CityWall, Finland

The CityWall is a large mutli-touch display installed in a central location in Helsinki which acts as a collaborative and playful interface for the everchanging media landscape of the city. The content displayed on the CityWall is periodically organized into themes or events that are currently taking place in the city such as festivals, carnivals or sports events.

The technology which enables this direct interaction has been specifically designed so that several people can interact directly with display at the same time; the maximum number of people who can interact is limited only by physical space.

The installation has three objectives;

1 : It aims at creating Awareness and Presence of City Events in an engaging installation where passers by playfully manipulate media and learn about anniversaries, events and festivals.
2 : It is aimed at supporting active visitors and social media motivating users to actively and collaboratively make sense and play with media.
3 : CityWall proposes a platform for Media Literacy which can deliver rich media experiences to the widest audience. Anyone with the most basic computer skills can learn and use the CityWall in a few moments.

This interactive piece allows people to communicate digitally - it would be good if it could happen throughout the city so that no matter where you are, you can interact with one another.