Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen, April 2008
HALLE ZEHN, CAP Cologne, Köln (DE), exhibition in April 2010. > see more photos
Requires Flash Player 9 (or newer - http://labs.adobe.com ) and a computer with double processor / dual core.
Alternative: The Flash animations are converted to video -> DVD, or to other digital video formats.
A Flash application with many swf files on a hard drive. Open "flagmetamorphoses.swf" in Flash Player (Stand Alone) or in Adobe Media Player.
The Flash application will automatically open in full screen / projection mode and show the selection menu (mouse right click is restricted).
Devices: Computer with mouse, video projector, two loudspeakers. Please use devices and cable connections which provide RGB signal, like VGA or Dvi.
Aspect ratio and resolution of the computer monitor and of the projector: 4:3 , 1024 x 768 px.
Large projection in a room with no other sounds around (or: headphones instead of loudspeakers).
A socket or small table with the mouse on it (no keyboard!), with short instruction paper.
The computer can for example be installed under / in the socket, or beneath the ceiling, together with the projector.
The audience can choose the animations from a selection menu. After one animation has played, the menu returnes.
In an exhibition environment , various installation versions are possible: 10 or more sockets with monitors, or 8-12 projections (each one fed by a computer, media player / CF-card player, or DVD player), looking in different directions.
Each screen shows a few of the animations, looping. The sounds are played low in order not to disturb each other. The spectators will see several animations at the same time. Remaining in front of each screen for some minutes (until the loop re-starts), they can watch all animations.
Installation: images and text as printer-friendly PDF
Concept and project realisation: Myriam Thyes
Screenwriter: each author for his/her own animation(s).
Graphics + animation: each author for his/her own animation(s).
Sound / Music (stereo): each author for his/her own animation(s), sometimes using royalty free sounds from different sources.
Language: none. Production format: Flash.
37 animations so far. Duration of the whole series (including short brakes and titles), for theatrical or looping projection: 54:00
Country / year of Production: Germany, 2005 – 2010. (and ongoing)
Screening formats: Flash (swf) or DVD, with selection menu. Multi-screen installation with Quicktime movies, DVDs, or other digital video formats on computer, DVD-player, CF-Card/mediaplayer, looping.
With animations by the following artists (so far):
Stacy Averill (US), Norbert F. Attard (MT), Peter Chanthanakone (CA), Christoph Frei (CH), Tomoaki Goto (US / JP), Rona Innes (UK), Chris Joseph (CA / UK), PJ Kotze (ZA), Phillip Kraft (ZA), Anke Landschreiber (DE), Jorge Lara + Israel Reyna (MX), Sonya Mansour (US), Deanna Morse + animation class (US), Monika Oechsler (UK), Ajdin Pajevic (DE / BiH), Irena Paskali (MK), Max Pohlenz (DE), Joanna Priestley (US), Natalieann Rich (US), Barry L. Roshto (DE), Amir Scheulen + Frank Köhnen (DE), Alex Schneider (US), Katherine Sweetman (US), Nicola Tauscher (DE / KR), Myriam Thyes (DE / CH), Slobodan Tomic (HR), Cene Van der Merwe (NA).