Press Room

play pong There have been a couple of reports on Blinkenlights in the press so far. Here you find a list of what is known to us. If you come across a report on Blinkenlights that is not included in this list it would be nice if you give us some notice. Thanks.

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.

Your contact address for questions about Blinkenlights: contact@blinkenlights.de

  • heise online · Oct 5, 2008 · Peter Röbke-Doerr de

    Projekt Blinkenlights in Toronto neu aufgelegt

    Online Stereoscope (Toronto)

    Seven years after Berlin, the team takes on Toronto City Hall — considerably bigger and once again open to participation.

  • Chaos Computer Club · Oct 4, 2008 en

    Blinkenlights Stereoscope

    Online Stereoscope (Toronto) Own publications

    The CCC's own announcement of the Toronto installation at Nuit Blanche: 960 windows, 16 brightness levels, wireless light control.

  • Hackaday · Oct 4, 2008 · Bre Pettis en

    Blinkenlights' Stereoscope Goes Live In Toronto

    Online Stereoscope (Toronto)

    Interview with the Blinkenlights team on the day Stereoscope went live, covering the wireless light control developed for the 960 windows.

  • Spacing Toronto · Oct 3, 2008 · Shawn Micallef en

    Nuit Blanche: Behind the scenes with Blinkenlights

    Online Stereoscope (Toronto)

    A look behind the scenes at City Hall as the team turns both towers into one giant interactive canvas.

  • Telepolis · Feb 8, 2002 · Stefan Krempl de

    Public Spaces Invaders

    Online Blinkenlights (Berlin)

    Transmediale shows how public space can be hacked.

  • heise online · Feb 8, 2002 de

    Public Space Invaders oder Das Hacken der neuen öffentlichen Räume

    Online Blinkenlights (Berlin)

    How the public spaces of the digital age can be shaped and occupied — a report from transmediale.

  • 20 Minuten · Jan 4, 2002 de

    Der grösste Bildschirm der Welt steht in Berlin

    Online Blinkenlights (Berlin)

    Report: for its 20th birthday the CCC gives itself the world’s largest computer display — 144 floodlights, animations to submit, Pong by mobile phone.

  • TheFeature · Jan 3, 2002 · Jeff Goldman en

    The Art of the Mobile Phone

    Online Blinkenlights (Berlin)

    The mobile phone as an artistic tool — with Blinkenlights as an example.

  • SHIFT · 01/2002 · Andrew Sinn en

    Blinkenlights

    Online Blinkenlights (Berlin)

    The Japanese magazine SHIFT on Blinkenlights (English version).

  • SHIFT · 01/2002 · Andrew Sinn ja

    Blinkenlights

    Online Blinkenlights (Berlin)

    The Japanese magazine SHIFT on Blinkenlights (Japanese version).

  • ZDNet · Dec 31, 2001 · Dietmar Mueller de

    Chaos Computer Club zählt Berlin an

    Online Blinkenlights (Berlin)

    The light installation makes possible the “biggest New Year’s Eve countdown of all time”.

  • Focus Online · Dec 31, 2001 de

    Riesige Lichtinstallation in Berlin

    Online Blinkenlights (Berlin)

  • LockerGNOME · Dec 29, 2001 en

    GnomeFAVORITES

    Online Blinkenlights (Berlin)

    Link tip in the newsletter (GnomeFAVORITES section): floodlights in an empty Berlin building, your own animations and Pong by mobile phone.

  • ABC News · Dec 27, 2001 en

    King 'Pong' strikes

    Online Blinkenlights (Berlin)

    Short report (TechTV): for its 20th anniversary the CCC turns eight floors into a 144-pixel screen — your own animations with BlinkenPaint, Pong by phone, a webcam for everyone outside Berlin.

  • Branchez-vous! · Dec 26, 2001 fr

    Jeu Pong géant en façade d'un édifice

    Online Blinkenlights (Berlin)

    Short news item: Pong on the 8×18-pixel façade of the Haus des Lehrers, set up by the CCC for its 20th birthday.

