Media Installation
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Play the Façade
The façade of the Ars Electronica Center, with its 38,500 LEDs, has been shaping the cityscape of Linz since 2009. Just one year later, the “sprucing up” of this landmark turned into something bigger, something innovative: with the façade terminal, the Ars Electronica Futurelab transformed the static museum shell into a designable medium for the…
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Fluxels
Choreographed swarm of ground robots as a medium of art
Fluxels is a play on words inspired by an association of Spaxels, “Fluxus” and the aesthetic quality of swift, fluid movement. It is the name for a ground robot platform developed in the Ars Electronica Futurelab, conceived for swarm bot performances as part of a collaboration with NTT.
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Stille Nacht 200
On the 200th anniversary of the Christmas classic Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht the Salzburg Museum, as one of seven parts of the Salzburg Provincial Exhibition, presented various facets of the song in the curated tour Silent Night 200 – History. Message. Present.
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Building Bridges
The Bridge is one of the main passageways connecting two building complexes on the SAP Walldorf campus and it is host to the interactive music piece Building Bridges, jointly composed with Vienna-based composer Rupert Huber. Translating the movements of the pedestrians through a compositional algorithm, The Bridge serves as stage and instrument at the same time.
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Pharus
The pharus tracking system was developed at the Ars Electronica Futurelab by researcher and artist Otto Naderer to provide interaction opportunities for any size group of people in virtually any environment.
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Spaxels
Drone shows and swarm art performances
In September 2012, a new medium for physical-visual expression was born along the banks of the river Danube in Linz: The world’s first large-scale outdoor formation drone flight illuminated the night sky as part and centerpiece of the open-air music festival Klangwolke.