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Technology for the senses

checkpointmedia offers complete customer service. From whole packages to specific solutions.

Concept creation, planning, coordination, implementation (as the main contractor or through consulting) Content development (texts, images, sound, video, animation; for DVD, CD-ROM, internet, etc.) Creation, development, production, installation, quality assurance, maintenance of high-end A/V systems and custom-made project hardware and software Cooperation with virtual reality specialists, scientists, architects, designers, artists Marketing (websites, advertising, demos, printed matter etc.)

MEDIA STATIONSComplete production

(idea, creation, copywriting, planning, manufacture,

implementation, documen-tation, maintenance)

SMART HOME, CONFERENCE ROOMS Complete realization of media technology (concept, planning, product selection and

purchase, installation, commis-sioning, maintenance)

CONCEPTION Concept creation, creative design

didactics, dramaturgy, script-writingediting, content management

artistic arrangingspecifications for invitations to tender

quote evaluationimplementation as main contractor

A/V STUDIO AND EVENT TECHNOLOGY Complete realization of media technology

(concept, planning, product selection and purchase, installation, commissioning,

documentation, training, maintenance)

TRADING AND SALES ACTIVITIES Consulting, planning assistance, delivery, installation if required, maintenance and

handling of warranty cases

INTERNETComplete service (planning, conception, web design, programming, data base linking, editing and content management, digitalization, data protection, maintenance, back-up)

GENESTO®Content management system for the publication of online company reports. Developed by checkpointmedia and Mensalia Management Consultants. Has won numerous awards for reports com-piled and published for internationally renowned companies.

FILMComplete production (script-writing, budgeting, casting, design of props, equipment and scenery, shooting, digital post-production, special effects, rendering, production of the medium)

DVD Complete production (creation and realization in various media, organization, programming, mastering, copying)

CD-ROM Complete production (creation and realization in various media, organization, editing, data base development, program-ming, mastering, copying)

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checkpointmedia

… shifts perspectives.

Infotainment islands at the interface of business and culture, of marketing and art open up entirely new perspectives

on the project and its potential. checkpointmedia creates themed architecture, directs communication, offers

interface services and draws from an international staging pool.

checkpointmedia creates and uses discreet high-tech that is never obtrusive, and it is precisely this that makes it a

unique sensory experience.

While pursuing the target of gaining the highest possible level of attention, identification and recollection,

checkpointmedia permanently strives to develop the unknown perspective.

Since 2001 checkpointmedia AG has packaged

products, services, enterprises into multimedia

artworks at the gateway between business and

culture.

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Presentation Media for EU Offices

The information office of the European Parliament and the European Commission Representation serve as a link between the

EU institutions and the people and institutions in Austria. The aim is to maintain the flow of information in both directions: the

Austrians are kept fully informed about all current EU topics, while the various authorities in Brussels are made aware of specific

Austrian viewpoints and concerns.

Project: Audio-/Videoinstallations for the European Commission Representation Conception and technical realization

Conference room of the EU representations

checkpointmedia plans and installs the audiovisual facilities in the Information Office of the European Parliament and the European Commission Representation in Vienna.

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checkpointmedia is responsible for installing the presentation media in these EU offices.

Facilities include flexible and versatile audio and video equipment in the conference room

that is suitable for a wide variety of events. The conference room itself has seating for

around 150 people and can be enlarged by opening a sliding partition that connects it

with the foyer.

The audio system consists of several individual components that combine to form a

complete system. Besides the sound system, for example, a wireless conference system

is available, as are wireless microphones and a mobile audio system for hearing-impaired

participants. The sound system provides audio to both the conference room and the fo-

yer.

The video equipment offers a wide range of functions for video projection, presentations

from laptops and the recording of conferences, discussions etc. If the conference room is

turned into a large auditorium by extending it into the foyer, the video signal can also be

transmitted onto the screens in the foyer.

Mobile Touchpanel to control the AV system remote-controlled HD ceiling camera

For recording events, three ceiling cameras

are available. These are permanently moun-

ted, can be operated remotely and provide

high definition pictures. The signal from

the cameras can be processed by a video

mixer and transferred to the screens and

video projection and can also be recorded

on DVD. In addition, the video signal from

an event or presentation can also be fed

into the in-house TV network.

The AV system is controlled via a mobile

touch panel. The acoustics are controlled

using an audio mixing desk which is in-

stalled on a mobile media trolley along

with the video mixer, preview monitors

and camera controls.

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Palais CoburgProject: Videoinstallations in the „Silvio Nickol Gourmetrestaurant Palais Coburg“Conception and technical realization

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Silvio Nickol gourmet restaurant Palais Coburg

The Palais Coburg, the former residence of the royal house of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in the heart of Vienna, offers its guests

culture, an exquisite dining experience and supreme comfort in a unique environment. Six centuries of architectural history can

be experienced in this architectural jewel built on the former walls of the imperial city. In addition, the Palais Coburg is a venue

for culinary delights where rare wines are kept and presented and travellers who love a touch of exclusivity enjoy staying.

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In the “Silvio Nickol Gourmetrestaurant Palais Coburg” an extensive audiovisual system

has been installed by checkpointmedia that provides the guests with even more plea-

sures of the senses.

Two cameras transmit the activity in the kitchen live into the restaurant on two displays.

A high-end audio system, integrated so discreetly into the architecture as to be barely

visible, ensures that the sound level is the same throughout the restaurant.

The media control system for all the equipment was also programmed by

checkpointmedia.

Silvio Nickol gourmet restaurant

Display in the restaurant

Ceiling camera in the kitchen

checkpointmedia provides an audiovisual system for the gourmet restaurant in the Palais Coburg.

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OPEC HeadquarterProject: Multimedia installations in the OPEC Headquarters in ViennaConception and technical realization

OPEC Main Conference Room

The new headquarters of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, (OPEC) in Vienna‘s 1st district has been equipped with numerous audio and video installations by checkpointmedia.

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On behalf of the main contractor, Siemens, checkpointmedia, working closely with OPEC’s

Public Relations and Information Department planned and installed a television studio,

interview rooms, a press centre, conference rooms with media walls and the film material

to go with them.

The official opening of the building took

place on 17 March during the 156th OPEC

conference and was attended by represen-

tatives of the Republic of Austria and all 12

members of OPEC.

OPEC Press Conference Room

OPEC Main Conference Room

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90 Years of the Salzburg Festival

Project: Art direction and implementation of the exhibition at the Salzburg Museum

In 2010 the Salzburg Festival celebrates its 90th anni-

versary. The Salzburg Festival was born on 22 August

1920 when Hugo von Hofmannsthal‘s morality play Je-

dermann was premiered on Domplatz under the direc-

tion of Max Reinhardt. The Salzburg Festival has since

become the foremost festival encompassing the three

genres of opera, theatre and concerts.

The main exhibition in Salzburg Museum (Kunsthalle)

offers an insight into the inner workings of the world-

famous venue. The journey begins with a look at the

Exhibition „90 Years of the Salzburg Festiva“

idea behind the Festival‘s inception and follows its historical deve-

lopment and establishment before continuing right into its heart and

culminating in the central installation that is the „world stage“ - a styli-

sed stage upon which various multimedia events are played out.

From 17 July to 26 October 2010 the exhibition „The Great World Theater. 90 Years of the Salzburg Festival“ will be staged in the Kunsthalle of Salzburg Museum in co-operation with the Salzburg Festival and checkpointmedia AG.

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The Great World Theater

Exhibitionarchitecture

the exhibition space; in other words, the

spaces in which the information is pre-

sented, so-called „ribs“, turn the audio and

spoken-word tracks into a visual display by

portraying them as a chronicle that unfolds

around the room.

„M“ like „Modern Art“

Visitors follow a timeline that shows the evolution of the Salzburg Festival through the

decades. The timeline not only gives details of individual personalities and their work, but

also explains how they tie in with political and social events and highlights the paradoxes,

breaks with previous traditions and constants that have characterised, and continue to

characterise, the festival.

