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.

Technical Update Red Bull Hangar-7

Redesign of the media technology 2021

checkpointmedia redesigned and updated the technology, which had largely been in operation since 2003, and created and implemented a modern design and operating concept.

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.

Sconarium Visitor Centre for Bad Schönau

Conception and implementation of the exhibition content 2019

The Bad Schönau spa community built the "Sconarium" for 2.8 million euros, a modern visitor and event centre dedicated entirely to the subject of therapy and natural carbon dioxide gas. The company Handler Bau with its project partners Atelier Mauch and checkpointmedia was commissioned to build and implement the sconarium following a call for tenders.

Multimedia attraction "The Alice fairytale"

Sketching of design elements, planning and realisation of technical implementation 2019

Since the end of July 2019, the fairytale character Alice has been inviting children aged 4 and above to the 500m2 interactive multimedia world "The Alice fairytale" in WIEN MITTE - The Mall.

Original violin by Leopold Mozart

Creation of a special exhibition 2019

On the occasion of the 300th birthday of W.A. Mozart's father this year, the collection of old musical instruments in the Kunsthistorisches Museum lends the extremely valuable original violin by Leopold Mozart to Mozarthaus Vienna for the period from 27 May to 23 June 2019.

Madame Tussauds - Sweet Fantasy

Concept and realization of the Sweet Fantasy Pop Up Selfie Factory 2019

From April 2019 Madame Tussauds Wien presents the Sweet Fantasy Pop Up Selfie Factory with Katy Perry and Elvis Presley in the Lollipop Forest, Rihanna with a birthday cake and Robbie Williams on a Mega Macaron. The Selfie Factory offers the perfect opportunity for the perfect Instapic!

Falco meets Mozart

Installation for Madame Tussauds in Vienna 2018

Two legends of their time meet: Falco and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Now they face each other for the first time – two centuries apart – in an interactive setting, eye to eye.

Der Bergdoktor

Installation and VR experience for Madame Tussauds in Vienna 2018

Since December 2018, Madame Tussauds Vienna is presenting the wax figure of Hans Sigl in his role as "Der Bergdoktor" in an unprecedented Virtual Reality Experience.

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.

70 Years Marshallplan Exhibition

The exhibition will be shown at the Oberbank Linz. 2018

Another stop on the Marshallplan touring exhibition, which was shown for the first time on the occasion of the "70 Years Marshall Plan" anniversary as part of a major event in June 2017, was the Oberbank Linz in February

70 Years Marshallplan Exhibition

The exhibition will be shown in the Tyrol Chamber of Commerce. 2018

From 1 March, the Marshallplan travelling exhibition can be seen in the Tyrol Chamber of Commerce.

70 Years of the Marshall Plan

The anniversary exhibition was presented at the Ministry of Economics in Vienna 2017

The anniversary exhibition "70 Years of the Marshall Plan", which was shown for the first time as part of a major event in June 2017, is going on tour: in October and November 2017 the exhibition dedicated to the story of the European Recovery Program was presented at the Ministry of Economics in Vienna.

150 years of the University of Applied Arts Vienna

Exhibition Aesthetics of change 2017

A cooperation between the University of Applied Arts Vienna and the MAK
In 1867 the School of Arts and Crafts was established at the Imperial Royal Austrian Museum of Art and Industry (today’s MAK) to enable Austrian arts and crafts to compete internationally. This school is the antecedent institution of today’s University of Applied Arts Vienna, which is now celebrating its 150th anniversary.
The exhibition AESTHETICS OF CHANGE: 150 Years of the University of Applied Arts Vienna in two parts casts a glance back onto 150 years of the University’s history, while at the same time daring to look into the future.

70 Years of the Marshall Plan

Design and implementation of the anniversary event 2017

“70 projections for 70 years”: Under the artistic direction of Virgil Widrich, a multi-disciplinary team designed the event and a partly interactive travelling exhibition for the Austria Wirtschaftsservice Gesellschaft mbH (ERP Fund).

70 Years of the Marshall Plan

Invitations and special-issue stamps for guests 2017

On 21/6/2017 the ceremony marking 70 years of the Marshall Plan took place at METAStadt Wien with addresses by Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen, Vice-Chancellor Wolfgang Brandstetter and Chargé d’Affaires a.i. at the US Embassy in Vienna Eugene S. Young.

GirApp at Schönbrunn Zoo

Interactive quiz for children and teenagers 2017

Following construction work lasting two and a half years, the new giraffe park in the historic centre of Schönbrunn Zoo opened on 10 May 2017. checkpointmedia devised and produced the enclosure’s GirApp, an interactive media station for children and teenagers.

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.
 

Funeral Museum at Vienna Central Cemetery

2014

On 8/10/2014 the newly built museum opened underneath the viewing room Aufbahrungshalle II with a wealth of new exhibits and multimedia elements.

Vienna Transport Museum

Interactive Media Terminals 2014

Commissioned by Wiener Stadtwerke, checkpointmedia designed and programmed seven interactive media terminals as part of a journey through the 150-year history of public transport in Vienna.

Vienna Zoo

Implementation of media stations for the „Polar Dome“ in the new Polar Bear World of the zoo 2014

On May 22, 2014 Reinhold Mitterlehner, Federal Minister of Science, Research and Economy, and Dagmar Schratter, zoo director, opened the new Polar Bear World called „Franz Josef Land“ at Vienna’s Schönbrunn Zoo. The renovated and expanded enclosure measures over 1,700 square meters. Its construction phase took two and a half years amounting to 10.7 million euros.

Funeral Museum at the Vienna Central Cemetery

Construction Phase 2014

As winner of the tender by the funeral company Bestattung und Friedhöfe Wien, checkpointmedia, together with OMS as full service general contractor, has been commissioned with the construction and design of the new museum.

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.

"Erste-Campus-Schauplatz" for Erste Group

Visitor centre for Erste Group’s new headquarters 2012

Visitor centre for Erste Group’s new headquarters