150 JAHRE FAVORITEN COLUMBUSPLATZ

150 jahre favoriten
projection mapping / fassadenprojektion

For the 150th anniversary of Vienna’s 10th district, Hand mit Auge staged a multimedia projection show across three façades on Columbusplatz on 26 September 2024. The square — an open, walkable row of buildings directly on Favoritenstraße — is a lived, diverse everyday space in the heart of the district: the audience didn’t stand in front of a stage, but in the middle of it.

The show told the history of Favoriten through 3D mapping along its landmarks — from the central station and the Amalienbad to the brickworks that founded the working-class district. The façade elements of the three buildings were modelled in 3D; architecture and animation interlock, turning the buildings themselves into narrators. An original soundtrack by Jakob Schauer and Martin Winterleitner fused projection and square into a single event.

The show was commissioned by the District Administration of Favoriten under District Chairman Marcus Franz — as a contemporary, repeatable alternative to a traditional anniversary fireworks display. It was performed twice that evening and was part of the FAVORITE FALL cultural festival.

CREDITS

Künstlerkollektiv: Hand mit Auge
Projektleitung, Videoproduktion: Jakob Hütter
Videoproduktion: Jakob Figo, Martin Winterleitner
Musik: Jakob Schauer, Martin Winterleitner
Auftraggeber: Bezirksvorstehung Favoriten, BV Marcus Franz

Technik: 3× 30.000-Lumen-Projektoren, Projektion auf drei Fassaden, 3D-Modellierung der Fassadenelemente

26.09.2024, Columbusplatz, 1100 Wien — zwei Aufführungen
Im Rahmen von 150 Jahre Favoriten / FAVORITE FALL