A conventional exhibition using panels, artefacts and models was adjudged to be insuf-

ficient to portray the breadth of artistic achievement. „Audio tracks“ and „spoken word

extracts“ from key historical documents of the Salzburg Festival were used to create

„The Great World Theater“ (multimedia-staging)

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Guggenheim Hermitage Museum in Vilnius

Project: Conception of the „media-layer“ for Zaha Hadid

Zaha Hadid won the competition for the

Guggenheim Hermitage Museum in Vil-

nius, Lithuania, against the star architects

Daniel Libeskind and Massimiliano Fuksas.

The Guggenheim Foundation and the St.

Petersburg State Hermitage Museum have

definite plans for a new museum in Europe

that will exhibit works from both collec-

tions. The new museum will also provide

a home for the work of the Lithuania-born

cinematic artist Jonas Mekas.

In the space of only three months, checkpointmedia developed a media concept for the entire building for Zaha Hadid and her team. This „media layer“ is reflected in the landscape architecture as well as the building‘s numerous communication points and the media centres planned for it.

Zaha Hadid: Guggenheim Museum in Vilnius

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Zaha Hadid: Guggenheim Museum in Vilnius

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Swarovski Crystal Worlds

checkpointmedia has redesigned four

„Chambers of Wonders“ and provided

a highly specialised audio and video

accompaniment to the latest work by music

legend Brian Eno.

Project: Multimedia installations in the Swarovski Crystal Worlds, TyrolConception and technical realization

Water-spouting giant

www.swarovski.com/kristallwelten

The tourist magnet in the Swarovski Crystal Worlds in Wattens, the „water-spouting giant“, has been open to the public again since 30. November 2007, having been given a new look.

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We work the wonders in the “Chambers of Wonders”

In La „Primadonna Assoluta“, the chamber in which a giant crystal divides up the room

with its light, we encounter the art of the primadonna assoluta, Jessye Norman, singing in

a performance in the Crystal Worlds‘ Crystal Dome. The film portrait, made by André Heller,

shows Jessye Norman singing the closing aria from Henry Purcell’s „Dido and Aeneas“ and

can be enjoyed at close quarters leaning comfortably on a pillar.

in the Swarovski Crystal Worlds

La Primadonna Assoluta, Jessye Norman

Poseidons Puzzle

Leaving those musical heights we then

plunge down into the underwater world

of „Poseidons Puzzle“. As we cross a foot-

bridge the scenery shifts at every step.

Ribbons arranged in perspective draw

us on by means of light and sound com-

positions. We feel as if we are underwater

because our own movements create

the impression of currents, while marine

sounds from hidden speakers wash round

us.

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Swarovski Crystal Worlds

In the „Reflections“ Chamber we enter a crystalline kaleido-

scope that demonstrates the organising principles of the

micro- and macrocosmos. The centre of the installation is

reached by ascending a gently sloping ramp modelled on the

spiralling movement of the Andromeda Nebula. While the be-

ginning of the spiral focuses on a study of crystal as a material,

the crystal world attains maximum density and intensity in

Project: Multimedia installations in the Swarovski Crystal Worlds, TyrolConception and technical realization

Reflections

the centre. The various topics are presented on a total of 48

polygons and more than 300 screens in the form of pictures,

graphics, illustrations, mirrors and animated films. A complex

lighting control system turns the room into a stage of light and

a 16-channel sound installation provides an acoustic backdrop

on our journey to the centre.

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We work the wonders in the “Chambers of Wonders”

After this spectacular experience the

tour ends in „Timeless Swarovski“, where

„mementoes“ from the history of Swarovski

are displayed in two rows of display cases.

Real artefacts combine with twelve videos

to tell the story of the people behind the

com pany, the products and the Swarovski

brand. The main theme is crystal in its myriad

variations.

in the Swarovski Crystal Worlds

55 Million Paintings by Brian Eno

Crystal-o-scope room

In the Brian Eno Chamber of Wonders, „55 Million Paintings by Brian Eno“, checkpoint-

media was responsible for the technical side of making Eno’s vision a reality in coopera-

tion with Lumen London, mediapool and clear fog. What is unique about this work is that

no visitor ever sees the same image or hears the same sound. Using images and sound

sequences that are constantly regenerating, Eno demonstrates the temporary nature of

the moment and the concept of the original.

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Tailor-made videos for every Visitor - Visitors to Krones’ head office

are greeted by a line of five monitors standing on end. Their attention

is captured by fluids in motion that exert a mesmerising influence: a

drop of water bursting on impact, a wine-glass being filled, coca-cola

fizzing or oil seeping. Fascinating macroscopic images set the tone so

that every visitor, client or supplier is soon ready to “go with the flow”

at Krones.

Technology specially developed for Krones by checkpointmedia

makes it possible to produce these films in less than 15 minutes,

tailor-made to suit each individual visitor, who therefore receives his

or her own personalised welcome

Krones monitor installation in the foyer

checkpointmedia creates innovative wel-come in the foyer and the museum for Kro-nes, world market leader in bottling and pa-ckaging technology

Project: high-tech multimedia welcome for visitors

Monitor installation in the Krones foyer

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Krones company museum

Project: 50 years of history as world market leader from Germany

Another highlight for visitors to Krones is the new company museum. The history and

technical developments made by Krones over the last 50 years are displayed on some

200m2 of floor space. The multimedia specialists at checkpointmedia created key

elements of the exhibition. One of the most impressive items is a 30-metre-long backlit

display wall which, besides short texts, images and original artefacts, also contains eight

monitors that act as “moving photos” recounting the history of Krones.

Original objects in the Krones company museum

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Austrian Parliament

The new main entrance to the parliament‘s visitors‘ centre reflects the new openness of the building on the Ringstrasse. Not only has the building itself been refurbished, but communication with the citizens has also been redesigned. Information is provided using state-of-the-art multimedia that combine with the architecture to open up new windows onto and into the parliament as a building and an institution.

A team of over 50 specialists from

checkpointmedia worked for a whole year

on the planning, creation and technical

realization of a host of multimedia stations.

The most innovative equipment available

was purchased and installed, whether it

was available only in Korea, Japan or Italy.

The multimedia facilities are also available

in English.

Project: Interactive media stations in the new visitors‘ centre in the Viennese parliament Conception, planning and technical realization

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How to make politics a gripping experience

with in-depth information that‘s fun to learn – and of the highest quality

Highlights of the media stations in the parliament:

“Overture”

The large media wall (made up of 24 rear projection units weighing a total of nearly

2.5 tonnes) greets the visitors with an „overture“ in the form of a film introducing the

main areas of interest in the visitors‘ centre.

“Legislation”

Parliament‘s chief task – legislation – is explained in simple and easy-to-understand terms

on three synchronized monitors. Using a specific example, the individual steps towards

legislation can be traced – in keeping with the dynamics of the procedure – from one

monitor to the next until a law is finally passed.

„Parliamentary democracy“

This interactive installation explains the basic concepts of parliamentary democracy

in Austria and provides easy-to-follow information on the four basic elements

„Citizens“ – „Members of Parliament“ – „Laws“ – „Enforcement“ in a series of images that

reflect the chronology.

Media station “Legislation”

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Austrian Parliament Project: Interactive media stations in the new visitors’ centre in the Viennese parliament Conception, planning and technical realization

„Wheel of time and time machine“

The wheel of time offers an overview of the historical

landmarks in parliamentary life in Austria by means

of video clips. Visitors can travel along a timeline by

turning a large, mechanical wheel. The time machine

also allows large groups of people to discover the

history of parliamentarianism in an atmosphere

reminiscent of cinema.

The “Time Machine” in the Function Room The “Overture” on the large media wall

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How to make politics a gripping experience

„Parliamentary magnifying glass“

With this mechanical multimedia installation visitors can undertake a minute inspection of

the parliament‘s façade using a virtual magnifying glass, through which they can also take

a look inside the building. In addition, there are more than 30 „hot spots“ which provide

additional information on the building‘s architecture and function.

