Abstract :
The proliferation of commercial billboards and electronic signage in New Yorkʹs Manhattan limits the possibility for interactive art sites. Lucy Bullivant describes how Eskyiu transformed an HSBC bank in Chinatownʹs Canal Street with an interactive facade and Antenna Design have created their Civic Exchange project for a site in Battery Park City. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Keywords :
New York , Haus der Architektur in Graz , 2006 , Austria , constructs of labour , Interactive Telecommunications Program , Eskyiu , Antenna co-founders Masamichi Udagawa and Sigi Moeslinger , D-Box , hybrid specialism , Blur at the Swiss Expo 2002 , socio-cultural change , Cindy Sherman , Travelogues installed at JFK International Airport for Diller Scofidio+Renfro , Protect me from What I want , Chinatown Design Lab , Nikeיs billboard , Rebuild Chinatown Initiative (RCI) , Yahoo! , AAFE (Asian Americans for Equality) , Campaign for Real Beauty , Linea Vert fabric and a layer of translucent polyester eco-resin , Rafael Lozano-Hemmer , light-box HSBC bank on Canal Street , Marisa Yiu and Eric Schuldenfrei , marginalised community in terms of art , Manhattan , Storefront for Art and Architecture in New York City , Chinatown WORK , conceptualising different levels of exploration and needs , Facsimile at the Moscone Convention Center , Civic Exchange.
