| "Alzado Vectorial" es una instalación interactiva del artista Mexicano Rafael Lozano-Hemmer para celebrar la llegada del año 2000 en el Zócalo de la Ciudad.
A través del espacio web www.alzado.net se podrán diseñar domos de luz sobre el Centro Histórico con 18 cañones robotizados que estarán alrededor de la Plaza. Estos cañones, cuya potente luz se verá de 5 a 20 kilómetros a la redonda, se controlarán por realidad virtual y se verán por tres cámaras digitales localizadas en el la torre Latinoamericana, en el Gran Hotel de la Ciudad de México y en un balcón de Palacio Nacional.
La pieza estará operativa diariamente del 26 de diciembre al 6 de enero desde el atardecer al amancer (6 PM a 6 AM). Se calcula que cientos de miles de personas podrán acceder al espacio en Internet y millones podrán ver la pieza en vivo en la Ciudad de México.
Le rogamos que vuelva a este espacio para diseñar su propio Alzado Vectorial y formar parte de esta celebración de fin de milenio en la Ciudad más grande del mundo. |
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For more information please contact Jacinta Laurent at jacinta@alzado.net or visit http://www.alzado.net
- 126,000 watts of power controlled by the net participants.
- Combines telerobotics, virtual reality and 3D tracking.
- Part of the millennium celebrations in Mexico City.
Visitors to http://www.alzado.net are able to design light sculptures over the Zocalo Plaza using 18 searchlights placed around the city centre. These searchlights are powerful lightbeams that can be seen from a 10 mile radius. They are in constant motion showing the designs arriving from the Net.
The website features a 3D interface that allows participants to point the searchlights and design a "Vectorial Elevation", which is a geodesic light dome over the square. The interface allow people to see virtually their design from any point of view. When a submission is sent to Mexico, the searchlights will orient themselves automatically to render the participant's design and three webcams will take pictures to document it. A web page will be made for each participant with photos of his or her design, information, and comments.
A live netcast will take place using three webcams located at the Latinoamericana skyscraper, the "Gran Hotel de la Ciudad" and the National Palace. The video will be sent using "kyx pyx" streaming software developed specifically for this project. This source code will be available as a free download.
The installation "Vectorial Elevation" is a piece by Mexican media artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, in collaboration with over a dozen programmers, designers and technicians from four countries. Lozano-Hemmer's "Relational Architecture" projects aim to transform emblematic buildings with new interactive technologies that allow the public to be an integral part of the artwork. More information on his work can be found at http://www.telefonica.es/fat/artistas/rlh/prlh.html
The piece will be running every night , dusk to dawn (6PM to 6 AM), from the 26th of December to the 6th of January. Hundreds of thousands of people will access the piece through the net and millions will see it live in Mexico City. For those who do not have net connectivity a number of free public terminals are available across the country, mostly in museums and libraries.
On the 31st of December the piece will not be running interactively in order to accommodate the New Year's Eve celebration. At 11:37 PM, Lozano-Hemmer will select a few of the "Vectorial Elevation" designs already done by the participants and will make a 7 minute light show. This show will feature music by Mexican electronic DJ Bostich, from the Nortec scene. The entire New Year's Eve celebration will be netcast by the site's webcams.
"Vectorial Elevation" is an interactive installation by Mexican media artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer to celebrate the arrival of the year 2000 in the Zócalo square.
Visitors to www.alzado.net will be able to design domes of light over the City's Historic Centre using 18 searchlights placed around the square. These searchlights, with powerful lightbeams that can be seen from a 10 mile radius, will be controlled by a virtual reality interface and will be broadcast via three digital cameras placed in the Latinoamericana skyscraper, the Gran Hotel and a balcony in the National Palace.
The piece will be running every night between the 26th of december until the 6th of january, from dusk to dawn (6PM to 6 AM). Hundreds of thousands of people will access the piece through the net and millions will see it live in Mexico City.
Come back to this site to design your own vectorial elevation and become a part of a unique fin de millennium celebration in the largest city in the world. |