„Research terminals“

On three work stations selected websites are available to visitors for research purposes.

with in-depth information that‘s fun to learn – and of the highest quality

www.parlinkom.gv.at

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communications centre „Lounge of Commerce“

Project: Vienna‘s Economic Chamber - communications centre

checkpointmedia was commissioned by Vienna‘s

Economic Chamber with the planning, creation and

installation of new media technology for the „Lounge

of Commerce“, the association‘s new communications

centre on the Stubenring in Vienna. The challenge was

to preserve the historical ambience of the building, that

dates from the turn of the last century, while equip-

ping it with state-of-the-art technology. The „Lounge

of Commerce“ is a gift from the chamber to its mem-

bers to mark the building‘s centenary and to sym bolise

the association‘s new approach as it enters the 21st

century.

The new communications centre „Lounge of Commerce“ has been

designed to function as a lounge with a bar-room and cafeteria. The

room is an example of the way lighting, images and sound can now be

combined at the touch of a button.

Bar with three integrated monitors

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Vienna‘s Economic Chamber

The multimedia installations positioned

over the 140 m2 of the great hall on the

ground floor of the traditional Gründerzeit

building at no. 8, Stubenring act as a counter-

point to the architecture of the building that

was built exactly 100 years ago: the room is

equipped with state-of-the-art multimedia

appliances that can be operated from two

directions. At the touch of a button two

beamers project presentations, films and

literature for lectures onto two screens. 44

loudspeakers guarantee perfect acoustics.

A film running on a row of monitors over the

bar shows an artistic portrayal of the Vienna

Economic Chamber‘s accomplishments.

Two research terminals are currently avail-

able to visitors to the Chamber on which

they can study the range of services pro-

vided by the Economic Chamber in digital

form.

Multimedia in the lounge of Vienna‘s Economic Chamber

www.wko.at

Hall with flexible walls

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Palais Epstein

On the ground floor of the renovated palace on the Ringstrasse in Vienna‘s new “Culture and museum quarter” a themed exhibition entitled “Genesis, Architecture & History through the Ages – How the History of the Palais Epstein Mirrors Austria‘s Recent History” has been on show since November 2005. This magnificent building, laden with particular historical significance for Austria, has been opened to the general public with a fascinating mixture of modern media and contemporary presentation of period artefacts.

checkpointmedia was responsible for designing the

exhibition’s layout. A team of designers, architects and

multimedia specialists developed the new corporate

design, the exhibition furniture, all the media stations

and the extensive website.

Project: Multimedia exhibition in the Epstein Palace, ViennaPlanning and technical realization

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The history of a country as the history of a building

as revealed in the Palais Epstein

Media station “Family Epstein”

During its 130 year history the Palais Epstein has been used for more than a dozen

different purposes: as the Epstein family residence and business premises; as the offices

of a British gas company; as an office building housing the Higher Administrative Court,

Vienna‘s school authorities and, under the Nazi regime, the construction department

for buildings of the Reich governor‘s office; as the Soviet city command; as part of the

Academy for Music and Fine Arts; it then housed Vienna‘s school authorities again, and

has now been adapted for parliamentary purposes.

Twelve information pillars in the entrance hall introduce visitors to a number of points

of interest.

They can then select texts, images, diagrams, animations and short video clips on

five media stations, featuring, for the first time, portrait format 30-inch screens. One

animation shows “Owners and use of Ringstrasse buildings in 1914”, while

another offers an overview of the inhabitants of the housing block “Palais Epstein” in

the last century.

A special station on the Epstein family was developed with a family tree interface and

a family tree animation; the Jewish family‘s social circle is examined and portrayed by

means of an extensive address book.

The palace as a residence and a bank: a front elevation reveals the interior and provides

information on the individual rooms, their uses and their occupants.

The exhibition also includes artefacts from the building‘s long history, which are

displayed in specially created glass cases, and original pictures and items of furniture.

www.palaisepstein.at

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Mozarthaus Vienna

Domgasse No. 5, in Vienna‘s 1st District: on January 27, 2006 (the 250th anniversary of Mozart‘s birth) the completely refurbished building, which contains Mozart’s only surviving Viennese residence, opened its doors as the „Mozarthaus Vienna“, a tribute to the life and work of the musical genius on some 1,000 m² of floor space and three floors. A multimedia presentation gives visitors the chance to understand Mozart‘s enigmatic character better, to learn more about his friends and enemies in the Vienna of the late baroque period, and to enjoy the most famous melodies from his extensive repertoire side by side.

checkpointmedia is responsible for the design and

realization of all the exhibition’s media stations and

films in the basement, in the courtyard and on the

second and third floors. The exhibition’s themes were

conceived by Joachim Riedl, its architecture is by

Gustav Pichelmann.

The audiovisual installations in the Mozarthaus were

inspired by the media technology and “Worlds of

Wonders” of Mozart’s time: then, decades before the

invention of photography and film, optical experiments

and illusions, automatons and mechanical tricks were

becoming fashionable and causing the people of the

time to gasp in astonishment.

Project: Multimedia exhibition in the Mozarthaus ViennaPlanning and technical realization

Façade of the building at Domgasse 5

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Mozart has returned

in the newly refurbished Mozarthaus in Vienna and its multimedia presentation

www.mozarthausvienna.atMedia installation “Flight over Vienna”

Media installation “Overture”

The new media of our age take up this

theme, enabling visitors to the exhibition

to gain an insight into Mozart’s life and

times using all five senses.

A video and sound installation greets

visitors as soon as they enter the covered

courtyard, preparing them for the tour of

Mozart‘s residence. This tour, accompanied

throughout by multimedia attractions,

continues on the top floor where a flight over the Vienna of yesteryear reveals the most

important landmarks of Mozart‘s “golden years” in the city.

Small “peep shows” and a large projected panorama showing the famous “Graben

nymphs” present the gallantry of the 18th century as an erotic game of discovery.

A video installation on the theme of “Figaro” combines the principle of old-fashioned

puzzle blocks with modern aesthetics and video technology.

The tour culminates in the multimedia tribute to “The Magic Flute”: a stage landscape

consisting of sets, projections and lighting effects shows an abridged version of

“The Magic Flute” as a “virtual mirrored opera” from 1791 to the present day. Film excerpts

of legendary productions of the opera are projected onto the partly real, party virtual

stage landscape using reflections. Papageno, the audience’s darling down the centuries,

moves through time and space as a projection and presents the most important arias

from “The Magic Flute”.

checkpointmedia has been awarded the State Prize 2006 for the Mozarthaus Vienna.

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House of Music

A modern museum of sound that presents the phenomenon of music as a multimedia experience through the sense of hearing.

Visitors embark on a virtual journey through worlds

of sound, acquiring new knowledge along the way

by trying out various games and composing music

themselves. The museum, which has received numerous

international accolades and has proved a hugely

popular attraction, recently celebrated its fifth

anniversary. checkpointmedia has its offices in the

same building.

Project: Multimedia, interactive music stations in the House of Music and the Museum of the Vienna PhilharmonicPlanning and technical realization

Technical development of the exhibit by Prof. Max Mühlhäuser, Technische Universität Darmstadt and

Prof. Jan Borchers, Rheinisch-Westfaelische Technische Hochschule Aachen

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Anyone can conduct the Vienna Philharmonic

“An infrared baton controls the film of the Vienna Philharmonic ...”

Be a “virtual conductor” in the House of Music

In the House of Music, anyone who wants to can have a go at being a “virtual

conductor”. The world-famous Viennese orchestra plays a classical waltz in accordance

with the visitor‘s instructions: the tempo and volume can be altered, individual

instrument groups can be brought to the fore. But if the would-be conductor fails to

reach a certain minimum standard, the musicians will give them a piece of their minds!

Multimedia discovery stations

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House of MusicProject: Multimedia, interactive music stations in the House of Music with the Museum of the Vienna PhilharmonicPlanning and technical realization

Numerous discovery stations were conceived, developed and installed. In addition to

this, checkpointmedia‘s engineers also installed the entire top-quality intelligent control

system in the multi-purpose auditorium on the top floor (lighting, sound, curtains,

projector functions etc.).

The “virtual conductor” works like this: the conductor‘s baton is “tracked”, enabling the

computer to register how quickly it is being moved and how expansive these movements

are; it can then pass on the relevant information to the film of the orchestra.

