To everybody who saw this event: As it came to such a sudden end we have to make sure that we document the few days this whole project existed. If you have any pictures, please send them to us. We will make sure that every photo will be credited whenever it appears in any publication…Thank [...]
A very quick and incredibly surprising ending to our work here: On Sunday morning we revisited the spot to see the results of the night, and when we reached the square we couldnt believe our eyes: All the coins were gone. Not one eurocent was left on the square. We were expecting everything, but not [...]
Everything is done! We managed to finish it! With the help of many many great helpers we managed to put the design down with 250.000 eurocents! And since right now the webcams are up as well. The opening is taking place right now.
Yesterday two journalists from SBS 6 came to make a little feature about our project. You can view it here.
Three amazing timelapse videos just showed up on flickr. Great to finally see what we are doing here from a distance. Check them out!
We had a great two days Monday and Tuesday, and even today everything is going great! Very nice weather, nice people, and a big group that came to help with a couple of tiles (Thanks, Ingrid from HvA Institute for Interactive Media.
We are still behind a bit, but are confident that we will make it! [...]
We made a little video to show the progress on Monday evening. Especially when moving around you can see the four different shades we are using for the design—sadly the youtube compression is not too great. Well, you just have to come here to have a look yourself!
Adam Chapman, who helped us this Sunday, set up a flickr group to collect photos. There we can all contribute to have a nice collection of pix.
Today we have about 30 students from the Willem de Kooning Academie Rotterdam visiting to help us with a couple of tiles. They are doing a great job. Beautiful sunny weather, a bit windy though.
