'Flow' won Bronze at Canon Digital Creators Contest 2002 (CDCC). Joshua Davis, one of the judges from the Web Division of the CDCC turned out to be one of the judges for the Net Excellence division at the Ars Electronica. He was kind enough to give 'Flow' honorary mention at Ars as well. Normally winners of the Net Excellence award do not get invited to attend the festival. However, when I presented an idea to show 'Flow' in an elevator to the festival committee, this was met with much applause. The Ars Electronica Center (AEC) had plans of creating a new elevator to connect the ground floor to the cafe on the top floor. This was a perfect cinema space for the piece, as the elevator would not stop at any floors in between. 'Flow' features a man moving vertically in space - more than fitting to view in an elevator. The elevator version was to be called 'Flow in a Lift'. See 'Flow' at: http://www.unsound.com/flow/ The plan was to mount projectors on the top and bottom of the elevator cabin, and project 'Flow' onto the shaft wall 2.5 meters away. The cabin walls are made of glass, allowing for the people inside to watch the projection as they ride the elevator. There will be 'Interaction Buttons' (possibly the world's first) on the control box, allowing for interaction with the piece. Since the elevator trip was 15 seconds, 'Flow' had to be cut into smaller segments, and the interaction simplified to mouse clicks only. A serial cable is attached to the control box of the elevator, located on the top floor. This allows for the PC to communicate with the elevator, and in turn allowing for the people riding the elevator to interact with 'Flow.' Thanks to the impeccable programming by the Ars Electronica Futurelab, the lift had no glitches and 'Flow' ran with no problems whatsoever. Here are two videos with a glimpse of what to expect from 'Flow in a Lift': So finally 'Flow in a Lift' is finished! It will be shown for a year, possibly two. To top it off, 'Flow' was used on the cover of the 'Cyberarts' publication as well as the Cyberarts posters throughout the event. What had started as a meek submission to the Canon Digital Creator's Contest snowballed into a place into the largest media arts festival in the world. Thanks to all that helped make this happen. Please drop by the Ars Electronic Center to check out 'Flow in a Lift' if you are ever in Linz. (Photos by Gil Kuno, Sabine Starmayr, Justin Manor, and Pascal Maresch.) A photo of the completed elevator (rear ground floor entrance of the Ars Electronica Center.)