{"id":14520,"date":"2021-02-19T13:50:29","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T12:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/?post_type=artists_ui&#038;p=14520"},"modified":"2026-08-26T14:29:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T12:29:50","slug":"the-living-web","status":"publish","type":"artists_ui","link":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/sommerer-mignonneau\/the-living-web\/","title":{"rendered":"The Living Web"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;]<div class=\"dam-custom-grid dam-custom-grid--cols-4\" style=\"--dam-grid-gap:16px;\"><figure class=\"dam-custom-grid__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/TheLivingWeb8.jpg\" class=\"dam-custom-grid__link\" data-lightbox=\"dam-custom-grid\" title=\"Christa Sommerer and Laurent Mignonneau, The Living Web. Interactive CAVE virtual environment installation connected live to the internet. 2002. Photo: \u00a9Sommerer &amp; Mignonneau.\" data-title=\"Christa Sommerer and Laurent Mignonneau, The Living Web. Interactive CAVE virtual environment installation connected live to the internet. 2002. Photo: \u00a9Sommerer &amp; Mignonneau.\" data-caption=\"Christa Sommerer and Laurent Mignonneau, The Living Web. Interactive CAVE virtual environment installation connected live to the internet. 2002. Photo: \u00a9Sommerer &amp; Mignonneau.\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/TheLivingWeb8.jpg\" class=\"dam-custom-grid__image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/TheLivingWeb8.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/TheLivingWeb8-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/TheLivingWeb8-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/TheLivingWeb8-760x570.jpg 760w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/TheLivingWeb8-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/TheLivingWeb8-550x413.jpg 550w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/TheLivingWeb8-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figure class=\"dam-custom-grid__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/TheLivingWeb.jpeg\" class=\"dam-custom-grid__link\" data-lightbox=\"dam-custom-grid\" title=\"Christa Sommerer and Laurent Mignonneau, The Living Web. Interactive CAVE virtual environment installation connected live to the internet. 2002. Photo: \u00a9Sommerer &amp; Mignonneau.\" data-title=\"Christa Sommerer and Laurent Mignonneau, The Living Web. Interactive CAVE virtual environment installation connected live to the internet. 2002. Photo: \u00a9Sommerer &amp; Mignonneau.\" data-caption=\"Christa Sommerer and Laurent Mignonneau, The Living Web. Interactive CAVE virtual environment installation connected live to the internet. 2002. Photo: \u00a9Sommerer &amp; Mignonneau.\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/TheLivingWeb.jpeg\" class=\"dam-custom-grid__image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/TheLivingWeb.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/TheLivingWeb-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/TheLivingWeb-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/TheLivingWeb-760x570.jpeg 760w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/TheLivingWeb-500x375.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/TheLivingWeb-550x413.jpeg 550w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/TheLivingWeb-400x300.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figure class=\"dam-custom-grid__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/TheLivingWeb4.jpg\" class=\"dam-custom-grid__link\" data-lightbox=\"dam-custom-grid\" title=\"Christa Sommerer and Laurent Mignonneau, The Living Web. Interactive CAVE virtual environment installation connected live to the internet. 2002. Photo: \u00a9Sommerer &amp; Mignonneau.\" data-title=\"Christa Sommerer and Laurent Mignonneau, The Living Web. Interactive CAVE virtual environment installation connected live to the internet. 2002. Photo: \u00a9Sommerer &amp; Mignonneau.\" data-caption=\"Christa Sommerer and Laurent Mignonneau, The Living Web. Interactive CAVE virtual environment installation connected live to the internet. 2002. Photo: \u00a9Sommerer &amp; Mignonneau.\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/TheLivingWeb4.jpg\" class=\"dam-custom-grid__image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/TheLivingWeb4.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/TheLivingWeb4-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/TheLivingWeb4-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/TheLivingWeb4-760x570.jpg 760w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/TheLivingWeb4-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/TheLivingWeb4-550x413.jpg 550w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/TheLivingWeb4-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figure class=\"dam-custom-grid__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/TheLivingWebFhGLaurent1.jpeg\" class=\"dam-custom-grid__link\" data-lightbox=\"dam-custom-grid\" title=\"Christa Sommerer and Laurent Mignonneau, The Living Web. Interactive CAVE virtual environment installation connected live to the internet. 2002. Photo: \u00a9Sommerer &amp; Mignonneau.\" data-title=\"Christa Sommerer and Laurent Mignonneau, The Living Web. Interactive CAVE virtual environment installation connected live to the internet. 2002. Photo: \u00a9Sommerer &amp; Mignonneau.\" data-caption=\"Christa Sommerer and Laurent Mignonneau, The Living Web. Interactive CAVE virtual environment installation connected live to the internet. 