The light installation in Stockholm had to be switch off already in Mid-January this year, due to construction work. The lights are now temporarily back again at the Hötorget buildings, but not anymore connected to Emotional Cities.

The lights at the Hötorget buildings might be back again in November 2009, or the project will move to other cities. Or why not both at the same time?

Update, 18 March: Today interest for the project was shown from Hong Kong. I will post information when I know more about this.

Hong Kong

Due to construction work on the buildings next to the Hötorget buldings (Hötorgshusen) in Stockholm, the light installation needs to be uninstalled tomorrow Thursday. The lights were supposed to stay until February 28, but unfortunately we cannot influence these circumstances. We thank our sponsors for this year: Vasakronan, AMF Pension, AxFast, Ramsbury, Fastighetskontoret and Företagarföreningen Hötorgscity.

Next winter there will be new light installations in different cities. Perhaps in Stockholm again?

Christmas 2008 in Stockholm proved to be an emotional rollercoaster. Whereas people were really happy on Christmas day, emotions were dipping on the days between Christmas and New Year’s Eve. The new year has started rather well though. Keep posting your emotions on Emotional Cities!

Last year people were happy around Cristmas. It will be interesting to see whether this was a coincidence, or if it will be repeated this year again. Perhaps the skyscrapers in Stockholm will be red next week?

Yesterday the project won another award, at a festival called Eurobest, which was this time held in Stockholm. Emotional Cities is an art project and not an ad campaign, but has struck some nerve in the media and design world. After winning at the One Show, the Clio Awards, and twice at the London International Awards, this was the fifth price for Emotional Cities. I hope that the project is as interesting as an art project!

PRESSMEDDELANDE
EMOTIONAL CITIES
2008/11/01-2009/02/28

Konstprojektet Emotional Cities lyser upp Hötorgshusen igen!

På lördag (1/11) tänds ljusinstallationen Emotional Cities återigen på Hötorgshusens fasader – och den kommer att lysa hela vintern, fram till den 28 februari 2009.

Färgen på ljuset bestäms av hur människorna i staden mår. I fjol medverkade tiotusentals stockholmare genom att besvara frågan “Hur mår du idag?” på projektets hemsida www.emotionalcities.com. Sju ansikten med olika uttryck och färger utgör svarsalternativ. Ett kontinuerligt beräknat medianvärde för samtliga stockholmare projiceras på de fem Hötorgshusen.

Förra året ställdes projektet ut på Moderna Museet samtidigt med ljusinstallationen på Hötorgshusen. Emotional Cities genomfördes dessutom parallellt på Art Center Nabi i Seoul, Sydkorea. I 20-miljonerstaden Seoul deltog över 100 000 personer.

Emotional Cities är ett projekt av konstnären Erik Krikortz. Krikortz bor och arbetar i Stockholm och Berlin. Han är för närvarande även aktuell på Sevilla-biennalen med ljusinstallationen Colour by Numbers.

Mer om Emotional Cities:
Beskrivning - http://www.emotionalcities.com/blog/?page_id=2
Essä - http://www.emotionalcities.com/blog/?page_id=28
Artiklar - http://www.emotionalcities.com/blog/?page_id=63
Pressarkiv - http://www.emotionalcities.com/blog/?page_id=27

Tack till sponsorerna Vasakronan, AMF, Ramsbury, AxFast, Fastighetskontoret och HötorgsCity.

Med vänlig hälsning

Erik Krikortz
Tel: 0768-38 95 69
E-post: erik@emotionalcities.com

The light installation in Stockholm will come back in November, and light up Stockholm during the dark period. Perhaps one or two other cities might also have light installations next winter. More about that later.

Here is a new video showing the light installation in Stockholm. The beautiful song is “Inside the museum” by the French artist Orouni.

From November 1, 2007 until January 6, 2008 Emotional Cities was exhibited at Moderna Museet in Stockholm, alongside the light installation at the high-rise Hötorget buildings in downtown Stockholm. For the exhibition I made this photograph, depicting the buildings (to the right in the picture). The image was printed in the fold-out brochure for the exhibition.