan Carlos Robles; Himno by Cristian Villavicencio; PlasmaLux06-7 by Tanja Vujinovic-Zvonka Simcic; Mis Quince by Alfredo Pérez; Lucía by Pere Ginard and Laura Ginés; Candy by Mai Yamashita and Naoto Kobayashi and The Toro’s Revenge by María Cañas. For broadcasting on Radio 3, the following 8 works were selected: Am I walking by Jouni Tauriainen; Bendicho juez de la verdad by Eldad Tsabary; Reiterations (Elizabeth Street) by Sonia Leber and David Chesworth; Postal Densa. Postal Sonora. Madrid-Bogotá by Mauricio Bejarano; Alkaline by Paul Devens; Funkenspiel by David Halsell; Poema Jazz (a Clara Gari) by Luis Eligio Pérez and BihotzBi by Zuriñe Gerenabarrena.

Likewise, following on with the work of the previous editions, E451 continues to develop the graphic image and web page and, for the second year running, together with various debate tables on public art, the selected artists will present their work in La Casa Encendida on the 1st and 2nd of February.

We are continuing the process of creating an initiative of a scale manageable by a small team without a permanent or continuous structure, based on an open invitation announcement geared towards the production of ephemeral or temporary projects for the public space of the city of Madrid.

Jorge Díez

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SUPER NOVA (2001) + LUFTHANSA LIGHT (2004)

LUFTHANSA light (Lufthansa headquarter Cologne, 2004)

Within one second, the LUFTHANSA head office in cologne is kineticly illuminated by flash light modules. In a volitional chaotic succession, the indirect light jumps in visible stripes through the floors of the offices. The speed of light raises the building from the whole environment of urban motions.

(Lufthansa building: 135 Meters, 20kW stroboscope lightning/floor)

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HAUSMUSIK (2006)

HAUSMUSIK ( Allianz Treptower, 2006 )

Walls and ceilings of selected offices in a high-rise building are color illuminated by a light control system. The windows, regarded from the outside, are colored rectangles on the buildings surface. An indirect lighting source is installed in two offices on each floor. From outside one can see a usual, from far visible, electronic soundlevel display. Hausmusik is the synchronized audio-level of the live send program by a local radio station.

( Treptower: 189 Meters )

HAUSMUSIK ( Frankfurter Büro Center, 2006 )

Walls and ceilings of selected offices in a high-rise building are color illuminated by a light control system. The windows, regarded from the outside, are colored rectangles on the buildings surface. An indirect lighting source is installed in two offices on each floor. From outside one can see a usual, from far visible, electronic soundlevel display. Hausmusik is the synchronized audio-level of the live send program by a local radio station.

( FBC: 165 Meters )

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 THE METHOD

Especially controlled light sources (40x30x30 cm) will be positioned in each room of the Palacio de Comunicaciones. By an parallel transmitted electronic pulse all light sources inside the building do a short blink. The blinking is random controlled and can be realized trough the windows from outside as an indirect lighting.

TECHNICS

- The whole Lighting Equipment needs regular power supply; 230 V AC.- The Lighting modules are stand alone solutions.- It is possible to build up the lighting modules in flexibel positions in each room.- Inside each room of Palacio de Comunicaciones will be one or two lighting modules inuse (each 40x30x30xm).- The Installation usage in the whole building is about 10 kW/h (= 0,2kW/h each module).- The installation needs no special technical requirement.- The installation is build up in between 1-2 days and taken down in 3-4 hours- All components are certified by the Geman TÜV (Technical Supervisory Association)- ...

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 TEMPORARY KINETIC LIGHTINSTALLATION

My art work is focused for about ten years on kinetic architecture illumination. On the occassion of the coming Madrid Abierto 2007 here the sketch of my work ‚short circuit‘ (‚cortocircuito‘) in consideration of the ‚Palacio de Comunicaciones‘.