2002. Photo: \u00a9Sommerer &amp; Mignonneau.\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"713\" src=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/TheLivingWebFhGLaurent1.jpeg\" class=\"dam-custom-grid__image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/TheLivingWebFhGLaurent1.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/TheLivingWebFhGLaurent1-300x214.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/TheLivingWebFhGLaurent1-768x548.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/TheLivingWebFhGLaurent1-799x570.jpeg 799w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/TheLivingWebFhGLaurent1-500x357.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/TheLivingWebFhGLaurent1-550x392.jpeg 550w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/TheLivingWebFhGLaurent1-400x285.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column css_animation=&#8221;fade-up&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;The Living Web (2002)&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; font_size=&#8221;16&#8243; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; font_weight=&#8221;600&#8243;][vc_column_text]This CAVE-based interactive and immersive installation explores the potential of the world-wide web as interactive and immersice data and information medium. Today information on the Internet is presented in a standard fashion, as defined by the currently available image browsers.<\/p>\n<p>In &#8220;The Living Web&#8221; users can immerse themselves physically and in 3D into this image and sound information streamed &#8220;live&#8221; from the Internet. Microphones pick up the users&#8217; conversations and use them to generate and download corresponding image and sound file from the Web.<\/p>\n<p>Users can furthermore interact with these data through intuitive interfaces and explore their content in more detail. &#8220;The Living Web&#8221; presents a novel system for intuitive, immersive and entertaining information creation and retrieval.<\/p>\n<p>Developed in collaboration between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atr.jp\/\">ATR Media Information Science Research Lab<\/a>, Kyoto, the FhG-IMK <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iais.fraunhofer.de\/en.html\">Frauenhofer Institute for Mediacommunication Bonn<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iamas.ac.jp\/en\/outline\/\">IAMAS Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences<\/a>, Gifu Japan.<br \/>\nSupported by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.animax.eu\/\">BEC Bonner Entwicklungswerkstatt f\u00fcr Computermedien<\/a>.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<strong>More works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/interactive-plant-growing\/\">Interactive Plant Growing (1992)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/a-volve\/\">A-Volve (1994-1995)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/life-spacies-i-ii\/\">Life Spacies I &amp; II (1997-1999)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/haze-express\/\">Haze Express (1999)<\/a><br \/>\nThe Living Web (2002)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/nanoscape\/\">NanoScape (2002)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/mobile-feelings-i-ii\/\">MobileFeelings I &amp; II (2003-2004)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/eau-de-jardin\/\">Eau de Jardin (2004)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/life-writer\/\">Life Writer (2006)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/the-value-of-art\/\">The Value of Art (2010)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/escape\/\">Escape (2012)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/portrait-on-the-fly\/\">Portrait on the fly (2015-2018)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/egometer\/\">Egometer (2017)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/neuro-mirror\/\">Neuro Mirror (2017)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/scavengers\/\">Scavengers (2020)<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column css_animation=&#8221;fade-up&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;The Living Web (2002)&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; font_size=&#8221;16&#8243; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; font_weight=&#8221;600&#8243;][vc_column_text]This CAVE-based interactive and immersive installation explores the potential of the world-wide web as interactive and immersice data and information medium. Today information on the Internet is presented in a standard fashion, as defined by the currently available image browsers&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"bookmark\" class=\"kayo-button-simple wvc-button wvc-button-size-xs\" href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/sommerer-mignonneau\/the-living-web\/\"><span>Continue reading<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14522,"parent":14461,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[],"class_list":["post-14520","artists_ui","type-artists_ui","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","entry","clearfix","entry-grid","entry-columns-default","entry-artists_ui-module-layout-standard","thumbnail-color-tone-dark","entry-artists_ui","entry-artists_ui-grid"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artists_ui\/14520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artists_ui"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/artists_ui"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artists_ui\/14461"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}