Installation
_IP-III
   
by: [n:ja], Rainer Mandl, Sepp Deinhofer und Michael Aschauer
concept: [n:ja]
duration: 4 min
year of production: 2003
sound: echelon
medium: director application
 
intro
Lothringerhalle 13
OK_Spektral 2
 
 
  The basic idea of IP-III is to create a space typical to the internet which does not refer to the usual geographic information of online users (compare traffic visualization tools), but rather derives directly from the internet specific code of the IP numbers. If the binary code of the IP addresses is transposed into spatial coordinates, a space constructing structure can be produced, which corresponds to a spatial language inherent to the internet. Through the online user's applications as spatial coordinates, the created space modifies itself in real-time with the behavior of its visitors. An important aspect of the code conversion of the IP addresses into spatial coordinates is that the spatial interpretation of the IP addresses is not geographically translated in a classical sense, but rather the IP addresses are broken down into their binary code and, following this, allocated to a Cartesian coordinate system. With this, a virtual map is generated in which an autogenous net space is described - quasi a spatial map of the virtual internet space.

The installable net project 'IP-III' is comprised of two parts: In the 'online part' which is immediately defined for the online user as a website and in an 'installable part' of the exhibition. The sum of both parts produces a superposition of virtual and real space.
PART I | W e b s i t e The starting point for this implementation is the festival or exhibition specific website in the framework of which the work is presented and, following this, should be designated as the reference address. That means that on this website all of the users' IP addresses who logged on during the period of the net project will be acquired and their data will be analyzed for the further operating process. It would be advantageous if user traffic of at least 10 simultaneous users would be possible, considering that the dynamic performance of the space is determined by the number and behavior of the users. If the number of users decreases below 2, there are not sufficient spatial points. In this case the space disintegrates.
PART II | I n s t a l l a t i o n The exterior dimensions of the installation are approximately 17 x 17 m. The four quadratically arranged screens float about 50 cm above the floor hanging from the ceiling, whereby the corners of the room should remain open allowing the visitor a one meter wide entry into the inner space. The 4 projectors likewise hang from the ceiling. Each projector animates one screen.


 
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