TECHNICK

001 / Experiment / 2026

TWENTY
SCREENS

Premise

One large screen is easy.
Twenty small ones are more interesting.

Concept render — Twenty Screens installation overview, a grid of small tablet-sized displays on a museum wall
Concept render — not a built installationApprox. 20 screens, 29 × 20 cm each — work in progress
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The idea

Most digital displays try to become one larger, seamless rectangle. This experiment asks the opposite question.

What becomes possible when a digital surface is divided into many small, independent computers?

Each screen can display its own content, respond to touch, communicate with the others, or become part of one larger experience.

Several people can interact with the installation at the same time.

Physical scale

Each display is small — roughly 29 cm wide and 20 cm high, about the size of a tablet. A typical installation contains 9–20 of them. These are not television panels.

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Configurations

01 / Configuration

GRID

A structured field of small screens. Useful when many pieces of information or many simultaneous interactions need equal importance.

Concept render — grid of small tablet-sized displays on a museum wall, with a child for physical scale
01 / GRIDConcept render — work in progress — small screens, 29 × 20 cm each

02 / Configuration

LINE

A long horizontal sequence of small displays. Suitable for timelines, journeys, processes, archives and spatial storytelling.

Concept render — rows of small tablet-sized displays arranged on an office wall, a visitor touching one for physical scale
02 / LINEConcept render — work in progress — small screens, 29 × 20 cm each

03 / Configuration

CONSTELLATION

The empty space between screens becomes part of the installation.

Screens distributed freely across a physical surface instead of forming a rectangle — clustered, scattered or following the architecture of a room.

04 / Configuration

OBJECT

Small digital displays arranged around or integrated with a physical object. Digital information becomes part of the physical exhibit rather than a separate television next to it.

Concept render — small tablet-sized displays mounted beside a physical object, children interacting at their own height for physical scale
04 / OBJECTConcept render — work in progress — small screens, 29 × 20 cm each
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Possible applications

  • SCIENCE & MUSEUMS

    Multiple visitors explore related objects, missions, people or discoveries simultaneously.

  • EXHIBITIONS

    A physical-digital installation that becomes part of the stand rather than another television on a wall.

    Concept render — small tablet-sized displays integrated into an exhibition stand, a visitor touching one for physical scale
    Concept render — small screens, 29 × 20 cm each

  • ART

    Independent screens become pixels, windows or moving elements in a larger composition.

  • TIMELINES & ARCHIVES

    Each display becomes an event, object, person or moment in a physical information landscape.

  • PHYSICAL-DIGITAL OBJECTS

    Screens can surround or become part of a real engineered object.

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Status

Concept development
Ongoing
Software prototype
Planned
Physical prototype
Planned

WORK IN PROGRESS

2026 / Luxembourg

Contact

AN UNUSUAL IDEA?

Interesting ideas, feedback and conversations are welcome.

Email

moien [at] technick [dot] lu

Luxembourg