Ab-ı Hayat is a media architecture installation at the entrance of Memorial Bahçelievler Hospital that uses the healing and life-giving symbolism of water through immersive digital art to offer visitors a moment of escape and connection with nature.

Ab-ı Hayat is a media architecture installation at the entrance of Memorial Bahçelievler Hospital that uses the healing and life-giving symbolism of water through immersive digital art to offer visitors a moment of escape and connection with nature.

DESCRIPTION

Ab-ı Hayat is a media architecture welcoming guests in Memorial Bahçelievler Hospital’s entrance hall. Taking its name from the water that is the source of life, it spreads through three media walls on three floors, covering 48 HD screens, reaching a total of 8K resolution. It opens a door to a new dimension of time and space for the visitors, creating an area for them to momentarily forget their surroundings and experience the healing power of nature, mirroring water’s eternal ability of soothing and recovery. 
                
Keeping the sheer balance of nature we live in, water is an important natural source, as well as the source of our lives. Its story is parallel to our story. Its story starts with our first breath of life. Its soothing ability is always prominent since the first steps of humankind. From past to present it represents healing, recovery. Once we drink it we forget our ailments, we find life again. In the nature it is ever present, giving life to all creatures on Earth and the ecosystem its rhythm, and keeping it in harmony.

              Ab-ı Hayat is a media architecture welcoming guests in Memorial Bahçelievler Hospital’s entrance hall. Taking its name from the water that is the source of life, it spreads through three media walls on three floors, covering 48 HD screens, reaching a total of 8K resolution. It opens a door to a new dimension of time and space for the visitors, creating an area for them to momentarily forget their surroundings and experience the healing power of nature, mirroring water’s eternal ability of soothing and recovery. 
                
Keeping the sheer balance of nature we live in, water is an important natural source, as well as the source of our lives. Its story is parallel to our story. Its story starts with our first breath of life. Its soothing ability is always prominent since the first steps of humankind. From past to present it represents healing, recovery. Once we drink it we forget our ailments, we find life again. In the nature it is ever present, giving life to all creatures on Earth and the ecosystem its rhythm, and keeping it in harmony.


INFO
ROLE: Art Direction, Visuals, Sound Design
TYPE: Site Specific Audiovisual Installation
DATE: 2017
DURATION: 3' 00''
LOCATION: Memorial Bahçelievler Hospital
COMMISSIONED BY: Memorial Healthcare Group
CREDITS
ART DIRECTION & CONCEPT: Nohlab
SOUND DESIGN: Nohlab
PROJECT MANAGEMENT & STRATEGIC DESIGN: ang.Prix & ArtBizTech
DOCUMENTATION: Işık Kaya
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