MONOCOLOR — SCREEN—SPACE

monocolor — screen—space / ausstellung — medientechnische umsetzung & creative technology

For MONOCOLOR’s (Marian Essl) solo exhibition SCREEN—SPACE at the Landesgalerie Niederösterreich, Jakob Hütter handled the media-technical realisation and creative technology. It was Essl’s first solo museum exhibition; the audiovisual work was developed specifically for the third-floor rooms and responds to their slanted wall geometry.

Two darkened rooms held two separate installations: in the large room, a full-surface 360-degree projection driven by seven projectors with spatial sound across nine loudspeakers and two subwoofers; in the adjoining room, a two-projector panorama with stereo sound and subwoofer. Image and sound are entirely algorithmically generated and shift continuously.

Planning and adaptation of the projection to the architecture — projector positions, ceiling rigging, edge blending, and warping across the slanted walls — were central to the project. Playback ran in TouchDesigner and Ableton Live at 60 fps, fully automated in continuous operation across the entire run (4 May – 10 November 2024). Planning, installation, and ongoing supervision were carried out in close coordination with the artist.

Artistic work and authorship lay entirely with Marian Essl (MONOCOLOR).

CREDITS

Künstler / Artist: Marian Essl (MONOCOLOR)
Kurator / Curator: Klaus Krobath (AIR – ARTIST IN RESIDENCE Niederösterreich)
Künstlerische Direktion / Artistic Director: Gerda Ridler
Medientechnische Umsetzung & Creative Technology: Jakob Hütter
Team / Crew: Martin Winterleitner, Lucas Dikany
Auftraggeber / Client: Landesgalerie Niederösterreich
Ort / Location: Landesgalerie Niederösterreich, Krems
Laufzeit / Run: 4. Mai – 10. November 2024
Technik / Tech: TouchDesigner · Ableton Live · 60 fps · vollautomatischer Dauerbetrieb · großer Raum: 7 Projektoren, 9 Lautsprecher, 2 Subwoofer · Nebenraum: 2 Projektoren, Stereo + Subwoofer