Art of lean engineering by Ferchau

ART OF ENGINEERING 2012: FERCHAU FORGIVES PRICE AT HANNOVER MESSE

First Space and 10,000 € for Christopher Kilian and his work "cloth sensor"

The 2012 winners of the contest "The Art of Engineering ': Lean crown Mey Mann, Christopher Kilian and Judith Spang
The third edition has the interdisciplinary art competition "Art of Engineering" has established itself as unique. "Art of Engineering" shows that in the exciting area, where does the art and technology intersect. Creative people and novel objects come to light here. This year's winners received their certificates and checks have now been donated to the stage of the Hanover Fair.

In multi-stage competition continued at the end of three young artists who in the judgment of the jury the issue of "swarming" best implement Judith Spang of Mainz, Cologne and Christoph Kilian from Mey Lean crown man from Berlin.
First PRICE: CHRISTOPH KILIAN, "CLOTH PROBE"

The first place prize of 10,000 euros and Christoph Kilian did with his "cloth sensor". A large silk handkerchief hanging in space, it is on one side in contact with several thin carbon fiber rods, which in turn belong to electro-mechanical units, each with a small engine. There is a random and yet a whole resulting interaction between the movement of air in the room, caused by viewers of the object, the cloth and the electro-mechanical units.
Second PRICE: CROWN MEY LEAN MAN, "LUMIBOTS"

In second place, which is endowed with 7,000 euros, Mey Lean crown came with her husband filing "lumiBots". It is unresponsive to light, otherwise autonomous robots that move in the dark and leave on a corresponding surface illuminated signs. The "lumiBots" can follow the footsteps slowly fading, and they reinforce it again. The arising constantly changing image.
Third PRICE: Judith Spang, "JUST WHILTLE!"



Their installation "Just Whistle" brought Judith Spang on a check of 3000 € affiliated third. Beep end key finder are so initially the easier to find keys. Whistles laid the seeker, the whistles and flashing back to the key ring in response. Judith Spang made from single piece of a relatively unspectacular Keyfinders an interactive light-sound installation of 1,600 key finders. Whistles of visitors, the installation responds whistling and blinking. After the initial spark to activate the key finder to each other.
FRANK FERCHAU: "TECHNOLOGY AND THE ARTS HAVE OFTEN THE SAME GOAL: CHANGE OF STATUS QUO"

The three winners received their awards from the Lower Saxony's Minister for Science and Culture, Prof. Dr. Johanna Wanka, the President of the VDI, Prof. Bruno O. Brown, the former director of the Museum of Applied Arts in Frankfurt, Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schneider, and Frank Ferchau, Managing Director of Engineering GmbH Ferchau
The philosophy of the competition Ferchau Frank taught his speech again in a nutshell: "Technology and the Arts, while not artverwandt, but often have the same goal: changing the status quo. Our goal is to inspire, especially in times of skill shortages more young people and particularly the potential for engineering issues. "