Press Room
Our own view of things is shown in the documentation videos on Blinkenlights, Arcade and Stereoscope — plus the talk from Chaos Communication Camp 2023 that tells the whole story of the project.
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TF1 · Oct 5, 2002
Ma bibliothèque est un écran
Portrait of the CCC as a humanist hacker group — with Arcade at the BnF as an example of participatory art: Tetris and messages by mobile phone, animations to submit.
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Off The Hook · Oct 2, 2002 · Emmanuel Goldstein
Interview mit Tim Pritlove über Arcade
Off The Hook is Emmanuel Goldstein’s weekly hacker radio show on WBAI 99.5 FM in New York, dealing with the social consequences of information technology and the laws around it. In this episode Goldstein talks with Tim Pritlove about Arcade in Paris; excerpts of the conversation can also be heard in the Arcade documentary video.
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IDG News Service · Oct 1, 2002 · Peter Sayer
Tetris tops Parisian night on the tiles
A 3,370-square-metre game of Tetris on a glass tower of the national library.
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Ordo · 10/2002
Nuit blanche sur la BnF – Le plus grand écran d'ordinateur du monde
In-depth retrospective with its own photos: set-up on tower T2 of the BnF, animations to submit, games by phone and the closing night of Nuit Blanche.
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Bibliothèque nationale de France · Sep 30, 2002
La BnF partenaire de Nuit blanche
BnF press release on the first Nuit Blanche: the Tour des Lois as a canvas.
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n-tv.de · Sep 28, 2002
Fassaden zu Bildschirmen
The Mona Lisa in the city of love — an installation by the Chaos Computer Club.
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heise online · Sep 27, 2002
Tetris mit dem Hochhaus
In Paris, the CCC puts the interactive light installation Arcade into operation.
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Computerwoche · Sep 27, 2002
Die Lights blinken wieder – in Paris
Project Blinkenlights has moved on to Paris: 26×20 pixels on tower T2, animations via ArcadePaint.
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Netzeitung · Sep 27, 2002
Deutsche Hacker lassen Paris leuchten
Report: after Berlin, now Paris — Arcade on tower T2 of the national library with 20×26 windows and greyscale, the Mona Lisa, Tetris by mobile phone and ArcadePaint.
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LinuxDevices.com · Sep 27, 2002
„World's largest display“ lights Paris skies (and runs Linux)
For Nuit Blanche, Project Blinkenlights turned tower T2 of the national library into what is supposedly the world’s largest display.
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CHIP Online · Sep 27, 2002
Weltweit größter Bildschirm in Paris installiert
Short news item (ddp): the 520 windows of the national library become a 3,370-square-metre screen; web surfers can contribute their own animations.
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FAZ.NET · Sep 26, 2002 · Andrea Klingsieck
Der größte Monitor der Welt
Performance: Tetris on a façade of the Paris national library.
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n-tv.de · Sep 23, 2002
Fassaden als Mega-Displays
Short news item: from Wednesday, the façade of the Paris national library becomes a screen for eleven nights, with Tetris via the internet or mobile phone — plus a look back at Berlin.
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Slashdot · Aug 30, 2002
ARCADE: Blinkenlights with Tetris
Tetris on a 26×20 display at the Bibliothèque nationale de France — for eleven nights.
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heise online · Aug 30, 2002
Voilà: Blinkenlights in Paris
From 25 September to 6 October the CCC turns tower T2 of the Bibliothèque nationale de France into a display.
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PC Praxis · Aug 30, 2002 · Peter Gross
Chaos Computerclub installiert weltweit größten Bildschirm in Paris
Short news item: at the end of September the façade of the Bibliothèque nationale de France becomes a screen; animations to submit and Tetris by mobile phone.
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symlink.ch · Aug 28, 2002
Blinkenlights in Paris
Short news item: from 25 September 2002 Arcade lights up 520 windows of the BnF for eleven nights; take part via ArcadePaint, GIF animation or BML file.
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Wup.it · Aug 28, 2002
Blinkenlights goes Paris
Short news item: Arcade turns tower T2 of the Bibliothèque nationale de France into a 20×26-pixel screen — new features are brightness levels and Tetris by mobile phone.
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Medienturm Graz · Aug 15, 2002
Blinkenlights Arcade
Announcement of Arcade for Nuit Blanche in Paris: 20×26 windows on tower T2 of the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