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Create your own Mozart composition

www.hausdermusik.at

Wolfgang A. Mozart developed a musical

unit from a large number of short, individual

melodies. This random composition game

allows the visitor to throw dice representing

these melodies, thus rearranging them

in any order to create a harmonious and

coherent piece of music.

Technology: two special tables can recognize what the visitors have arranged on them:

over 1.2 million possible melodies. A projection shows the visitors what they have

“composed”: both sound and image appear in real time.

with the Mozart Waltz Dice Game

Mozart Waltz Dice Game Multi-purpose auditorium

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Theatre Museum

Innovative use of media in the famous Viennese Museum of the Theatre that retains its fascination for as long as the exhibition is on show.

“Hans Moser” (October 2004 to January 2005)

was one of the Theatre Museum‘s most successful

exhibitions. An extensive video installation consisting

of five screens was conceived and installed. Famous

scenes from Moser‘s films were arranged in such a

way that their running order and relative positions

created new plots; in addition, both exhibitions

featured high-quality A/V technology.

“Grüss mich Gott” (“Bless You, Mr. Grünbaum”,

February to May 2005), the exhibition on the

celebrated Austrian all-round entertainer of the

interwar years Fritz Grünbaum, was also enhanced by

multimedia features.

Project: Two exhibitions in the Theatre Museum, Vienna: Hans Moser and Fritz Grünbaum Multimedia exhibition design

Fritz Grünbaum exhibition

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A new film with Hans Moser

www.theatermuseum.at

In a video installation that rearranges his best known films

“Create new Hans Moser films on five large-screen projections ...”

Hans Moser exhibition

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Technical Museum, Vienna

In 1999, after a refurbishment lasting seven years, Vienna‘s Technical Museum reopened with five newly designed exhibition areas for which 100 different media stations were developed.

It was this project that sparked the foundation of

checkpointmedia – the company‘s founder members

were still working as a freelance team at the time.

This was a major project with complex technical

requirements that needed ingenious and versatile

solutions to bring the subject matter to life – and these

solutions proved to be prototypical of their method of

working, which was not only unobtrusive and thorough

but also designed to leave a lasting impression.

Project: Technical Museum, Vienna: development of 100 media stations; planning, realization, customer service: text editing, copywriting, research, design and development of the technical presentation apparatus

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2000 years of technical knowledge at the click of a mouse

www.tmw-wien.at

In cooperation with the museum‘s cura-

tors and external scientific consultants,

checkpointmedia‘s specialist copywriters

produced texts for five sectors (heavy

industry, energy, nature and discovery,

traffic, music). These texts were then

transferred to data bases where designers,

picture, sound and video librarians,

animators and programmers transformed

them into multimedia scripts with

precisely defined amounts of text and lists of headlines, instructions for photo, sound

and video including indications of copyright ownership, draft animations, links etc.

Before that could happen, new photographs were taken of large parts of the collection,

animations were conceived, atmospheric sound environments composed and audio

features recorded.

At the same time the presentation tools, i.e. the hardware, were developed and tested:

interactive sound and video stations (enabling free selection of any one of the numerous

acoustic and visual examples), information modules and media stations (for interactive

learning).

in the media stations at the Technical Museum, Vienna

“100 different media stations were developed ...”

Interactive media stationsThe “Ettrich Dove”

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Giant Ferris Wheel

In 2002 Artevent commissioned checkpoint-media with the modernization of a Viennese landmark that is now over a hundred years old; the attraction was given a new entrance and service area as well as a museum and a “discovery room”.

Eight models of the Wheel‘s wagons are mounted on

a revolving platform and inside them highly inventive

marionette shows and audio features portray scenes

from Vienna‘s history, beginning in Roman times.

With a sound collage playing in the background, a

gigantic retractable roof opens like an iris to reveal the

Giant Wheel from an entirely new perspective.

Project: Addition of the “RiesenRäderWerk” attraction to the Giant Ferris WheelProduction of audio features, creation and technical realization of the presentation “The Giant Wheel from a New Angle”

Giant Ferris Wheel with the “RiesenRäderWerk”

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Take a fresh look at the Giant Ferris Wheel

www.wienerriesenrad.com

Eight audio features on the history of

Vienna were produced and installed in

the museum‘s model wagons. A complex

soundscape – which moves round the

room at the same speed as the platform

beneath – was developed as a dramatic

sonic accompaniment to the retractable

roof (3m in diameter):

The roof opens and closes to the

accompaniment of the acoustically

generated ambience to reveal a spectacular view of the Giant Ferris Wheel turning

outside. The soundscape, likewise moving round, comes from 16 speakers, which change

the sound‘s tempo to match the speed of the movement; this system was a completely

new innovation, there was nothing like it on the market at the time. checkpointmedia

delivered and installed all the hardware and developed the programs controlling the

overall synchronization.

from a new angle through the retractable roof

“Rotating sound from 16 speakers ...”

Retractable roof Model wagons as display cases

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Projekt_ID/Dornerplatz Wien 17

An impressive sculpture shapes the urban landscape of a concrete surface over an underground garage on Dornerplatz in Vienna‘s 17th District.

In 2001 Vienna City Council commissioned the Vienna

sound artists sha & GTT with the creation of a sound

installation you can walk round: 14 monumental sound

pillars, arranged elliptically, create extraordinary effects

of space and sound: approached from one side, the

space between the pillars appears to be open; viewed

from the other, it looks closed. If you go up close to the

pillars, radio stations from all over the world become

audible – but in the middle, all that can be heard is a

blend of all the radio stations in an arrangement by the

artists that plays 24 hours a day.

Recently, local people have been given the chance to

become “temporary” artists and influence the acoustic

event by suggesting their own stations.

Project: Projekt_ID, sound installation in a public place Artistic coordination, technical realization

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Stroll through the sound of the whole world in Hernals

www.project-id.at

checkpointmedia was responsible for the technical realization of this ambitious project.

Super-flat weatherproof speakers were implanted in the pillars and the radio reception

technology was built into the control room.

in the sound installation Projekt_ID on Dornerplatz

“Super-flat and – more importantly – weatherproof loudspeakers ...”

Monumental sound pillars Concept by sha & GTT

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Red Bull Hangar-7

Besides the hangar and the aircraft, the permanent highlights of technical and artistic creativity are the interactive Mayday Bar and the art installation “Doppler effect”.

Red Bull‘s high-tech entertainment site “Hangar-7” at

Salzburg Airport is a blend of pioneering architecture,

an air show centre with an airfield for aerobatic

troupes, aircraft exhibition halls containing a large

number of restored classic planes, international art

events, top-class catering and lifestyle locations the like

of which can be found nowhere else in the world.

Project: Interactive Mayday Bar with numerous multimedia attractions in Red Bull‘s Hangar-7, Salzburg Concept creation, development, technical realization, maintenance

Architektur des Hangar-7

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Animated bar conversations

“A bar as a mainframe computer: 38 PCs control 18 projections ...”

The entire surface of the Mayday Bar,

which sweeps through 270° and is thus

almost circular, is covered by a single

screen which invites the guest to interact

with the animations playing on it:

aeroplanes of the Flying Bulls troupe hover

over the Salzburg landscape, cruise

gracefully next to glasses or flee from

ashtrays; in the second setting, a

comic-style New York, comical waiters

interact with cocktail glasses and mobile phones. But there is also the possibility to

communicate with other guests at the bar, using the virtual communicator installed in

the bar in homage to the legendary table phones.

What makes this amazing installation possible is the creative use of technology: 38 PCs

in 18 modules with one projector each use infrared recognition to pick up what is hap-

pening at the bar; the object data is registered by the computer and initiates the corre-

sponding reaction.

in the Mayday Bar in Red Bull‘s Hangar-7

Mayday-BarA virtual jet “docks”

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Red Bull Hangar-7

checkpointmedia also provided smaller but no less

ingenious gimmicks in the shape of the artistic

portrayal of the Doppler effect and a chat terminal

between the ladies‘ and gents‘ toilets.

Project: Interactive Mayday Bar with numerous multimedia attractions in Red Bull‘s Hangar-7, Salzburg Concept creation, development, technical realization, maintenance

“Doppler effect” installation

“... the artistic portrayal of the Doppler effect ...”

