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© Alexander Pausch; mission of art, 2005 Site-specific light installation New building of the Akademie der Künste [Academy of Arts], facade and Pariser Platz, Berlin (D). 05/2005 to 09/2006 400cm (light bar) Light bar with 3,200 super-bright white LEDs, heated stainless ste

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Information
Cite
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Archive of Digital Art (ADA). “Ruth Schnell - »mission of art«”. https://digitalartarchive.at/database/general/work/mission-of-art.html (retrieved 2021-08-07). @online{ADAartistprofile, author = {Archive of Digital Art (ADA)}, title = {Ruth Schnell - »mission of art«}, url = {https://digitalartarchive.at/database/general/work/mission-of-art.html}, urldate = {retrieved 2021-08-07}
Technology
Hardware
Light bar with 3,200 super-bright white LEDs, 4 microprocessors, computer
Installation Requirements / Space
400 cm (light bar), installed at the new building of the Akademie der Künste [Academy of Arts], facade and Pariser Platz, Berlin (DE).
Material
Light bar with 3,200 super-bright white LEDs, heated stainless steel case, acrylic glass cylinder, 4 microprocessors, computer
Descriptions & Essays
Ruth Schnell 25-09-2021
Site-specific light installation

The light installation 'mission of art' is a temporary intervention on the façade of the building of the Akademie der Künste [Academy of Arts] in Berlin, for the occasion of the opening of the Academy's new location on Pariser Platz (Brandenburg Gate). Members of the Academy were invited to contribute a word each for the feed of a 4m-high light stick equipped with super-bright white LEDs.
Letters and words are produced on the retina of the observers as after-images and, to a viewer in motion, they seem to lay as an all-over in front of the glass façade of the Academy, the surroundings of the Pariser Platz and in front of the "sky over Berlin".
Analogous to an advertising billboard in the urban space, the installation is designed for visibility in the evening.
Ruth Schnell: mission of art, 25-09-2021, in: Archive of Digital Art
Literature
Akademie der Künste (Hg.). »mission of art.« Brochure for project.
Pichler, Cathrin. »mission of art.« Brochure for project.
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