ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on insights from three of the authors' installations and discusses how media architecture can foster engaging experiences in public space. It draws on characteristics of the work that are salient when relating media architecture to the uses of art in public spaces, namely the roles of aesthetics, interaction, meaning, participation and space. It presents three cases of media architecture: Aarhus by Light, CO2nfession/CO2mmitment and City Bug Report. Media architecture presents new possibilities and new challenges for public space and for public communication. The chapter outlines five aspects that the authors have found salient for creating engaging media architecture in public spaces, namely aesthetics, interaction, meaning, participation and space. It explores the artistic and aesthetic perspectives on the new kinds of media expressions and interfaces that are emerging in urban public space. It also presents a clear convergence between urban public art and the forms of media architecture.