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How to make passers fly

www. hangar-7.com

checkpointmedia‘s idea of turning the

road leading to Hangar-7 into an airport

taxiway for cars has meant that the site is

clearly recognizable from a long way off

as an airfield with that something extra.

Besides the planning and technical realization, the jobs performed for Red Bull also

included the creation and production of Hangar-7‘s logo, the website, graphic art for

printed matter (such as the menus) as well as designing the costumes for the official

opening.

by sending them along an illuminated taxiway – in their cars

Taxiway Red Bull Hangar-7

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Carolino Augusteum Museum, Salzburg

With the aid of the famous panoramic painting of Salzburg and the surrounding area from 1825 and the flat-screen monitor installation “Time/Reading Glass” it recently became possible to switch back and forth between the year 1825 and the present day in the Carolino Augusteum Museum, Salzburg.

The screen can be moved in front of any part of a

reproduction of the huge painting (the original is nearly

5 metres high and 26 metres around and has a surface

area of 125 m²) and the corresponding detail of

Salzburg as it is today appears for comparison. There

is also a switch that can be used to receive detailed

information on the city‘s development since that

time. Original sounds of the life in the city enrich and

complete this innovative addition to a valuable work of

art.

Project: Multimedia installation for the Sattler panorama in the Carolino Augusteum Museum, Salzburg Conception, development, technical realization

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Take a look at Salzburg through the window of time

www.smca.at

checkpointmedia was responsible for the entire project: from the original idea to the

exhaustive preparation of photographs for the digital aspects of the city, to software

development for the Glass and its functions, the design of the information unit and

on-site hardware installation. Although the installation may appear very simple it actually

consists of over 200 single parts, most of which were specially produced, and over 1000

screws.

with the “Time/Reading Glass” in front of the “Sattler panorama”

“More than 200 specially produced single parts, over 1000 screws ...”

Movable flat-screen monitor Salzburg – then and now

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Shops

The décor of the flagship store of Austria‘s leading mobile network operator A1 in Vienna is entirely white, and the atmosphere is created by sound.

In the walls on the way up the stairs to the bar and

lounge concealed speakers have been installed that

constantly create a sonic ambience with a three-dimen-

sional effect. Technical appliances created especially

for the project and a laid-back, relaxing atmosphere

(designed by eoos) prove a stimulating combination.

Projects: Installation of sound systems for various retail premises Composition of the sonic ambience, realization of the technology

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And the walls sing on

In keeping with the setting and A1‘s

product range, checkpointmedia

created this unique audio innovation and

all the necessary technical requirements

for it in cooperation with the composer

and sound designer Hannes Resch: a

multi-layered sonic atmosphere was

composed, the concealed speakers installed and a special random control mechanism

developed. This random generator produces a never-ending stream of surprises: the

same track order is never heard twice, and every day a new overall composition is born.

checkpointmedia also provides arresting surprises with sound and video installations in

shops as diverse as petrol stations (Gutmann in Vomp and Mills, in the Tyrol) and in a shop

for musical gifts and souvenirs (in the House of Music, Vienna).

in the A1 Store in Mariahilfer Strasse

“The walls conceal a large number of special speakers ...”

A1-BarStairs with “singing walls”

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Wellness of the future

The “sound lounger” developed by the design workshop sha & GTT and checkpointmedia (audio technology) uses new audio technologies that have never before been used in the wellness sector to stimulate all five senses and combines physical relaxation with mental regeneration.

As the partner responsible for technology in the joint venture “LifeArtkustik” checkpoint-media has continued to developed the “pas-sagio” sound lounger.

Projects: “Sound lounger”; Blue Space – Liquide-relaxing area, Caracalla thermal baths, Baden-Baden Concept, design and production of the “sound loungers”

In the course of the redesign of the well-known

Caracalla thermal baths in Baden-Baden a special

relaxation room was created, with luminous blue sound

loungers, which are actually loudspeakers in the form

of chairs. The result is a unique meditative experience

of all-round relaxation.

“passagio” sound lounger

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Have you ever dreamed on loudspeakers?

http://www.carasana.de/home/de/caracalla.html

checkpointmedia developed and produced all the technical

sound components for the high-tech ergonomic loungers.

The special sounds of the “Blue Space” fill not only the whole

room but also physically influence the guest‘s whole body.

The Blue Space loungers contain new loudspeaker

technology which was first used in the wellness sector in

Germany. Liquid moiré patterns were used for the ceiling

movement. The new relaxation room aims to achieve mental

regeneration of the highest quality. Your senses are

off on a journey!

With the sound loungers in the Caracalla thermal baths, you can

“Luminous blue sound loungers as a meditative experience ...”

“Sound loungers” in the Caracalla thermal baths

Imperial Palace in Innsbruck

The Imperial Palace (Hofburg) in Inns-

bruck is, along with Schönbrunn Pa-

lace and the Hofburg in Vienna, one

of Austria‘s most culturally significant

buildings. After renovation work that

lasted a total of 15 years the Palace

was reopened to the public on 18 June

2010. Austrian president Heinz Fischer

ceremonially reopened the Palace in

the presence of 400 guests.

checkpointmedia fitted Empress Maria

Theresia‘s baroque state rooms and

the Imperial Appartments with unob-

trusive media installations that descri-

be the history, uses and revitalisation

of the Palace using historical and cur-

rent images.

www.hofburg-innsbruck.at

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Exhibitions, presentations, installations Projects: Exhibitions and events in museums and cultural centres,Concept creation, presentation design, content, technical installation and project management

Und Monastery

The (former) monastery of Und lies on the

cultural mile in Krems, and has been run

by Raiffeisen as a highly successful nati-

onal culture centre with superb catering

for several years now. Its magnificent nave

now serves as a centre for cultural events,

featuring top-quality presentation tech-

nology with a multi-purpose stage, a pro-

grammed sound and lighting system and

an A/V installation that plays around the

baroque architecture to striking effect.

www.klosterund.at

Musikverein, Vienna

In the course of the refurbishment of the

world-famous concert venue the four new

halls (the glass, metal, wooden and stone

halls) were all fitted with top-quality spea-

ker and interface technology and exten-

sive signalling and control intelligence.

www.musikverein.at

Hall of Glass

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Museum of Natural History

In Vienna‘s Museum of Natural History,

you can now frolic around underneath

sharks in complete safety – thanks to a

masterpiece of illusion: the large new

shark display case with remarkably realis-

tic exhibits and an underwater simulation

with shifting light and sound effects has

been one of the museum‘s highlights ever

since it was opened.

www.nhm-wien.ac.at

Shark display

Media station continental drift

The technology of modern-day creativity

Kulturfabrik Hainburg

2007 the new „Culture Factory“ in the con-

verted former tobacco factory in Hainburg

was opened.

A „media panel“ provides information

on the history of the area, the flora and

fauna found above and in the water and

the development of the renaturized river

bank. A film loop running on six monitors

shows an animated feature on the develop-

ment of the bank since 1773, images of the

fauna found on the flood plain and a brief

history of the power station that was once

planned in Hainburg.

checkpointmedia was responsible for

creating the panel, the audiovisuals and

lighting as well as the production of the

loop that consists of several films.

www.kulturfabrik-hainburg.at

Multimedia presentations à la checkpointmedia

Children‘s Museum, Graz

The Children‘s Museum “Frida und Fred”

in Graz creates a world in which children

are in charge: the accent is firmly on fee-

ling and understanding, the investigation

of fantastic artefacts, devices and games

designed to provide the young visitors

with unforgettable sensory experiences.

checkpointmedia was responsible for the

A/V systems in the exhibition and disco-

very area and the hardware and sound

environment in the auditorium.

www.fridaundfred.at

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More exhibitions, presentations, installations Projects: Exhibitions and events in Austria, Germany and Italy Concept creation, presentation design, content, technical installation and project management

Vienna Symphonic Library

The Vienna Symphonic Library is the first

and only complete orchestra sample

library on DVD-ROM and hard disk. check-

pointmedia installed top-quality A/V

equipment for the presentation of this

unique digital music library at trade fairs

and other events.

