Bump

Telematic installation. Moving boards, sensors, pneumatically operated pistons and internet.

This installation is composed of two interactive sidewalks that are set up in a public place in two different cities. With every step on the planks, an impulse is triggered and digitally transferred to the other city. The respective boards in that city then rise a few centimetres and vice versa.

“Bump – a tactile interface versus the disembodiedness of network worlds: two wooden catwalks in public space, ready for the masses to stage. Every pressure exerted causes resistance that comes through on the other side. There is a knock from underneath, the slats rise, power transmission via network – sensations on the move.”   Christian Kühn

Download: Technical Specification (pdf). Play: Video Ars Electronica 1999, Video Istanbul 2010.

2010

Bump – Asia / Europe. Telemetic installation. Istanbul 2010 — European Capital of Culture. Üsküdar IDO, Istanbul (TR) / Eminönü IDO, Istanbul (TR).

Bump – Asia / Europe. Telematic installation 2010. “Istanbul 2010 – European Capital of Culture”. Eminönü, Istanbul (TR). Photo: Assocreation.

Eminönü, Istanbul (TR). Photo: Assocreation.

Bump – Asia / Europe. Telematic installation 2010. “Istanbul 2010 – European Capital of Culture”. Üsküdar, Istanbul (TR). Photo: Assocreation.

Üsküdar, Istanbul (TR). Photo: Assocreation.

Istanbul 2010 — European Capital of Culture. Video: Kanal A.

2007

Bump – Gijón / Oviedo. Telematic installation. Group exhibition “playware”. Laboral, Centro de arte y creación, Gijón (ES) / city center, Oviedo (ES).

Bump – Gijón / Oviedo. Telematic installation, 2007. Group exhibition “playware”. City center, Oviedo (ES). Photo: Assocreation.

City center, Oviedo (ES). Photo: Assocreation.

Bump – Gijón / Oviedo. Telematic installation, 2007. Group exhibition “playware”. Laboral, Centro de arte y creación, Gijón (ES). Photo: Assocreation.

Laboral, Centro de arte y creación, Gijón (ES). Photo: Assocreation.

 2003

Bump – Brighton / Vienna. Telematic installation. Solo exhibition “Assocreation – taste it!”. Fabrica Gallery, Brighton (UK) / Museumsquartier, Vienna (AT).

Bump – Brighton / Vienna. Telematic installation, 2003. Solo exhibition “Assocreation - taste it!”. Museumsquartier, Vienna (AT). Photo: Assocreation.

Museumsquartier, Vienna (AT). Photo: Assocreation.

Bump – Brighton / Vienna. Telematic installation, 2003. Solo exhibition “Assocreation - taste it!”. Fabrica Gallery, Brighton (UK). Photo: Assocreation.

Fabrica Gallery, Brighton (UK). Photo: Assocreation.

2001

Bump. Documentation. Group exhibition “Prix Ars Electronica”, OK Centrum für Gegenwartskunst, Linz (AT).

OK Centrum für Gegenwartskunst, Linz (AT). Video: Assocreation.

2000

Bump – Hanover / Vienna. Telematic installation. CeBIT, Hanover (DE) / Burgtheater, Vienna (AT).

Bump – Hanover / Vienna. Telematic installation, 2000. “CeBIT”. CeBit, Hanover (DE) and Burgtheater, Vienna (AT). Photo: Assocreation.

Hanover (DE) and Burgtheater, Vienna (AT). Photo: Assocreation.

1999

Bump – Vösendorf / Linz. Telematic installation. Group exhibition “Future.com”. SCS, Vösendorf (AT) / Ars Electronica Center, Linz (AT).

Bump – Vösendorf / Linz. Telematic installation, 1999. Group exhibition “Future.com”. SCS, Vösendorf (AT). Photo: Assocreation.

SCS, Vösendorf (AT). Photo: Assocreation.

Bump – Vösendorf / Linz. Telematic installation, 1999. Group exhibition “Future.com”. AEC, Linz (AT). Photo: Assocreation.

AEC, Linz (AT). Photo: Assocreation.

1999

Bump – Linz / Budapest. Telematic installation. Group exhibition “Life Science”, Ars Electronica Festival. Hauptstraße Linz (AT) / Liszt Ferenc tér, Budapest (HU).

Bump – Linz / Budapest. Telematic installation, 1999. Group exhibition “Life Science”, Ars Electronica Festival. Liszt Ferenc tér, Budapest (HU). Photo: Assocreation.

Liszt Ferenc tér, Budapest (HU). Photo: Assocreation.

Bump – Linz / Budapest. Telematic installation, 1999. Group exhibition “Life Science”, Ars Electronica Festival. Hauptstraße, Linz (AT). Photo: Assocreation.

Hauptstraße, Linz (AT). Photo: Assocreation.