IMAGE POWER POLITICS: Yoichi Okamoto. Post-war photography icon

Graphic design of the exhibition in the State Hall of the Austrian National Library. 2023

The large special exhibition in the State Hall of the Austrian National Library presents for the first time an extensive selection of impressive images by Yoichi Okamoto (1915–1985) documenting the visual history of Austria from the beginnings of the 2nd Republic

The Danube. A journey into the past

Graphic design of the Pasetti map 2021

The 44-meter-long reproduction of the Pasetti map offers an extremely precise representation of the Danube on the territory of the Habsburg Monarchy from Passau to the Iron Gate.

Music everywhere! The princely court of Salzburg – a centre of European musical culture 1587 – 1807

Artistic direction of the exhibition 2020

In 2020 the DomQuartier focuses on Salzburg’s great musical tradition, which is inseparably bound up with the history and the various rooms in the Residenz and the Cathedral precinct, as well as with Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Georg Muffat, Antonio Caldara, Leopold and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Michael Haydn – long before the inauguration of the Salzburg Festival.

Sound of Music World Salzburg

Co-design of the exhibition about the Trapp family 2018

The exhibition is devoted to three major thematic blocks – the family history, the history of Villa Trapp, which was used by Heinrich Himmler as "Feldkommandostelle Bergwald", among others, and a confrontation between film and reality.

Mozarthaus Vienna

Figaro Parallelo 2016

The large-scale media installation "Figaro Parallelo" allows a comparison of recent productions of "The Marriage of Figaro"

Mozarthaus Vienna

Rock Me Amadeus in Mozarthaus Vienna 2016

Special exhibition "Rock Me Amadeus. The Story" from 9 March to 16 May 2016

Mozart and Falco – on the trail of two musical geniuses

Leopold Museum

"Parallaxis – Media installation for the exhibition 'A Rush of Color" 2015

For the exhibition "A Rush of Color – Masterpieces of German Expressionism" (9 October 2015 - 11 January 2016 at the Leopold Museum) Virgil Widrich designed a media installation consisting of a disc, 3 rings and a projection with shifting perspectives.
 

Museum of Natural History Vienna

The Meteorite Gallery Reopens 2012

checkpointmedia is responsible for the multimedia installations and the graphic display of information for the new Meteorite Gallery of the Natural History Museum Vienna.

Museum of Natural History Vienna

Concept for the new installation of the Meteorite Gallery 2011

For the new installation of the Meteorite Gallery, a concept was developed in partnership with Arno Grünberger/spurwien to devise a modern method of knowledge transfer that sensitively combines the existing architecture with multimedia elements and exhibits.

Imperial Palace (Hofburg) Innsbruck

Media installations 2010

checkpointmedia equips Empress Maria Theresia's baroque state rooms and the Imperial Apartments with unobtrusive media installations that describe the history, uses and renovation of the Palace using historical and current images.

“Time Machine” for Continental Drift at the Museum of Natural History Vienna

Touch-operated media station 2009

Development and construction of the “time machine” for continental drift at the Museum of Natural History Vienna.

Volcano pump for the Museum of Natural History Vienna

Mechanical media station 2009

checkpointmedia has designed and produced a "volcano pump" for the refurbished Geology Room at the Museum of Natural History Vienna, which was opened in 2009.

DVD of the highlights of the New Year's Day Concert 2007

Haus der Musik 2007

In an imaginary concert room in the Haus der Musik visitors were able to experience highlights of the 2007 New Year's Day Concert by the Vienna Philharmonic in superb sound quality. The DVD of the annual concert is produced every year by checkpointmedia.

A poetry generator for the World Cup in Germany 2006

Online poems 2006

Hans Magnus Enzensberger developed the idea for a "poetry generator" capable of producing poems automatically as long ago as 1974. An online version was developed for the Soccer World Cup in 2006.

Exhibition "Between Heaven and Earth - Mozart's Sacred Music"

Media station for the Dommuseum 2006

checkpointmedia adapts a media station that presents pictures relating to Mozart's work as a rear projection.

Mozarthaus Vienna

Media installations 2006

The audio-visual installations in the Mozarthaus are inspired by media techniques and "wonder worlds" from Mozart's time: the installation on the topic of “Figaro” combines the principle of old puzzle dice games with modern aesthetics and video technology. The grand finale is the multimedia homage to Mozart's opera "The Magic Flute": a stage set made of scenery, projections and lighting effects showing a short version of "The Magic Flute" as virtual "mirror opera" from 1791 until the present day.

DVD of the highlights of the New Year's Day Concert 2006

Haus der Musik 2006

In an imaginary concert room in the Haus der Musik visitors were able to experience the highlights of the 2006 New Year's Day Concert by the Vienna Philharmonic in superb sound quality. The DVD of the annual concert is produced every year by checkpointmedia.

Sattler Panorama media installations

Salzburg Museum 2005

The Sattler Panorama, completed in 1829 and presented in a mobile rotunda, became a pan-European attraction. Supplemented by an interactive module, the original panorama is now once again open to the public at the Salzburg Museum. Looking through a "time/reading glass", visitors can move a screen continuously over an image of the Sattler Panorama and alternate between 1829 and the present day in the selected section.

Fritz Grünbaum exhibition

Theatre Museum Vienna 2005

Following its success with the Hans Moser exhibition, checkpointmedia is responsible for planning and installing the audio elements of the Fritz Grünbaum exhibition.

DVD of the highlights of the New Year's Day Concert 2005

Haus der Musik 2005

In an imaginary concert room in the Haus der Musik visitors were able to experience the highlights of the 2005 New Year's Day Concert by the Vienna Philharmonic in superb sound quality. The DVD of the annual concert is produced every year by checkpointmedia.

Hans Moser exhibition

Austrian Theatre Museum 2004

The exhibition “Hans Moser” (2004) on the popular Austrian actor and virtual national institution was one of the most successful exhibitions ever held in the Austrian Theatre Museum.

"Johann Michael Rottmayr" exhibition in the Dommuseum, Salzburg

Media stations 2004

Media station for the "Johann Michael Rottmayr" exhibition from 7 May to 31 October 2004. For the exhibition at the Dommuseum in Salzburg (7 May to 31 October 2004) checkpointmedia adapted a media station that presented the artist's paintings as a rear projection.

DVD of the highlights of the New Year's Day Concert 2004

Haus der Musik 2004

In an imaginary concert room in the Haus der Musik visitors were able to experience the highlights of the 2004 New Year's Day Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic in superb sound quality. The DVD of the annual concert is produced every year by checkpointmedia.

Exhibition "Archbishop Paris Lodron" in Dommuseum Salzburg

Installation 2003

For the exhibition "Archbishop Paris Lodron (1619-1653), Statesman between War and Peace", checkpointmedia designed and installed a complex projection installation and an information display for the entrance hall of the Salzburg Dommuseum.

DVD of the Highlights of the New Year's Day Concert 2003

Haus der Musik 2003

In an imaginary concert room in the Haus der Musik visitors experienced the highlights of the 2003 New Year's Day Concert by the Vienna Philharmonic in superb sound quality. Every year checkpointmedia produces a new DVD of the annual concert.