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.
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!
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.
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.
This time-lapse video shows the light installation at the Hötorget buildings (Hötorgshusen) in Stockholm. The light installation was displaying the emotional states of the Stockholm inhabitants from November 1, 2007, and until March 5, 2008. The webcam was placed in the Bonnier building and registered one image per minute. In the time-lapse video each second shows eight hours - this means that 24 hours passes by in only three seconds.
The art project Emotional Cities could not have been done without great help from our main sponsors. The property companies Vasakronan, AMF Pension, Ramsbury, John Mattson, and Fastighetskontoret, allowed us to use the Hötorget buildings for the light installation in Stockholm, but they also financed great parts of the project. The various shops in the Hötorgscity area also made an important contribution as sponsors of the project. We wish to thank them all for their support, and we hope that the collaboration will continue.