www.vsl.co.at

Museum Ladin

The Museum Ladin in St. Martin/Thurn im

Gadertal/Val Badia in South Tyrol contains

an impressive account of the history of the

Ladin people in the Dolomites, which stret-

ches back over more than 2000 years: The

multimedia station “Historical Panorama”

portrays their history using video anima-

tions and audio commentaries in four lan-

guages; the interactive “Language Atlas”

offers entertaining insights into the Ladin

language. The complex organization (voice

recordings in four languages), content edi-

ting (in cooperation with Ladin experts)

and the overall supervision of the technical

features (animations, video clips, large-sca-

le projections) plus the coordination of the

exhibition designers and technical equip-

ment providers for these stations were all

the responsibility of checkpointmedia.

www.museumladin.it

Provincial government of

Lower Austria

The Exhibition of Lower Austria “Mystical

Waldviertel” in Ottenstein and Waldreichs

in 2001 made use of a large number of

interactive media stations. checkpoint-

media was responsible for developing

the majority of the media stations and

the hardware and software. In one pro-

ject, two sound installations, one of them

with 16 channels and both covering seve-

ral rooms, were conceived and installed

in cooperation with Wolfgang Mitterer, a

sound artist and composer.

www.noe-landesausstellung.at

Media station “Castles of the Waldviertel” “Talking pictures” www.vsl.co.at

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The creativity of modern-day technology

AVN

With a ceremonial act in the St. Pölten

festival hall, the thermal recycling plant of

the AVN was officially opened.

What made the ceremony really special

was the fact that it had to look as if the

plant was actually being switched on,

even though it was miles away.

checkpointmedia took on the task of

staging a multimedia opening ceremony:

When, at the critical moment, the gover-

nor of Lower Austria threw the “switch” on

the stage, the entire auditorium was trans-

formed into a factory exploding with light,

animation and projections.

Multimedia presentations à la checkpointmedia

Gorenje/Futura 2004 trade fair

checkpointmedia was commissioned by

the advertising agency Unique to design a

stand at the Futura 2004 trade fair in

Salzburg for washing machine manu-

facturer Gorenje.

For this, the touch panels of the latest

generation of washing machines were

portrayed by means of an animated back

projection.

www.gorenje.at

www.reedexpo.at

“Pillar of energy”

Symbolic opening of the plant

Illwerke “energie.raum“

Illwerke information centre „energie.raum“

opened in Gaschurn/Partenen. The Vorarl-

berg (Austria) electricity provider Illwerke

AG specializes in the provision of peak

current to cover temporary power short-

ages and bottlenecks in Central Europe.

To inform those interested about it‘s work

Illwerke has installed the „energie.raum“ on

the Silvretta Hochalpenstrasse with the aid

of the agency „communication matters“.

checkpointmedia created the „Kraftraum“

(power room) in which video and sound im-

pressions on eight different themes related

to the Illwerke are presented.

www.illwerke.at

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Designloudspeakers in the living room

From “Home Sweet Home“ to “Home, Smart Home“

Smart Homes are houses and flats with automated appliances and installations that can be operated from control panels. These „amenity rooms“ often contain central audio and video units that can be relayed to several different rooms. These are known as multiroom units.

State-of-the-art audio, video and control technology means

that turning your own four walls into your own private

cinema or concert hall is now simplicity itself. A multiroom

system makes it possible to play several media from different

sources via a central unit in several rooms at the same

time and at different volumes. The individual components

can be controlled by computer, built-in touch panels or

hand-held radio panels. The range of services offered by

checkpointmedia’s technicians also includes remote operation

of air conditioning, blinds, lighting, security devices (intercom,

front and/or garage door openers, surveillance cameras) as

well as remote access to the controls via internet. Local media

sources (CD player, DVD player etc.) or existing audio and

video elements can be accessed, as can multimedia content

via central audio and video servers.

and from the “media storeroom” to the multiroom

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Elegant high-end loudspeakers in an art workshop

Multimedia in the living room

Smart Home controls built into the wallTerrace audio system, suitable for use in all temperatures and types of weather

Mirrored video projection

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genesto™Project: genesto™, high-end tool for the production of online company reports for (listed) companies Development of the tool in cooperation with Mensalia Management Consultants

Personalized access to information in the online annual report via user-selected criteria.

The media-friendly publication system (print and down-

load functions, language switching, search function and

multimedia features such as film and audio files) provi-

des users with information units tailored to their speci-

fic needs and arranged in individual packages. Thanks

to genesto™ a linear text is transformed into an easily

navigable, target group-oriented information layout for

clients, analysts and shareholders – for instance, all in-

formation validated by an auditor is clearly marked as

such, and comparisons between years are considerably

easier. This acclaimed system, winner of several awards,

ensures that the report is ready in a matter of days and

guarantees that the entire content of the printed versi-

on is widely and easily accessible – the online company

report can already be referred to at the press confe-

rence when the results are announced.

“World‘s best online company report 2005: Telekom Austria using genesto™.”

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Online company reports à la genesto™

Your own personal copy – in a flash

www.genesto.comIn the partnership with Mensalia Manage-

ment Consultants checkpointmedia is re-

sponsible for the technical development,

the ongoing data preparation on the web

and the continual technological develop-

ment of the system. A host of internationally renowned companies have relied on genesto™ since 2001.

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Projects in the UAE

Project: Trade-fair presentation for Dubai Festival City

Dubai Festival City is a real-estate project run by the

Al-Futtaim Group, a leading conglomerate in the Golf

region with interests in a large number of sectors. With

the construction of exclusive hotels, office complexes,

housing developments, numerous leisure facilities,

a harbour for yachts and two schools the Al-Futtaim

Group is creating its own town right on the coast of

Dubai. The town is due for completion in 2010. A similar

project is being planned in Cairo.

checkpointmedia has created a presentation platform

for this gigantic real estate project for use at trade fairs.

The individual sectors can be selected from a map of Dubai Festival

City according to category. Additional information is offered on every

sector and every property on a number of different levels. In addition,

the progress of the construction work can be traced on a timeline,

from the ground-breaking ceremony in 2003 to the planned project

completion in 2010.

The new presentation platform made its debut at Cityscape Dubai

2007, the world‘s largest real estate trade fair, where it proved a great

success and was heavily used.

touch screen presentation at Cityscape Dubai

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Websites

Projects: Websites including data bases, content management systems and service

www.uaedesertchallenge.com

One of the oldest and most challenging

of events on the UAE calendar, the Desert

Challenge asked checkpointmedia LLC

to design a dynamic website that would

reflect its status as a premier event in the

UAE.

Apart from a dynamic design a tool was

needed to improve the event organization

and allow information to be easily accessi-

ble not only to participants but to the ge-

neral public as well.

A minute-by-minute update during the

race of positions, news and a press area

made this tool a practical aid that journa-

lists around the world used for reporting

purposes.

www.afgre.com

Spanning 1,300 acres and stretching three

kilometres along Dubai Creek, Dubai Festi-

val City offers a rich and vibrant living ex-

perience that encompasses the finest and

most easily accessible shopping, dining, en-

tertainment, homes, schools, hotels, offices

and leisure facilities all in one place. With a

similar project in Cairo, Cairo Festival City,

this developer is growing by the day.

checkpointmedia LLC was approached to

develop a website that would reflect AF-

GRE as a professional, dynamic, and inspi-

ring developer in the region and include a

content management system that would

allow them to show the progress of the

developments on the website as they un-

folded

www.mohammedbensulayem.com

Mohammed Ben Sulayem is a sporting

ambassador for the Arab world and a man

who has a permanent place in the record

books of motor sport. As a driver, Sulayem

has won more FIA regional championships

and more international rallies than any

other competitor in history. Sulayem was

Middle East champion from 1986 to 2002.

checkpointmedia LLC was honored to

develop a website to showcase the achie-

vements of this great athlete, humanitarian

and avid collector of cars

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www.belvedere.at

Belvedere Project: Websites including data bases, content management systems and service tools Conception, realization

The Belvedere Palace sets standards in the World Wide Web.

In cooperation with Belvedere Palace, checkpointmedia

completed the programming and realization with the

JART content management system in under six weeks.

