Sunday, February 22, 2009

MOODWALL









Moodwall (by Urban Alliance) is a 24 meter long interactive light wall installation in Amsterdam.

The Moodwall was recently completed to better serve pedestrians by transforming the atmosphere of a dark and unpleasant tunnel- to a colorful lit walkway that stimulates a joyous passage and a-more secure, safe feeling as you walk through.

Another task to better beautify and conserve the purpose of the installation was to add the grooves on the wall to deter graffiti. Last but not least, those grooves also serve to display (in a different angle) the colorful interaction from outside of tunnel. Therefore passers-by are inclined and invited to walk through (also prevents the tunnel to become a hang-out spot).

Overall this is a well thought-out, positive, idea to beautify an outer public space that is beneficial in various ways. Now... when are we going to get something like this in the U.S? It would be great to see something like this in the Los Angeles area.

Take a look at the video (an earlier version of the wall) to get an idea of how the interactive installation works.

UPDATE: Thanks to a tip I have added a new video displaying the project in its current version. The first video was from 2007, the second one (just added) is from 2009.

8 comments:

the letters i wish i'd written said...

I love the lights but the music scares the hell out of me!

Bird* said...

this is neat. reminds me of the Detroit airport..

Rice Candy said...

I agree about the music on the video, It gets me dizzy. But that installation was from a show. I am sure the version installed in the tunnel does not have that sound.

Actually I think the music was added later on in the video. I don't think any of the installations have sound effects.

Nancy said...

Now, I'm disappointed...I thought the inclusion of digital sound would make it that much better! Of course it might keep the passers-by engaged too long in trying to make music and cause a traffic jam of sorts.

Angela said...

I wish more people thought 'outside of the box' enough to come up with ideas like this as solutions to common problems!

What a fantastic idea.

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Robert Chrétien said...

the posted video "E4" is another version of the moodwall...you should refer to this video instead..."Moodwall Amsterdam" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr1VopbCWOI

Rice Candy said...

Robert Chretein- Thanks for the tip. When I initially made the post this was the only video available associated to the project. I have seen this project posted in the big "trendy" blogs now (barely this month)and I've had it here for months.

I will update, thanks again.