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We shape our world
From August 1, 2013, the new exhibition “Yours Synthetically” is all about the thematic topic of synthetic biology. Matthew Gardiner has put together the artistic works.
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Like A Second Nature – Interview with the architects
“Like a Second Nature” is the latest exhibition Ars Electronica and VW have jointly staged in VW’s Automobilforum Unter den Linden in Berlin. The opening is set for June 6th. The exhibition design is by Jürgen Haller and Christoph Weidinger, two architects going by the name of any:time. We recently had a chance to chat…
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Land Unter
On June 2nd, 3rd and 4th, massive floodings hit Austria. The Ars Electronica Center stayed more or less dry, here’s the story.
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And the Winner is: Hyperform!
Congratulations to Marcelo Coelho and Skylar Tibbits from Fromlabs! With their project Hyperform they´ve won this years [the next idea] voestalpine Art and Technology Grant! You can find a detailed description of the project here.
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Maholo Uchida, Miraikan, about In Touch With The Earth
Miraikan’s Tsunagari-Project has landed in Linz, in the Deep Space of the Ars Electronica Center. For the first time, the visualisations of the GeoCosmos, a 6 metre wide sphere covered with millions of organic LEDs, are shown outside of the biggest technology-institute in Japan. We have talked to Maholo Uchida, curator of Miraikan and member…
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A Crazy Chicken
The children of the “Kindergarten of the Future” in Linz have chosen a picture book about a crazy chicken and turned it into a small exhibition.
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Murmuration at the Bergen International Festival
Murmuration, the opening-show of the Bergen International Festival, that has been developed both by phase 7 and the Ars Electronica Futurelab, premiered on May 22nd. Check out pictures and videos of the show below, or the interview with Sven Beyer, creative director of phase 7.
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Winners Prix Ars Electronica 2013
Voilá, those are the Golden Nicas and Awards of Distinctions of Prix Ars Electronica 2013.
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The Golden Nica for Visual:Drumset
Visual:Drumset functions by means of projection mapping, a technique for projecting images onto slanted and/or three-dimensional surfaces. A beamer is used to project points onto each drumhead; every time a drum is struck, the points enlarge. The drum beats are registered by vibration sensors on the underside of each drum. The information is fed into…
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Gamestage@AEC: Tu Felix Austria, Lude!
Austrian game designers and their computer games will be the stars of the show at the 2nd GamesDay@AEC on May 17th. We recently caught up with Stefan Schraml to get the lowdown on the specifics (the lineup in detail) and the big picture (what this get-together is all about).
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Bergen International Festival
In London, the spaxels were used for promotional purposes. The Ars Electronica Futurelab received a specific assignment and successfully carried it out. But as the voestalpine Klangwolke brilliantly demonstrated, the quadcopters can take to the air in an artistic role too. We recently had a chance to chat with Sven Beyer, artistic director of phase…
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Horst Hörtner führt durchs Linz Verändert – Zelt
Horst Hörtner, Leiter des Ars Electronica Futurelabs präsentiert die Stationen im Linz Verändert – Zelt 2013.
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Dr. Julius Stieber im Gespräch über Linz und Kultur
Im Rahmen des Linz Verändert – Zelts haben wir Kulturdirektor Dr. Julius Stieber zum Gespräch getroffen.
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Linz Verändert – Zelt 2013
[:de]Am Urfahraner Markt weichen die Autos wieder den Menschen und Buden, der Urfahraner Frühlingsmarkt hat seine Pforten geöffnet, und das heißt auch, dass das Linz Verändert – Zelt abermals die Stadt, ihre Unternehmen und ihre Menschen ins Zentrum der Wahrnehmung rückt. Horst Hörtner, Leiter des Ars Electronica Futurelab, führt durch die neuen und erweiterten Installation.
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Prix-Jury-Weekend in Linz
Since 1987, the Prix Ars Electronica has been one of the most prestigious prizes awarded in the world of media art. The process of deciding which works are singled out for recognition is quite elaborate. After all, there are thousands of submissions to evaluate in order to finally arrive at the most excellent and most…
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In Touch With The Earth
The Earth, the basis of humankind’s very existence, will take the spotlight at the Ars Electronica Center beginning April 18th. Terrific new exhibits feature data, information, human beings and interrelationships. Geopulse, a gigantic interactive information graphic, and Deep Space are the high-definition settings in which to behold our Earth in a new light.
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Tosca on the road with the Ars Electronica Futurelab
When you sit face-to-face with Tosca—that is, the duo of Rupert Huber and Richard Dorfmeister—you’re enveloped by a certain sense of composure. Both musicians have accomplishments to their credit; they’re consummate artists. But at the same time, there are these facial expressions—when they discuss their new album, upcoming concerts, expressive possibilities now available to them…
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Spaxels testflight and show in Linz
The Spaxels are flying again on April 18th in Linz, check out the video for footage from the last testflight.
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Hermann Nitsch SINNE UND SEIN – Ars Electronica Futurelab
Our previous destination was London. The next stop on our itinerary is Mistelbach, which isn’t a hotbed of paranoia so at least there are no security checkpoints to pass through. The reason for our trip to Lower Austria is to visit the Hermann Nitsch Museum, where a retrospective entitled SINNE UND SEIN (Sense and Being)…
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openAIR, the mixing-desk for everyone
Radio FRO 105.0, free radio for Linz, has been organizing workshops since 2006 at which people with—as well as without—handicaps/impairments can learn the basics of broadcasting. One of the major challenges in a studio is posed by the mixing console and its faders, knobs and switches, some of which have to be operated simultaneously and…
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Spaxels in London
The Spaxels, Ars Electronica Futurelab’s current flagship project have visited London, drawing a huge Star Trek – Logo into the nightsky of England’s capitol.
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TOTAL RECALL – The Evolution of Memory
In this interview, Gerfried Stocker presents the theme and content of the 2013 Ars Electronica Festival.
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Ars Electronica Futurelab Visits Robots on Tour 2013 in Zurich, Switzerland
On March 9, 2013 the Ars Electronica visited the Robots on Tour Congress Exhibition held in Zürich, Switzerland.
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Experiment succeeded
[:de]Das Experiment ist geglückt: 3.452 BesucherInnen, davon etwa 400 experimentierfreudige SchülerInnen und LehrerInnen, fünf Stunden langes Versuchen und Erklären, und ein Museum der Zukunft.
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The walkable infographics
Michael Badics gives a first insight into the redesign of the exhibition area GeoCity, that will be accessible from mid April 2013 at the Ars Electronica Center.
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Gamestage@AEC, the world of computer games
Just one more level, only this last jump, a single, final mission to complete … and my, how the evening just seems to fly by! Who hasn’t faced this situation? A lot has happened since Pacman & Friends came to town. Upcoming at the Ars Electronica Center is an intensive encounter with computer gaming, and…
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people_scans
On THU March 7, 2013, the exhibition “people_scans” opens at the Ars Electronica Center. An interview with the photographer Kurt Hörbst about his full-body scans and his search of remarkable details in the human body.
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Culture Shutdown
Visitors to the Ars Electronica Center this weekend might well wonder why one of our installations is off limits. The reason Kazamidori the weathervane of the internet age, is temporarily unavailable is Culture Shutdown.