Aperture

aperture is a facade installation with interactive and narrative displaying modes. Consisting of an iris diaphragm matrix, the facade's surface with its apertures' variable opening diameters is enriched by a dynamic translucency, that creates new imagery as well as a new channel for communication between inside and outside.

Analogously to the process of taking a photograph, people standing in front of the wall are exposed to the aperture grid, just like to photographic film. The duration of the image fading out, as the apertures close, is itself a reflection of how long a person has been standing in front of aperture.

Reminiscent of motion photography as initially developped by Eadward Muybridge, the single phases of a movement—a person walking along the intelligent surface—the single phases of the movement are captured and displayed by aperture.