IMAGE POWER POLITICS: Yoichi Okamoto. Post-war photography icon

Graphic design of the exhibition in the State Hall of the Austrian National Library. 2023

The large special exhibition in the State Hall of the Austrian National Library presents for the first time an extensive selection of impressive images by Yoichi Okamoto (1915–1985) documenting the visual history of Austria from the beginnings of the 2nd Republic

The Danube. A journey into the past

Graphic design of the Pasetti map 2021

The 44-meter-long reproduction of the Pasetti map offers an extremely precise representation of the Danube on the territory of the Habsburg Monarchy from Passau to the Iron Gate.

Music everywhere! The princely court of Salzburg – a centre of European musical culture 1587 – 1807

Artistic direction of the exhibition 2020

In 2020 the DomQuartier focuses on Salzburg’s great musical tradition, which is inseparably bound up with the history and the various rooms in the Residenz and the Cathedral precinct, as well as with Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Georg Muffat, Antonio Caldara, Leopold and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Michael Haydn – long before the inauguration of the Salzburg Festival.

tx-mirror

Real-time installation, 2018 2018

The installation "tx-mirror" was created for the exhibition "Art in Motion. 100 masterpieces with and through media" at the ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe and is a further development of the film technology "tx-transform" invented by Martin Reinhart in 1992.

Mozarthaus Vienna

Figaro Parallelo 2016

The large-scale media installation "Figaro Parallelo" allows a comparison of recent productions of "The Marriage of Figaro"

Mozarthaus Vienna

Rock Me Amadeus in Mozarthaus Vienna 2016

Special exhibition "Rock Me Amadeus. The Story" from 9 March to 16 May 2016

Mozart and Falco – on the trail of two musical geniuses

Leopold Museum

"Parallaxis – Media installation for the exhibition 'A Rush of Color" 2015

For the exhibition "A Rush of Color – Masterpieces of German Expressionism" (9 October 2015 - 11 January 2016 at the Leopold Museum) Virgil Widrich designed a media installation consisting of a disc, 3 rings and a projection with shifting perspectives.
 

experimenta Heilbronn

Planning and implementation of the music workshop 2013

checkpointmedia develops and installs a new music workshop with three studios for experimenta Heilbronn.

Museum of Natural History Vienna

The Meteorite Gallery Reopens 2012

checkpointmedia is responsible for the multimedia installations and the graphic display of information for the new Meteorite Gallery of the Natural History Museum Vienna.

“New Angels” at the Théâtre National du Luxembourg

Technical Consulting 2012

Planning and consulting for a triple video projection at the Théâtre National du Luxembourg for the musical stage production “New Angels” conceived by Martin Haselböck, Frank Hoffmann and Virgil Widrich.

Museum of Natural History Vienna

Concept for the new installation of the Meteorite Gallery 2011

For the new installation of the Meteorite Gallery, a concept was developed in partnership with Arno Grünberger/spurwien to devise a modern method of knowledge transfer that sensitively combines the existing architecture with multimedia elements and exhibits.

Exhibition "90 years of the Salzburg Festival"

"The Great World Theatre" 2010

In 2010, the Salzburg Festival celebrated its 90th anniversary. A traditional style exhibition with panels, objects and models seemed inadequate for presenting the sheer variety of artistic brilliance. Consequently, the displays and texts were "fanned out" to reflect the scope of the Festival's history.

Imperial Palace (Hofburg) Innsbruck

Media installations 2010

checkpointmedia equips Empress Maria Theresia's baroque state rooms and the Imperial Apartments with unobtrusive media installations that describe the history, uses and renovation of the Palace using historical and current images.

90 Years of the Salzburg Festival

Exhibition website 2010

In 2010 the Salzburg Festival celebrated its 90th anniversary. To mark the occasion, checkpointmedia designed and put together the main exhibition in Salzburg Museum’s Kunsthalle.

Vienna Konzerthaus

Mirrored showcase 2010

A mirrored showcase with a monitor is installed by checkpointmedia in the foyer of the Vienna Konzerthaus. The showcase informs visitors, in an innovative and very impressive way, about the wide variety of events that can be staged in the concert rooms.

Exhibition "Linz. City in Luck"

Linz 2009 European Capital of Culture 2009

Planning and implementation of the exhibition "Linz. City in Luck" in the context of European Capital of Culture Linz 2009.

“Time Machine” for Continental Drift at the Museum of Natural History Vienna

Touch-operated media station 2009

Development and construction of the “time machine” for continental drift at the Museum of Natural History Vienna.

Volcano pump for the Museum of Natural History Vienna

Mechanical media station 2009

checkpointmedia has designed and produced a "volcano pump" for the refurbished Geology Room at the Museum of Natural History Vienna, which was opened in 2009.

DVD of the highlights of the New Year's Day Concert 2007

Haus der Musik 2007

In an imaginary concert room in the Haus der Musik visitors were able to experience highlights of the 2007 New Year's Day Concert by the Vienna Philharmonic in superb sound quality. The DVD of the annual concert is produced every year by checkpointmedia.

A poetry generator for the World Cup in Germany 2006

Online poems 2006

Hans Magnus Enzensberger developed the idea for a "poetry generator" capable of producing poems automatically as long ago as 1974. An online version was developed for the Soccer World Cup in 2006.

Mozarthaus Vienna

Media installations 2006

The audio-visual installations in the Mozarthaus are inspired by media techniques and "wonder worlds" from Mozart's time: the installation on the topic of “Figaro” combines the principle of old puzzle dice games with modern aesthetics and video technology. The grand finale is the multimedia homage to Mozart's opera "The Magic Flute": a stage set made of scenery, projections and lighting effects showing a short version of "The Magic Flute" as virtual "mirror opera" from 1791 until the present day.

DVD of the highlights of the New Year's Day Concert 2006

Haus der Musik 2006

In an imaginary concert room in the Haus der Musik visitors were able to experience the highlights of the 2006 New Year's Day Concert by the Vienna Philharmonic in superb sound quality. The DVD of the annual concert is produced every year by checkpointmedia.

Dramaturgical Consulting for the Director of Vienna Mozart Year 2006

Consulting 2005

On the strength of many years' experience of major cultural projects, the checkpointmedia team provides consulting services to director Peter Marboe during the planning of the dramaturgy required for Vienna Mozart Year 2006, developing among other things the concept for a film competition.

"Ponte Mozart" between Vienna's 1st and 2nd District

A landmark for Vienna Mozart Year 2006 2005

Concept for a temporary bridge linking Vienna’s 1st and 2nd districts with each other for a year.

Sattler Panorama media installations

Salzburg Museum 2005

The Sattler Panorama, completed in 1829 and presented in a mobile rotunda, became a pan-European attraction. Supplemented by an interactive module, the original panorama is now once again open to the public at the Salzburg Museum. Looking through a "time/reading glass", visitors can move a screen continuously over an image of the Sattler Panorama and alternate between 1829 and the present day in the selected section.