UNDER AN ALIAS
Role
Direction & Design
Type
Architectural 3D Video Mapping
Date
2012
Commissioned By
Genius Loci Festival
Under An Alias is a digital historical expression. The story takes place in a small German town; Weimar. Weimar, a city that currently merges art and architecture in Bauhaus university, has many untold stories.
Dozens of people spent long hours immersing themselves the rich cultural background, whilst taking into consideration the opinions of previous researchers. Under An Alias, created by collaboration of international artists and working completely in cyberspace, made its debut as the main act of the Genius Loci Festival.
Under An Alias was on exhibition from 10th till 12th of August on Fürstenhaus, Franz Liszt Conservatory, each night from 8PM till the early hours, several times a night. The initial section is the spirit, then the muscles then the skin of this tribute to the legacy of Weimar was created. The story was based on the linear history of the city, the abstract origin slowly turned into decaying effect in the years of war. Then the exploding Bauhaus movement after the World War II is portrayed with a statement to pay homage to one of movement's greatest masters; Kandinsky. Then the story flows into the German industrial machine, healing its wounds from the diffused times with aggressive images of engineering and machinery. And finally, after all of city's turbulent history, we are waving goodbye to Weimar with its peace and order as a giant music box.
Under An Alias was made by 22 people from different disciplines: architects, new media artists, sound designers and the staff of Genius Loci Weimar.
Location
Frank Liszt School of Music Building, Weimar
Duration
17' 30''
Direction & Design
Nohlab
Motion Design and Animation Teams
Fehmican Gözüm, Gökalp Gönen, Saygın Soher, Sinan Büyükbaş, Ouchhh (Ferdi Alıcı, Çağlar Özen, Emre Önol, Dilan Tanrıkulu Regal, Harun Kerem Köse, Yusuf Emre Kucur), Robotika (Coşku Özdemir, Davut Toy, Vikram Puttanna)
Sound Design
Alp Çoksoyluer, Giray Gürkal, Görkem Şen
Project Management
Nerdworking
Documentation
Cansu Turan
Special thanks to
Gökçen Dilek Açay, İkinciParti Prodüksiyon, Stefan Kraus