Architect Andreas Angelidakis‘s work engages a 3-D Internet as well as physical spaces to raise questions about urbanism, communities and buildings.

His Active Worlds project called Neen World, started as a place for people involved in the Neen movement to meet, walk and talk online: a chat-room with 25 houses and public meeting points. Some of these buildings were inspired by neen websites while others were inspired by the natural landscape of the web. Neen users were invited to occupy a studio. With the restriction of one hour building time, the result had to be interesting enough to survive demolition.

This digital architecture entered the physical space when he designed the facade and music stage for P130 in Athens. A fragment from Mai Ueda’s home in Neen World is translated into a simulated ruin, a 3D computer pattern whose missing pieces resemble pixels lost in the conversion. Inside the club, the fragmented pattern forms an animated grotto around the stage, its triangle pixels programmed with a disco-floor software.

A SUPERNEEN show will open on March 7 at the Gallery Pack in Milan to illustrate the best of Neen Creations.

The space of the exhibition, created by the Greek architect, will be a development of his NeenWorld scenario. So far, NeenWorld was all for the computer screen and your avatar. Angelidakis will go one step further and “animate” some of those spaces for the real place of the gallery. During the Milan show, Neenstars will be invited to use the space as their office or to stage concerts, performances, etc.

SupThe show is curated by Miltos Manetas and Nina Vagic.

Audio file of his talk at the Upgrade, images, interview in fluctuat.