SOSO unveils Interactive Community Wall at Community at COCA’s
new Campus

Interactive Community Wall

Located at Center of Creative Arts’ new University City campus in St. Louis, the artwork uses custom software and interactive screens to translate visitors’ movement into animated digital art. Boston/San Diego-based experiential design firm SOSO revealed its latest interactive digital artwork, the COCA Interactive Community Wall, which transforms the new public Centene Commons into a performative environment.

The Wall features a 20-ft long screen-based motion-tracking system that encourages visitors to explore and create art with their bodies. The Interactive Community Wall occupies a key location with two-fold importance. Experientially, it is the heart of the new campus where the community and visitors converge, and architecturally, it nestles and negotiates between Erich Mendelsohn’s original mid-century building and the new wing.

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The expansion and renovation, designed by Christner Architects and Axi:Ome, enable COCA’s facilities to better meet the needs of the community, and SOSO’s Interactive Community Wall seamlessly integrates technology and media with the stylish new campus, creating an interactive and immersive space that reflects the dynamism of the community.

Charged with activating such a crucial public space, SOSO designed the artwork in collaboration with community members, board members, and staff. The result is a piece that reflects and brings to life the organization’s mission of enriching lives and building community through the arts. The Interactive Community Wall occupies a key location with two-fold importance.

Experientially, it is the heart of the new campus where the community and visitors converge, and architecturally, it nestles and negotiates between Erich Mendelsohn’s original mid-century building and the new wing. The expansion and renovation, designed by Christner Architects and Axi:Ome, enable COCA’s facilities to better meet the needs of the community, and SOSO’s Interactive Community Wall.

The project seamlessly integrates technology and media with the stylish new campus, creating an interactive and immersive space that reflects the dynamism of the community. Charged with activating such a crucial public space, SOSO designed the artwork in collaboration with community members, board members, and staff. The result is a piece that reflects and brings to life the organization’s mission of enriching lives and building community through the arts. Source by SOSO.

  • Location: St. Louis, USA
  • Design: SOSO
  • Project Team: Eric Gunther, John Rothenberg, Todd Vanderlin, Wes Thomas, Deborah Levison, Henrique Penteado Kujawski Périgo
  • Year: 2021
  • Photographs: Ty Cole, Courtesy of SOSO