Avec la participation du ministère de la culture
et de la communication – CNC / Dicréam

© 2006-2010 Florent Nicolas Wendling
IDDN.FR.001.370015.000.R.P.2009.000.20000

Compass 1.0 / Shanghai
Compass 1.0 presents Shanghai in a three-year night journey. From landmarks to harbors, factories,
parks and suburbs, the show explores the depths and heights of the city, from dark shadess
to dazzling perspectives. Compass 1.0 is a quest for signs of change in places colliding with each
other’s and people rushing or suspended in time in the urban landscapes.

Installation
Compass 1.0 is an interactive installation presenting Shanghai through a huge photographic database
edited as HD films, accessed via a clock / compass / altimeter interface.

Visitors can travel in four dimensions: latitude, longitude, altitude and time. Visitors trigger high definition
films, projected on up to three giant screens, depending on their chosen locations on a multi-touch table
or motion tracking interface projected on the ground.

The Films have been edited from a 15,000-photographs database, Every film is the genesis of each
particular photograph. Original soundtracks mix recorded live backgrounds and real time computer
generated urban beats.

M3 Medium size / motion tracking Installation @ digital art center Le Cube

 

 

 

Photo Exhibition
A photo exhibition can be presented side by side with the installation and brings a new perspective
to visitors as the show, based entirely on digital films edited from stills, finally reveals its photographic roots.

The exhibition, designed to be presented side by side with the installation, is offered in sizes ranging
from 100 to 1000 m2 (300 to 3000 sq ft).

 

Photo exhibition / Shanghai Duolun museum of modern art / Each photograph is related to one film

 

 

 

Openings
Custom designed soundtracks bring urban beats to Key-Cities.

 

World Compass 1.0 & DJ Undercover @ The Nut in Shanghai.

 

Touching Shanghai.

 

Multi-Touch Table: 3 computers working together.

 

 

 

History and Planning
2007
30” TV spot for the City of Shanghai: “Rush”, the official TV spot announcing the first Shanghai eARTS
festival, produced and directed from a 15.000 photographic database was the prototype of the shows.
The spot is aired on TV channels and skyscrapers LED screens.

“Shanghai Compass Preview” @ MoCA Shanghai / Curator: Victoria Lu
Twenty Shanghai Compass HD films are presented on a twelve meter wide screen at the Museum
of Contemporary Arts (MoCA Shanghai.)

2008
Crowds of Clouds.
“Shanghai Compass Preview” HD films and Large Photographic Prints are part of “Clouds of Crowds”
exhibition at Island6 Arts Center, Shanghai.

Royal Meridien People’s Square / Shanghai
“Shanghai Compass Preview” HD films and 40 large photographic prints are presented during one month
in the 1200m2 lobby @ Royal Méridien on People’s Square, Shanghai.

Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art Solo Exhibition / Curator: Ma Yan
Shanghai Compass interactive installation & photo exhibition solo show on the two floors of the Duolun
Museum of Modern Arts, Shanghai.

2009
Le Cube Digital Art Center / Paris: Compass Beta.
Shanghai special events.

2010
Le Cube Digital Art Center / Paris: Compass 1.0 / Shanghai
The Nut / Shanghai: World Compass 1.0 / Special event with DJ Undercover.
The show has been presented five times in Shanghai's special events in 2010.