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LED – Balls, Amanogawa – Project
Unfortunately, the Ars Electronica did not get the permission to use this project during the voestalpine Klangwolke. Still, this blogpost offers some nice visuals. Members of the Amanogawa-Team (Japanese-only website) have visited Linz to check out what their LED-Balls behave like in the Danube. 50 000 of those balls will be part of the performance…
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Gerhard Kürner talks about the voestalpine Klangwolke – The Cloud in the Web
Gerhard Kürner, Head of Communications of voestalpine AG, talks about the commitement of voestalpine towards the Klangwolke and why only giving money never was an option for the company.
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voestalpine SoundWalk
Safety first, that’s why you need a helmet. Grab an iPad to record, or use one of the provided fieldrecorders The workshops of the Klangwolke are not only about making music or edit sounds, they are also about experiencing various rooms and surroundings, not by the means that we use most, namely our eyes, but…
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Audio to Midi to Klangwolken ABC
Josh and Ray Gardiner are currently working on a solution on how to light up the Klangwolken ABC during the voestalpine Klangwolke and they’ve come up with a pretty clever solution. Marco Palewicz, Josh Gardiner, Chris Bruckmayr and Ray Gardiner at the Futurelab The idea is quite simple and awesome: Take the information that is…
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The preparations continue
The second projectiontest at the Linz Harbour is supposed to bring information about the the behaviour of the containermatrix, which is essentially a really, really, really big screen. The Klangwolken ABC is growing, not only at the Ars Electronica Center or at home, but also at the OTELOS, open spaces to bring your ideas to…
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(St)Age of Participation
St(Age) of Participation, supervised by Christopher Lindinger and choreographer Klaus Obermaier, deals with these questions. In the context of this artistic research project, the Ars Electronica Futurelab explores multi-media, interactive and three-dimensional technologies for stage performances of the future. In July, 2012, it is time, to try out our developments together with an audience. Therefore,…
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We Know What You Are Doing
weknowwhatyouredoing.com shows public status updates of people who are sharing their drug-consumation-habits, wheter they are hungover or if they’ve been fired, and some other topics. All of those can be a rather delicate matter in the wrong hands, and the shocking part about this website is the fact that every information shown is out in…
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Let’s go!
A lot of people already working on the
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New videos and pictures of the voestalpine Klangwolke
Another Klangwolke Miniature is born and works it’s way through to the voestalpine Klangwolke. Marco Palewicz, Chris Bruckmayr and Michael Kaczorowski talk about details and targets of the Klangwolke Miniatures. Fotos of some testprojections for the voestalpine Klangwolke This is a small part of the containermatrix which is going to swim on the Danube and…
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Google Transparency Report
Since Google exerts a not inconsiderable influence on how content is located and disseminated online, the company’s regularly issued report revealing which governments and organizations have “requested” the elimination of content they deem undesirable is an important contribution that clearly shows what a fragile construction the internet truly is. In cases of copyright infringement, their…
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C.LOUD Pro documents the voestalpine Klangwolke
Martina Sochor , David Panhofer and Barbara Heinzl of C.LOUD Pro C.LOUD Pro will be following the progress of this event all the way up to the big show in September and documenting it in sound and picture. What they see and what they suss out will be displayed weekly in the form of a…
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ABC Werkstatt
The word is out: preparations have already begun on the 2012 voestalpine Klangwolke. Everybody is invited to lend a hand staging this amazing event. You can display your musical talent by recording and submitting your own soundcloudminiature. But letters of the alphabet are also an essential element of this year’s extravaganza. Without letters, we couldn’t…
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ZeitRaum at Check-In 3
Check-In 3, Vienna International Airport’s new terminal, went into service on June 5, 2012. Its mission: state-of-the-art processing of millions of air travelers. The Ars Electronica Futurelab designed several installations for it. They take travel, time and air traffic as their subjects, and offer encounters with art to those passing through this hub.
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Lightningtest for voestalpine Klangwolke
The Donaupark is going to be the stage for the voestalpine Klangwolke, and even the buildings, usually fullfilling their functions in a very silent way, will be part of this stage. Check out the video to get a glimpse of what will be happening on September 1st 2012.
