Urban Screening

An interesting use of video projection, which shows Traceurs (practitioners of Parkour) moving around a scale model of the building. It's a shame that the projection wasn't a real time translation, however, as that would've made the installation more interactive and inviting.

JUMP | media facade | urban screening from urbanscreen on Vimeo.

Today, I also found out that there is a profound difference between Parkour and Freerunning, explained quite nicely here:

"Although, both parkour and free running do incorporate similar techniques, they apply different philosophies. Parkour exploits the A-B concept (see “The A to B Concept” article). It entails going to a destination by the quickest means. A man named David Belle (see “David Belle: Airspeed Man” article) founded parkour. Younger generations of traceurs have recently become engulfed and sucked into the vivid emancipating world of free running. The phrase “free running” was used to translate parkour from French to English. Free running was founded by a man named Sebastien Foucan. It is a branch off of parkour. It is used to preform tricks and stunts. An individual may express himself/herself in free running. He or she may practice the sport to any degree using any style. Unlike parkour, free running is not used for travel or going from one place to another. Free running holds many competitions and events while parkour does not. Using a metaphor to further analyze these two arts: free running is to freestyle skateboarding or BMX as parkour is to speed skateboarding or street cycling."