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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media.ccc.de (Chaos Communication Camp 2023) · Aug 19, 2023 · Tim Pritlove
Project Blinkenlights
The complete story of Project Blinkenlights in one talk: achievements, failures, technology and cultural impact, from 2001 to the first outing in color.
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media.ccc.de (25C3) · Dec 28, 2008 · Tim Pritlove
Blinkenlights Stereoscope — Behind the scenes of the new light installation
Recording of the 25C3 talk on Stereoscope: how the installation came about, the technology behind it and what happened in Toronto.
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Freibeuter TV · Aug 1, 2002
Freibeuter TV
Short interview with Tim Pritlove: looking back at Blinkenlights — almost five and a half months, around 2,000 submitted films, 300 of them love letters — and the role of the CCC.
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GUM TV · Mar 18, 2002
GUM TV
Spanish-language magazine programme about young art in Berlin — Blinkenlights is one stop in it: the CCC’s present for its 20th birthday, animations via the internet, activation by phone.
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Sat.1 · Feb 16, 2002
Sat.1
Report shortly before the switch-off: Blinkenlights in music videos by Kylie Minogue, Sven Väth and Die Toten Hosen, DIY-store technology behind the façade and voices from the audience.
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MTV · Feb 1, 2002
MTV
Portrait featuring Tim Pritlove: the idea for the CCC’s 20th birthday, Blinkenlights in the music videos of Kylie Minogue, Die Toten Hosen and Sven Väth, plus technology and love letters.
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Polylux · Dec 3, 2001
Country Ping Pong
Magazine segment on the return of table tennis to Berlin nightlife — Pong at the Haus des Lehrers is a brief stop in it.
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ARD Nachtmagazin · Nov 26, 2001
"Loveletters" am Alexanderplatz
Nachtmagazin segment on the “Loveletters” on Alexanderplatz.
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NTW · Nov 23, 2001
NTW
Report from NTW’s Berlin bureau (in Russian): how the idea came about, 144 windows and five kilometres of cable, Pong by mobile phone, your own animations and the announced love letters.
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TV Berlin · Nov 8, 2001
TV Berlin
Report from the Haus des Lehrers: 144 floodlights, 5,000 metres of cable and the control computer on the eighth floor, plus BlinkenPaint for your own films and Pong by phone.
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n-tv · Nov 3, 2001
n-tv
Brief report on Pong by mobile phone on Alexanderplatz — with a look at the premium-rate 0190 number, the cost of the installation and first enquiries from companies.
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Freshmilk · Oct 24, 2001
Freshmilk
Light-hearted interview with Tim Pritlove at the Haus des Lehrers: where the name comes from, hacking as a creative approach to technology, open interfaces and Pong by mobile phone.
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Pro7 · Oct 19, 2001
Pro7
Short news item: for its 20th birthday the CCC turns a Berlin high-rise into a monitor — 144 construction floodlights, little films via the internet and Pong by mobile phone.
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Polylux · Sep 17, 2001
Polylux
Magazine segment on the CCC’s 20th birthday shortly after 11 September: surveillance and the history of the hacker scene, with Tim Pritlove interviewed — the installation itself is not covered.