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Klangwolken Miniatures, some inspiration
Die Klangwolkenminiaturen sollen möglichst viele Leute dazu anregen, sich mit verschiedensten Klängen auseinanderzusetzen. Inspiration wartet förmlich hinter jeder Hausmauer, an jeder Straßenecke, jede Lichtung im Wald und jedes Stiegenhaus beinhaltet so viel Geräusch, so viel Musik, so viel Rhythmus, so viele Dinge, die wir im Alltag kaum wahrnehmen, weil wir sie zu oft wahrnehmen, und…
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SoundLab, first impressions
The Making of the SoundLab The Opening So, here’s what the hands-on sound studio looks like. Seven workstations are available. Thanks to audio routing, all signals collected at the digital mixing console (from microphones, synthesizers, instruments, what have you…) can be sent to all workstations and processed there. The nice folks at Ableton have provided…
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Out of Control – Jananas Gold
We’ll be taking a very innovative and interesting approach to our “Out of Control” exhibition this coming Sunday, May 20 at 8 PM—an online treasure hunt in cooperation with Jananas Gold!
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VDS, im Jahr 2007
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Summermode: On
The Ars Electronica Center is officially in summermode. The festivalteam enjoys the calm before the summerstorm!
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“CREATE YOUR WORLD” CAMP in Linz
Summer hasn’t even begun yet and we’re already looking forward to its final month. But it’s easy to see why: u19 – CREATE YOUR WORLD, the 2012 future festival of the next generation, is set for August 30-September 3. This year, the Kinderfreunde, Upper Austria’s youth advocacy organization, is even offering the opportunity to spend…
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Smartphone-Security, by FH-Prof. DI Robert Kolmhofer
Nevertheless, the hazards that go hand in hand with smartphones are often underestimated. For instance, lots of valuable data are stored right on the smartphone—passwords for various services and online shops and the domain account for the company network, as well as stuff like credit card information. If a smartphone falls into the wrong hands,…
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CISPA: What does it mean?
Created by: Paralegal.net
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The Ars Electronica Center gets a Soundlab
The Ars Electronica Center is going to have a Soundlab. You can build your Soundcloudminiatures in it (https://ars.electronica.art/klangwolke/en/participate/soundcloudminiatures/) or enjoy various soundinstallation. This is part of the room in it’s current stage, the doors open on May, 17th.
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LINZ CHANGES at the Spring Fair
Flanking the entrance is the Linz Light Railway’s first locomotive. The presentation of a book marking the line’s 100th anniversary is set for May 1st at 7 PM. Inside, a bird’s-eye view of Linz is one of the top features this year as well. After all, it’s not every day that you get a chance…
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voestalpine Soundcloud – The Cloud in the Web
The voestalpine Klangwolke – The Cloud in the Web says: “Hello!” It’s all about participation, join the cloud with sounds and characters. Find all information, dates and projects on ars.electronica.art/klangwolke.
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On Telecommunications Data Retention by Peter Burgstaller
The law in force since April 1, 2012 that requires public telecommunications service providers to record data about network users’ activities including their geographic location when such activity occurs and to store that data for a period of six months is difficult to reconcile with our constitutional guarantees of the confidentiality of personal data and…
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Prix-Jury 2012, Michael Doser, Oy vey vey!
In 2009, Munich’s “Haus der Kunst” organized a huge show of his works (www.hausderkunst.de/hdk.de/index.php), almost all of them on a monumental scale. The show is very impressive, and many of Ai Wei Wei’s questions and reflections are thought-provoking (the catalog is an excellent compilation of these), but there is an undercurrent in the exhibition and…
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Prix Ars Electronica 2012, Pre-Jury “Digital Communities”
Symbolic picture The prejury for Prix Ars Electronica 2012 scans through hundreds of submission, here you can see the jury of the category “Digital Communities” (symbolic), consisting of Ingrid Fischer-Schreiber, Peter Kuthan and Romana Leopoldseder.