please also see the English homepage: http://www.syl-eckermann.net/imneuntenhimmel/in9thheaven.html
> > for your information / INVITATION > > In Ninth Heaven > or The Far End of Europe > > An Interactive Synthetic Scape for the Museum Stein, Krems/A > by Sylvia Eckermann and Gerald Nestler > Composition and spatial acoustics: Peter Szely > > In Ninth Heaven or The Far End of Europe has at its core the > astonishing life of Andreas Koffler, an Austrian Jesuit missionary > who travelled to China and became a member at the court of the last > Ming emperor. > > Fluctuating between the worlds of early Baroque and late Ming/early > Qing eras, the project explores a rather brief yet multi-faceted > period of enlightened dialogue between Europe and China. Although > characterised by a respectful scientific exchange, it took place in > a world that was troubled by the Thirty Years' War, Inquisition and > Counter-Reformation on the one side, and by the insurgences during > the turnover of the dynasties on the other. > But this dialogue unfolded by the Jesuits of the China mission in > the 17th century inspired Europe as well as China, influencing > Arts, Sciences and thinking modes in both civilizations. It has > also changed up to this day the way the West has been looking at > the “Middle Kingdom”. > > In Ninth Heaven takes some of the fascinating historic records and > illustrations of this time and turns them into a virtual journey > through a space of visual-acousmatic impressions. The project is > based on a 3D real-time display system that is incorporated into a > customised installation architecture. The visitors, seemingly > enclosed by the media body as if by a third skin, create their own > audio-visual journey, embracing and exploring this space of > imagination, while the architecture appears to be in motion itself. > > This 3D Synthetic Scape questions notions of centre and periphery, > cultural integration and exclusion, and reflects issues of being in > between identity, conformity and transition. Time, space and > gravity dissolve for a moment into the scope of experiencing > another horizon. > > more about the project: > http://syl-eckermann.net/imneuntenhimmel > Opening: September 27 2008 11:00 am, Museum Stein > Minoritenplatz 4, A-3504 Krems-Stein, open daily 10am - 5pm > permanent installation > Credits: > > Sylvia Eckermann : concept, installation, 3D-art > Gerald Nestler : concept, research, text > Peter Szely : composition and sound-architecture > > Doron Goldfarb : programming > Josef Wienerroither : additional 3D-objects > Eduard Wildner : voiceover > > supported by: Land Niederösterreich, SKE austromechana, BOSE GesmbH > Department for Image Science, Danube University
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