Projects
Projekte
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Spaxels
Drone shows and swarm art performances
Im September 2012 wurde am Linzer Donauufer ein neues Medium geboren: Der weltweit erste groß angelegte Outdoor-Formationsdrohnenflug erleuchtete den Nachthimmel als Teil und Herzstück des Open-Air-Musikfestivals Klangwolke.
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Klangwolken ABC
The Klangwolken ABC was initiated as a social participation project, focusing on “character” in the age of networks, constituting one of the core programs at the voestalpine Klangwolke 2012. The audience was invited to design their own characters that could interact with the radio frequencies of the event – resulting in a huge galaxy of…
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ZeitRaum
ZeitRaum (“TimeSpace”) is an interactive art installation the Ars Electronica Futurelab designed for the new terminal at Vienna International Airport. It creates real-time interpretations of arriving and departing flights.
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Spaxels / Klangwolke – Quadrocopter
Ars Electronica Futurelab’s quadcopter swarm was one of the highlights of the 2012 voestalpine Klangwolke (Cloud of Sound) in Linz. More than 90,000 spectators lined both banks of the Danube to witness a then world record: a formation flight by no fewer than 49 quadcopters. Never before had such a large squadron of whirlybird drones…
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Ars Electronica Center Fassadenterminal
Das Fassadenterminal wurde vom Ars Electronica Futurelab entwickelt und 2010 der Öffentlichkeit vorgestellt: Es ermöglichte die künstlerische Nutzung der Medienfassade des Ars Electronica Center, die mit 38.500 LEDs ausgestattet ist.
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(St)Age of Participation
Between 2011 and 2015, under the scientific direction of Christopher Lindinger, the Ars Electronica Futurelab and media artist, choreographer and composer Klaus Obermaier have been jointly investigating innovative forms of audience involvement in stage-based media art.
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Robotinity Exhibition
Human beings have been developing machines for thousands of years. But what drives us on to do so? Is it the urge to understand and recreate nature and its processes? Is it perhaps our audacious pretensions to be capable of improving on the world as it is? Or are we just curious?
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Shadowgram
Ars Electronica Futurelab developed Shadowgram as a method for combining the aesthetic entertainment of creating a physical object, a sticker cut out in the shape of your shadow with the intention of participating in social brainstorming.
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Human Robot Harmony – Humanoid Robot „Honda ASIMO“
Ars Electronica Futurelab and Honda R&D were conducting collaborative research into the next generation-relationship between humans and robots. From industrial robots supporting the production process to humanoid robots, many researchers have explored the range of possibilities for robots.
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Oribotics
[the future unfolds]
In cooperation with the University of Linz’s Institute of Polymer Product Engineering, the Australian origami- and media artist Matthew Gardiner cultivated interactive flowerbeds. During the 2010 Ars Electronica Festival they brought the industrial architecture of the former tobacco processing plant into full bloom.
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BrainLab
The heart piece of the first main exhibition “New Views of Humankind” in 2009 was constituted by four public accessible labs.
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FabLab
The heart piece of the first main exhibition “New Views of Humankind” in 2009 was constituted by four public accessible labs.