In 2007, the Prix Ars Electronica jury recognised “Park View Hotel” by Ashok Sukumaran (Interactive Art) with the Golden Nica. Ashok Sukumaran has 1 more work in this atlas.
Park View Hotel is an environmental artwork stretching between the Cesar Chavez plaza in downtown San Jose and the neighboring Fairmont Hotel. Using specially built pointing devices, audiences in the park can access interior hotel spaces, by “pinging” them optically.
About Ashok Sukumaran
Ashok Sukumaran (IN), born in 1974, has a degree in architecture from the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, and an MFA from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Programme information from Prix Ars Electronica Archive. Short excerpt quoted for reference; see the original page for full text, images and credits.