Tour of the Galleries in Leipzig results in SMS Installation

Dresden, 12.09.2006. After the Tour of the Galleries in Leipzig last Saturday the New Media artist and painter Matthias Haase installed a SMS chat system at a party labelled „I'm Lovin' it“. The event was hosted by a new night club known as „BAR“ located in building number 10 at Baumwollspinnerei where galleries and exhibition spaces opened new exhibitions that weekend. Next to dancing to electronic music by the Djs Carbone from Leipzig, Peter Nikolai from Berlin and Tensing Norgai (Oslo), all guests could send their own text messages to the chatwall to be displayed due the party. The SMS installation has been realised by a projector whereby the system's telephone number and incoming SMS have been projected onto a wall with window and radiator at the venue. Messages like „I tried hard not to be bothered by art“ and „Bass, we love you, but when will there be Jungle?“ solved questions on art and club sound. This text message: „Tokio-leipzig, bankok-leipzig, hamburg-leipzig, barcelona-leipzig, berlin-leipzig, paris-leipzig, moskau-leipzig, kapstadt-leipzig, kopenhagen-leipzig, prag-leipzig“ left an impression on the internationality of the new art szene in Leipzig.
Until October the 14th 2006 the chat system will be presented in a varied way as a SMS chat sculpture next to big sized oil paintings due the solo exhibition labeled „Diesel – Painting and New Media“ by Matthias Haase at Artbuero Berlin Gallery in Berlin Mitte.

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On artist Matthias Haase
Matthias Haase graduated at the Acadamy of Fine Arts Dresden in 2005. Now he attends the Postgraduate Meisterschüler Program at the Acadamy of Fine Arts Dresden in class of Prof. Ralf Kerbach. More information on past and recent work may be found at www.matthiashaase.net and www.kunstknall.de/pages/MatthiasHaase .

On night club „BAR“, Leipzig
BAR is a small night club located at the Baumwollspinnerei, building number 10 in Leipzig (Germany). More information may be found at www.myspace.com/bar_leipzig .

On „Tour of the Galleries“, Leipzig
Due the Tour of the Galleries on 9th & 10th September 2006 all galleries and exhibition spaces opened new exhibitions that weekend. More information may be found at www.spinnerei.de .

On „Artbuero Berlin Gallery“
Current solo exhibition: „Diesel – Painting and New Media“ by Matthias Haase. Please visit www.artbueroberlin.com/exhibitions/matthias_haase_diesel_malerei_und_neue_medien/ or www.artbueroberlin.com .

On „SMS Chatwall“
The SMS projector software receives text messages sent by any mobile phone to be then projected onto a large screen, known as the Chatwall. SMS Chatwall is an established Event and Advertising instrument widely used in night clubs and music festivals. During a typical night at a venue, up to 1200 text messages are generated and displayed on the Chatwall. For more information, please visit www.chatwall.eu .

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