The graphics were created by Maurizio Poletto from the

design studio collettiva.

The website contains a clearly laid-out and compact

presentation of the palace‘s splendour and its colle-

ctions‘ attractions. It focuses not only on the palace‘s

new centrepieces - collections in the Upper Belve-

dere, the exhibition forum, exhibitions in the Lower

Belvedere - but also on speedy access to general

information for visitors.

A wide selection of texts and information on the palace‘s

exhibits is available for each collection category. The

palace‘s architecture and gardens are also covered in

detail. Sections for journalists and the tourist industry

round off Belvedere Palace‘s new website.

„Content-Management-System allows content-administration without programming skills ...“

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creativespace

The platform of Vienna‘s Chamber of Commerce for innovative partnerships

www.creativespace.at

creativespace opens up new avenues for cooperation

between companies and people working in the creative

industries. It enables them to inspire each other and ge-

nerates new possibilities for creative ideas. It ensures that

creative ideas make good companies even better.

The virtual platform offers creative companies in the

„creative pool“ the opportunity to present themselves

and their services using multimedia and is therefo-

re subject to a dynamic process of constant develop-

ment. A special „creative space“ evolves that is actively

created and developed by the participants in the plat-

form. Classic commercial enterprises are offered a guide

to all the types of creative activity available as well as

help in contacting the right companies for cooperative

projects.

„Attention! You are entering creative space!“

A new quality of networking for traditional companies and creative industries

175 Years of Bertelsmann as an Interactive Experience

Today marks the 175th birthday of Bertelsmann, a media

concern with a rich tradition. Under the motto “175 years of

Bertelsmann - the legacy for our future” the company is cele-

brating with a gala and a new multimedia history that can be

explored at www.bertelsmann.de/175. This commemorative

site features a whole host of texts, images, sound and film do-

cuments from the extensive Bertelsmann company archives,

some of which have never been published before.

The introduction to the story takes the form of a floating cube

that can be turned at will. Each of the cube’s sides represents

one era of the company’s history. The virtual journey down

through the years takes place along a time bar that contains

milestones in the international concern’s development. Users

can travel through time at will and have the chance at many

stages of the journey to contribute their own personal memo-

ries, experiences and impressions and share them with other

users.

checkpointmedia came up with the idea of the cube as a symbol of

the many facets of the company and to show the six eras. The cube

floats suspended in space so that it can be turned in any direction and

used as a navigation instrument as well. Movement and interaction

also play an important role in the time bar.

As well as the concept, checkpointmedia also created the pictorial

presentation of the interactive history and, besides the time bar, de-

veloped an additional level where facts and personal memories meet.

Interesting details are presented on the folded down base of a cube,

supported by a wealth of multimedia features and quiz questions on

Bertelsmann.

All these features and possibilities to select and navigate combine to

make a user-friendly and vivid journey through the 175 years of the

company’s history.

www.bertelsmann.de/175

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Websites Projects: Websites including data bases, content management systems and service tools Conception, realization

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The technology of modern-day presentation

Home pages à la checkpointmedia

www.peichl-partner.at

The first website for the architects Peichl

& Partner provides information on current

and completed projects in the categories

museums, office buildings, residential buil-

dings, public buildings and drafts for users

with an interest in architecture. The deve-

lopment and characteristics of the building

are discussed and the key technical speci-

fications given. The projects are illustrated

by a host of detailed photos, sketches and

plans. In addition, the site contains infor-

mation on the architects’ office itself and

the history of the firm and introduces the

team of architects and all their partners.

checkpointmedia developed the concept

and design and was responsible for the

programming.

www.buwog.at

For BUWOG, with a portfolio of 21,000

apartments one of the biggest and most

important real estate associations in Aus-

tria, checkpointmedia redesigned the

website, including a content management

system. In the process the existing web-

site was relaunched completely in several

stages: first, the appearance and layout

was adapted to the new requirements,

and then the functionality was signifi-

cantly upgraded and particular emphasis

placed on BUWOG’s role as a service pro-

vider with the introduction of a search en-

gine for real estate.

www.wienmozart2006.at

The overture to the Mozart Year is being

played out on the internet. For the unique

major cultural project Wiener Mozartjahr

2006 under the direction of Dr. Peter Mar-

boe checkpointmedia has created a multi-

functional website offering insights into

the many different highlights of the com-

memorative year. At the same time the

site has to meet the unique requirements

of what is, in both senses of the word, a

singular event of world-wide interest: the

result is a top-quality, user-friendly project

management tool.

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More WebsitesProjects: Websites including data bases, content management systems and service tools Conception, realization

www.wsk.at

The Vienna Boys’ Choir uses

checkpointmedia’s content management

system to run its website and announce

forthcoming events. checkpointmedia

also created a practical info-terminal in

the magnificent rooms of the Augarten

Palace which provides interesting and

useful information about the Vienna Boys’

Choir without disturbing the ambience

of the elegant setting. In addition, check-

pointmedia regularly produces films for

the international promotion of the choir.

www.wpk.at

On this site patients, doctors, visitors and

students find detailed information and

offers of services.

The presentation and history of the clinic

and its team of doctors and the various

different methods of treatment, health

care and nursing are just part of the wealth

of information available on the site to

patients, doctors, visitors and students.

www.enoa.at

The “Energie Oase“ website (ENOA)

accompanies a large-scale energy-saving

project being carried out in Austria’s

schools by Siemens Elin on behalf of the

Ministry of Education. The site is intended

as a powerful means of promoting the

project’s target of motivating users and

achieving a long-term and sustainable

change in attitudes towards energy

consumption.

The project is being conducted in coo-

peration with Trimedia Communications

Austria.

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checkpointmedia: Member of ECCO

the international public relations forum

The ECCO group

is an association of public relations agen-

cies managed by their proprietors and has

members in over 50 countries world-wide.

Joint projects and the regular exchange

of experiences guarantee a consistently

high level in the quality of services offered

no matter what the country. At the same

time, ECCO continues to regard itself as a

European network of agencies that has,

thanks to the continent’s cultural diversi-

ty, gained a thorough understanding of

the characteristics unique to each of the

countries.

The range of services provided by check-

pointmedia extends the means of com-

munication available to ECCO, so helping

companies and brands to become visible,

audible and emotionally evocative.

checkpointmedia was responsible for the

relaunch of the website.

www.ecco-network.com

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CD-ROM for the OMV Project: CD-ROM for the OMV with material for schools creation of content and graphic artwork, technical realization

The OMV has now made its proven expertise in the field of oil and gas available to schools.

In cooperation with experts from every sector of the

company checkpointmedia compiled and edited all

the relevant information on the subject of mineral oil

and natural gas and presented it on a CD-ROM of the

very highest quality, enhanced by a wealth of multime-

dia features (photos, videos, animations, games). The

CD-ROM has been approved for use in schools by the

Ministry of Education.

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All you wanted to know about mineral oil and natural gas

is on the CD-ROM “Petroleum and natural gas - from fossil to fuel”.

The OMV has made this comprehensive

compendium available free of charge to

schools and the general public. The topics

covered range from the basic chemical

elements, the formation of initial products

to the exploration of new oil and gas fields,

methods of extraction, production and

processing, the entire range of petroleum

products, economic and environmental

issues and global trends. Updates are

regularly available from www.omv.com and the CD-ROM also makes it possible to

produce visual aids for teaching in school.

“All you need to know about the subject on a top-qua-lity CD-ROM with a wealth of multimedia features ...”

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checkpointmedia customers (excerpt)

A to M

Amour Fou Filmproduktion

Arche Nova

Austrian Airlines Group

Austrian Film Commission

AVN

BAWAG/P.S.K.