THE IDEA

The architecture of the Palacio de Comunicaciones stands in opposite to the strengh of the architectures I normally work with. In case of this ninty years old excessive construction by Antonio Palacios, I try to do a work in opposite to my ‚dissolving‘ light installations in high-rise buildings (like for example the LUFTHANSA headquarters in Cologne, the ‚Technisches Rathaus‘ in Frankfurt or the IDUNA NOVA building in Münster).

By a synchronized lightning inside each room of the Palacio de Comunicaciones, I will generate a junction of all spaces. The excessive aesthetics facade of this neo baroque building with its art deco elements will appear in a visual solve of the convoluted interior.

THE METHOD

Especially controlled light sources (40x30x30 cm) will be positioned in each room of the Palacio de Comunicaciones. By an parallel transmitted electronic pulse all light sources inside the building do a short blink. The blinking is random controlled and can be realized trough the windows from outside as an indirect lighting.

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LUFTHANSA. Light, 2004 Lufthansa headquarter Cologne

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Palacio de comunicaciones. 19-2H

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 An unlocked bike stands in front of the exhibition space. If somebody moves the bike, a sirene starts howling and the lights are flashing. The bike is equipped with an alarm system - which can be switched in/out by the owner with the help of a remote control. The typical gesture of showing your power and wealth like unlocking a new BMW.

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 TEMPORARY KINETIC LIGHTINSTALLATION‚ SHORT CIRCUIT/CORTOCIRCUITO

My art work is focused for about ten years on kinetic architecture illumination.

On the occassion of the coming MADRID ABIERTO 2007 here the sketch of my work‚ Short Circuit/Cortocircuito in consideration of the `Palacio de Comunicaciones’.

THE IDEA

The architecture of the Palacio de Comunicaciones stands in opposite to the strength of the architectures I normally work with. In case of this ninty years old excessive construction by Antonio Palacios, I try to do a work in opposite to my ‚dissolving‘ light installations in high-rise buildings (like for example the LUFTHANSA headquarters in Cologne, the `Technisches Rathaus‘ in Frankfurt or the IDUNA NOVA building in Münster). By a synchronized lightning inside each room of the Palacio de Comunicaciones, I will generate a junction of all spaces. The excessive aesthetics facade of this neo baroque building with its art deco elements will appear in a visual solve of the convoluted interior.

THE METHOD

Especially controlled light sources (40x30x30 cm) will be positioned in each room of the Palacio de Comunicaciones. By an parallel transmitted electronic pulse all light sources inside the building do a short blink. The blinking is random controlled and can be realized trough the windows from outside as an indirect lighting.

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BURGSTEINFURT, DEUTSCHLAND, 1969 LIVES AND WORKS IN KÖLNWWW.DIRKVOLLENBROICH.COMWORK EXPOSED IN MADRID ABIERTO: SHORT CIRCUIT / CORTOCIRCUITO

EXHIBITIONS (Selection)2006    ·    Tower lights treptower, Berlin·    Luminale frankfurter büro center, Frankfurt·    Videoarch trento, italy

2005    ·    Lux.us municipal gallery, Lüdenscheid·    Final cut cars & races Kurt gallery, Berlin

2004    ·    Lufthansa light administrative building LUFTHANSA, Cologne Watermusic regionale2004, Ahlen

2003    ·    Coming out museum of contemporary art, Siegen·    Flash chapel, Aulendorf·    The day by the sea salento, Italy

2002    ·    Powers of darkness museum of modern art, Frankfurt·    Bullets on you and me doicese of stuttgart, Stuttgart

2001    ·    Let´s go disco semper depot, Vienna·    Super NOVA iduna nova insurance building, Münster·    Scholarship: ‚cité des arts‘, Paris

2000    ·    Downtown künstlerhaus gallery, Vienna

1999    ·    The man who burned Adolf Hitler Int. filmfestival, Oberhausen

1998    ·    Let‘s go disco european media art festival, Osnabrück

1997    ·    Transform pavillon wewerka, Münster

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RELATED WORKS

HAUSMUSIK (2006)

SUPER NOVA (2001) + LUFTHANSA LIGHT (2004)

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