Together with the City of Amsterdam and its partners, Monks launches an unprecedented immersive city marketing experience today: Amsterdam in Motion. Opening on the city’s 750th birthday, a very special gift from its citizens is unveiled: the world’s largest multimedia city maquette. Celebrating Amsterdam’s rich history, it immerses visitors in the hundreds of years it took to evolve to the dynamic city it is today. Together with an accompanying exposition, visitors explore how they can build the city of tomorrow.
Amsterdam in Motion is a groundbreaking city marketing experience. Visitors embark on an extraordinary time-traveling journey through Amsterdam’s history, a city in development since 1275, across a 200m² maquette with over 30,500 individual buildings. This maquette is brought to life with spectacular spatial projection mapping, using hundreds of historic images that are brought to life with AI. The visual spectacle is delivered by 18 state-of-the-art video projectors, visualising the journey on the maquette and the entire surrounding space, and complemented by an immersive spatial sound experience by Massive Music.
The opening of Amsterdam in Motion is supported by a creative campaign ‘750 Years in the Making’, created by Monks. Online videos introduce us to the people that have contributed to the evolution of the city, from erecting its very first homes on the Amstel riverbanks, and building its iconic central train station to various groups rallying for their rights in the city. They all convey one message: this city is never finished, and definitely worth the wait. Combining the latest in AI technology, the flight through Amsterdam’s history is just a taste of what can be experienced at Amsterdam in Motion. ‘750 Years in the Making’ will be live online, on social media as well as through (D)OOH.
The ground breaking city marketing experience Amsterdam in Motion is created by co-initiator Duncan Stutterheim, Amsterdam Museum, Monks and partners. The content for Amsterdam in Motion is developed by the Amsterdam Museum in collaboration with its partners. This project is consistent with the museum’s core function as a city museum: sharing Amsterdam’s narratives of its history, present, and future.