Blue Space: Liquide Relaxing-Landschaft

Bon Children’s Home

BUWOG

Café Weimar

Centropa.org

Collettiva Design GmbH

Crewbar

DaimlerChrysler

Dommuseum Salzburg

ECCO-Network

Epo-Film

Erste Bank

Fachgruppe Wien der Kaffeehäuser

Flughafen Wien

Gemeinde Wien

Genussakademie Schloss Mattsee

Gorenje

Haus der Musik

Henkel

IG-Videospiele

Illwerke

Internationale Stiftung Mozarteum

IT-SC

Kindermuseum Graz

Kloster Und

Kunsthalle Leoben

Land Niederösterreich

Liechtensteinische Landesbank

Minotaurus Film

Mobilkom Austria

Mozarthaus Vienna

MTC/ADAC

Museum Ladin

Museum Wildalpen

Museumsquartier Wien

Musikverein

Naturhistorisches Museum Wien

Noyz

Österreichische Bundesforste

Österreichisches Theatermuseum

OMV

Palais Epstein

Parlament Wien

Peichl & Partner ZT GmbH

Red Bull

Regieverband

RWE AG

SMCA

Sanochemia

Screen

Siemens Elin (VA Tech)

Spur Wien

Swarovski Kristallwelten

Technisches Museum Wien

Telekom Austria AG

TW 1

UBM AG


Welcome Home

Wienerberger

Wiener Mozartjahr

Wiener Privatklinik

Wiener Riesenrad

Wiener Sängerknaben

Wolf Theiss Rechtsanwälte

Zoom Kindermuseum

A1 Telekom Austria

Albertina

Al Futtaim Group Real Estate

AMA – Agrarmarkt Austria


Artconsult

Artevent



AVN

AWO - Außenwirtschaft Österreichs

BAWAG/P.S.K.

Belvedere

Blue Space: Liquide Relaxing Area


BUWOG

Café Weimar

Centropa

Collettiva Design

Crewbar

DaimlerChrysler

Departure

Die ganze Woche

Dommuseum Salzburg

Dubai Festival City

ECCO Network

Erste Group Bank AG

ESG Villach

EURO PLAZA


Gorenje

Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester

Haus der Musik

Henkel

Herbert von Karajan Institut

IG Videospiele

Illwerke

Immofinanz

ING-DiBa

Internationale Stiftung Mozarteum Salzburg

IS-Immobilien

IT-SC

Joseph Haydn Burgenland GmbH

Kaiserliche Hofburg Innsbruck

Kapsch Immobilien GmbH

Kindermuseum Graz

Kloster Und

Krones

Kulturhauptstadt Graz 2003

Kulturhauptstadt Linz 2009

Kunsthalle Leoben

Kunstuniversität Linz


MA 10 - Wiener Kindergärten

Mensalia Unternehmensberatung

Minotaurus Film Luxemburg

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checkpointmedia customers (excerpt)

M to Z


Arche Nova



AVN

BAWAG/P.S.K.

Blue Space: Liquide Relaxing-Landschaft


BUWOG

Café Weimar

Centropa.org

Collettiva Design GmbH

Crewbar

DaimlerChrysler

Dommuseum Salzburg

ECCO-Network

Epo-Film

Erste Bank


Flughafen Wien

Gemeinde Wien

Genussakademie Schloss Mattsee

Gorenje

Haus der Musik

Henkel

IG-Videospiele

Illwerke

Internationale Stiftung Mozarteum

IT-SC

Kindermuseum Graz

Kloster Und

Kunsthalle Leoben

Land Niederösterreich


Minotaurus Film

Mobilkom Austria

Mozarthaus Vienna

MTC/ADAC

Museum Ladin

Museum Wildalpen


Musikverein


Noyz



OMV

Palais Epstein

Mobilkom Austria

Mozarthaus Vienna

MTC/ADAC

MUMOK – Museum Moderner Kunst Wien

Museum Arbeitswelt Steyr

Museum Ladin, Italien

Museum Wildalpen


Nationalpark Donauauen


Niederösterreichische Landesregierung

Noyz

Oberbank AG

OMV


Österreichische Nationalbank


Palais Epstein

Parlament Wien

Peichl & Partner ZT

Poool Filmverleih GmbH

Price Waterhouse Coopers

Raiffeisen-Holding NÖ-Wien

Red Bull

RWE

Salzburger Festspiele

Salzburger Museum

Sanochemia

Screen

Siemens Elin (VA Tech)

Siemens (Generalunternehmer für das Opec Projekt)

Spur Wien

Swarovski Kristallwelten

teamWorx

Technisches Museum Wien

Tiergarten Schönbrunn

Total Communications

TW1

UAE Desert Challenge

UBM

Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien

Verband Filmregie Österreich

Vienna International Airport


Western Union International Bank

Wien Holding

Wien Mozartjahr 2006

Wiener Musikverein

Wiener Privatklinik

Wiener Riesenrad

Wiener Sängerknaben

Wienerberger

WKO – Wirtschaftskammern Österreich

Wolf Theiss Rechtsanwälte

Zaha Hadid Architects

Zoom Kindermuseum Wien

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From New York to Berlin, from London to Vienna and ...

checkpointmedia’s acclaimed projects

Multimedia awards Austrian State Prize for Multimedia & e-business

Mozarthaus Vienna, 2006

Austrian parliament‘s Visitors‘ Centre,

Category Prize „Public Information and Services“

www.multimedia-staatspreis.at

German Multimedia Award

Red Bull Mayday Bar, 2004

www.multimediaaward.de

Awards for genesto™ online company reports 7th Annual Investor Relations Websites Global

Rankings and Awards, London:

Award for the world’s best online company reports in

the field of telecommunications and media industry for

Telekom Austria, 2005

International ARC Awards, New York:

Silver Award for Telekom Austria and

Vienna International Airport, 2008

Gold Award for Telekom Austria, 2005

Silver Award for Wienerberger AG, 2004

Bronze Award for RWE AG and Telekom Austria, 2003

www.mercommawards.com/arc.htm

Trend Austrian Annual Report Awards, Vienna:

Award for excellence for Telekom Austria, 2005, 2006

Award for excellence for Wienerberger AG, 2004

Gold for Telekom Austria, silver for Vienna Airport, bronze

for Austrian Airlines, 2003

Gold for Vienna Airport, silver for Sanochemia, 2002 German Multimedia Award 2004

Austrian State Prize for Multimedia 2006

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... Hollywood

Websites TV-Media Webaward 2010

In the category companywebsites TV-Media users voted checkpointmedia‘s relaunch

of the ING-DiBa website first. In the category service & leisure the website of vienna

international airport made the race.

VIKOM Awards 2008

Second prize in the category „Best Electronic Inhouse Solution“ for the extensive intranet

project carried out for Vienna Airport.

Awards won by Virgil Widrich’s films „Fast Film”, 2003:

36 international film awards and 285 invitations to festivals

„Copy Shop”, 2001:

189 invitations to festivals, 35 awards and an Oscar nomination

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Stefan Unger Audio and video equipment, special

solutions.

Born in 1971 in Schlieren/Switzerland.

Works with top-of-the-range A/V systems

for private use (stereo systems, multiroom,

home cinema) and high-tech hardware for

exhibitions, museums, theme parks; deve-

lops solutions and their control systems for

auditoriums.

Mag. Stefan Reiter

Project and technical management,

concept creation especially in the fields

of e-commerce and web presence.

Born in 1967 in Vienna, degree course in

business management. Freelance multi-

media producer since 1996; project ma-

nager, copywriter, technical manager on

numerous CD-ROM and internet projects.

Virgil Widrich

Production management and concept

creation for film and multimedia.

Born in 1967 in Salzburg. Besides continu-

ous work on film, video and multimedia

he also creates concepts and scripts. His

short film “Copy Shop” won 35 internati-

onal awards and was nominated for the

Oscar in 2002.

Stefan Reiter, Stefan Unger, Virgil Widrich

Proprietors and management of checkpointmedia

Photos: Palais Coburg (4-5), Salzburg Museum (8-9), Zaha Hadid (10-11), A1 (46, 47), Artevent (36, 37), Lukas Beck (1, 18-21, 72), Matthias Cremer (20), David Peters (26, 27), Haus der Musik (24-27), L. Lammerhuber (12), Natur-historisches Museum Wien (51), Martin Putz (18), Alexander Proefrock (13-15), Red Bull (40, 43), Georg Schnellnberger (22 23, 50), sha & GTT (38, 39), Unique (53),Vienna Symphonic Library (52), Wiener Musikverein (50). All other photos: checkpointmedia

Folder: Version dated April 2011

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