Exhibitions

In Summer 2001 the Basel Kunstkredits helped launch the project through a ”Freie Kunstprojekte“ (Open Art Projects’) grant for the basic concept the in the annual competition. During the following one-and-a-half years <instant city> was then developed and realized.

In the autumn 2003 we received a grant through the Federal Office for culture, (sitemapping/mediaprojects) to the technical advancement and creative conception for an „instant-city-multiple“.

In 2004/05/06 <instant city> was technically and formally re-developed, so that now three different versions are available for different kind of presentations.

Since its first presentation in January 2003 in the digital arts gallery plug-in in Basel, <instant city> has been presented in numerous national and international festivals for new media, as well as new music.
In 2003 <instant city> was presented in the international new media festival ars electronica in Linz (AT) where it was awarded an Honorable Mention. In the same year, Southwest Radio (SWR) and the Center for Art and Media in Karlsruhe (DE) also distinguished <instant city> as one of fifty works nominated for the prestigious ‘International/Media/Art/Prize03.’ In 2004, both the Dresden (DE) CYNETArt Award, as well as the Tokyo (JP) ACA Media Art Festival juries granted <instant city> special recognition in addition to including the artwork in their respective exhibitions. In 2005, <instant city> was presented in Rotterdam (NL) at the Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAI).