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Kunsthaus Graz: Friendly Alien

This gigantic building called the “Friendly Alien” was built in 2003 for the European Capital of Culture Celebrations. It’s also an architectural landmark in Graz, Austria. Kunsthaus Graz is a museum for contemporary art. It’s made of 5000 square meters of steel, foam glasses and acrylics with an arbitrarily curved surface. Its unusual form differs radically from conventional exhibition contexts, many of which maintain the traditions of the modernist “White Cube”.

The BIX Facade is a permanent light and media installation for the museum. A matrix of 930 fluorescent lamps integrated into the acrylic glass facade of the biomorophic building at the east side. Brilliantly designed, the lamps’ brightness can be adjusted at an infinite variability at 20 frames per second images with films and animations being displayed. Just amazing!

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