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At Hand, an interactive piece of art, by Heidi Tikka (software designed by Teemu Korpilahti) opens on the City Wall Helsinki in Lasipalatsi as part of the Helsinki Festival Night of Arts on Friday 27 August, 2010. It is designed for touch screens in a public space.

The project is about urban gestures, micro spaces of the street and the possibility of encountering otherness. European flow of migration is its starting point, specifically the recent appearance of beggars in Helsinki’s city spaces. How should we encounter and respond to the new gestures of plea directed towards us?

The project explores the experiential and expressive possibilities of multi-user touch interaction via an orchestration of intimate close-ups of gesturing hands and the dynamics of the touch interface. It is custom designed for the MultiTouch screen technology and will be presented on the CityWall interactive screen installed at Lasipalatsi in the centre of Helsinki. More info at: http://m-cult.org/projects/hand

Press Releases:

1. Finnish PDF + Finnish HTML

Come and test the MultiTouch displays at IBC 2010 in Amsterdam, 10-14 September. You can find the MultiTouch booth DS20 with several wall and table display installations in the Digital Signage Zone at the hall 9. Book a meeting by e-mail: sales@multitouch.fi

AV — the magazine for Australian / New Zealand audiovisual professionals – praises the MultiTouch installation in the Chilean Pavillion at the World Expo in Shanghai. “Watching the public begin using the system after a short time, it is evident multi-touch technology is something people can intuitively grasp quickly and easily… running multiple HD videos on demand with real-time variables in play is very impressive.” You can read the article at http://www.av.net.au/contents/issue_12/world_pavilions.pdf

This summer Pori Jazz uses the latest technology to present its programme, artists and venues to the audience. The Jatsitatsi multitouch wall, created as a part of a research project, uses advanced technology in a novel way to provide the audience with new experiences in public spaces.

Press releases:

1. English PDF + English HTML
2. Finnish PDF + Finnish HTML

Video: YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRHOB3T2ZZk

MultiTouch and Riolab have collaborated on the largest multitouch display ever produced for a World’s Fair. The Wall of Chile (Muro de Chile) for the Chilean Pavilion at the Expo 2010 Shanghai China features a 4-meter-long and 1.2-meter-high display wall that enables visitors to access more than six hours of high-definition video and thousands of photographs.

Press releases:

1. English PDF + English HTML
2. Finnish PDF + Finnish HTML