MODERN TECHNOLOGY
LARGE INTERACTIVE STORE INSTALLATION IN THE SAARBRÜCKEN CITY CENTRE
INTERACTION WITH PASSERS-BY
Hidden cameras registered movements on the sidewalk. Computer algorithms translated these movements into the behavior of the digitally generated fish—creating a perfect illusion.
Hundreds of fish, some forming schools, others individually selected, followed passers-by, responding to their movements and even swimming from one screen to the next. A gigantic virtual aquarium. Caustics, light effects, the motion of underwater plants—nothing was missing.
In Saarbrücken, the location of the German-French SaarLB, this meant not only pride in a financially successful cross-border institution, but also in a digital attraction. Visitors even came from outside the region to experience the large-scale virtual aquarium up close.
The installation was in permanent operation from 2004 to 2010.
