Forschungsprojekt Raum erfassen
(2012)

What actually is "space"? We believe that the concept of "space" is much more than a three-dimensional volume. In order to trace our ideas, we try to capture a certain space - the physical and the imaginative - within a certain period of time: We measure the ACT Basel during the duration of the event.

ACT Basel: measurement and measurement result
Each of us uses a self-defined measurement method to measure an aspect of the space that is important to him or her. We then implemented the measurement results in a very individual way:
- Adrian Bünzli and Simon Egger, altohumanormmetrumologists, measure the height of all visitors and create a height profile.
- Yolanda Bürgi, verbal phrasiocollagist, notes down all the sentences, parts of sentences and words she can capture and compiles them into a text collage, keeping to their chronological order.
- Marc Hartmann, candidocaloriologist, measures the total consumption of body energy in kilojoules and converts it into granulated sugar.
- Lysann König, a sociotransobserver, observes and interviews the visitors and uses this information to determine various characteristics of the "average visitor". She also condenses the collected statements into a DADA text.
- Lena Lengsfeld and Raphael Stucky, Interioremotioncorpologen, measure the body temperature and blood pressure of those present. They transfer the body temperatures to a mood thermometer and use it to create a mood picture. From the blood pressure, they calculate the pressure distribution in the room and create a movement model of the visitors.
- Steven Schoch, metatransnumerologist, uses a pedometer to measure the number of steps he takes as a presenter at this event, calculates the approximate step total of all visitors and converts it into kilometers.
- Manuela Wanner, visioseismographer, observes individual people sitting on a ladder and transfers their movement through the space onto paper in the form of drawings, from which she determines the dimensions of movement, the extent of the (movement) space, spatial concentration points and new (individual) spaces.


ACT Bern: Presentation of the analyzed measurement results
In Bern, we present the analyzed results in the form of a lecture in the Turbinensaal of the Dampfzentrale Bern. Steven Schoch explains the background to the project, and we give the audience an insight into our research with live lectures, PowerPoint presentations and video messages.