  • Geek.com · Dec 26, 2001 en

    Building-size games and movies

    Online Blinkenlights (Berlin)

    An eight-storey, 144-pixel display for animations, text messages and Pong — built in just four weeks.

  • BBC News · Dec 25, 2001 en

    King Pong reaches Berlin

    Online Blinkenlights (Berlin)

    King Pong reaches Berlin — the BBC on the game on the façade.

  • La Repubblica · Dec 21, 2001 it

    Hacker illuminano Alexanderplatz con un gioco di luci

    Online Blinkenlights (Berlin)

    Hackers light up Alexanderplatz with a play of light — compared with Martin Creed’s prize-winning room.

  • Neural · Dec 21, 2001 it

    Blinkenlights, ascii art coi palazzi

    Online Blinkenlights (Berlin)

    Short news item: Blinkenlights as a large-scale counterpart to Martin Creed’s Turner Prize work — 144 lamps, your own films via the website, Pong by mobile phone.

  • Wired News · Dec 20, 2001 · Steve Kettmann en

    Hackers Show Light In A New Art

    Online Blinkenlights (Berlin)

    Berlin’s hackers outdo the Turner Prize: an entire façade as light art.

  • The Harrow Technology Report · Dec 17, 2001 · Jeffrey R. Harrow en

    The Harrow Technology Report

    Online Blinkenlights (Berlin)

    Section in the technology newsletter: Blinkenlights as a Christmas present to Berlin — 144 lamps, 18×8 pixels, love letters and Pong by mobile phone.

  • alienated.net · Dec 10, 2001 en

    Der Blinkenlights

    Online Blinkenlights (Berlin)

    Post on the alienated.net weblog.

  • Slashdot · Dec 10, 2001 en

    Big Berlin Blinkenlichten

    Online Blinkenlights (Berlin)

    Short news item from a reader: for its 20th birthday the CCC turns eight floors of 18 windows each into a display — plus a long reader discussion.

  • ARD Nachtmagazin · Nov 26, 2001 de

    "Loveletters" am Alexanderplatz

    Online Blinkenlights (Berlin)

    Marriage proposals and love letters will soon be able to flicker across the façade via a 0190 number.

  • Tages-Anzeiger · Oct 23, 2001 · Roger Zedi de

    Pixelbotschaften aus Berlin

    Online Blinkenlights (Berlin)

    For 20 years the CCC has been showing us security holes — for its anniversary there is pixel art on a Berlin façade.

  • Telepolis · Oct 21, 2001 · Ralf Bendrath de

    Interaktiv im Öffentlichen Raum

    Online Blinkenlights (Berlin)

    The CCC lets people play “Pong” on a high-rise façade and beams out an oversized peace sign.

  • Spiegel Online · Oct 21, 2001 de

    Hochhaus-Monitor: Bei Anruf – Pong!

    Online Blinkenlights (Berlin)

    Teaser with photo on the Spiegel Online front page, pointing to the article of 19 October.

  • Spiegel Online · Oct 19, 2001 · Daniel Meuren de

    Bei Anruf: Pong

    Online Blinkenlights (Berlin)

    The peaceful hackers have turned a high-rise in Berlin into an 8×18-pixel monitor; passers-by can join in the game by mobile phone.

  • CHIP Online · Oct 15, 2001 de

    Hochhaus als Display für Arcade-Spiel

    Online Blinkenlights (Berlin)

    Visitors to Alexanderplatz can play on the high-rise façade with their mobile phones.

  • Telepolis · Oct 8, 2001 · David Hudson en

    Left Out

    Online Blinkenlights (Berlin)

    Weekly review of German politics — with a detour to the CCC’s “brilliant blinkenlights”.

  • Telepolis · Sep 12, 2001 · Thorsten Kleinz de

    Pong am Alex

    Online Blinkenlights (Berlin)

    Preview of the CCC’s 20th birthday: WaveLAN, talks and the biggest game of Pong of all time on Alexanderplatz.

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