Based on the concept of Cooperative Aesthetics, developed by Univ.-Prof. Dr. Gerhard Funk, students of Time-based and Interactive Media Art at the University of Arts and Design Linz and Prof. Funk have created 30 artworks for the Deep Space of the Ars Electronica Center since 2015. These projects will now be presented weekly until July 2021 in the course of an Ars Electronica Home Delivery series. Using the lasertracking system of the Deep Space the artworks enable visitors to have a collective, audiovisual, aesthetic experience.
In Critical Mass by Fabian Terler a gray-black pixel cloud can be seen on the wall. When people enter the room they are connected with the wall projection by a green line and a square, that moves and swirles the pixels around. Each pixel represents a letter, which, however, cannot be read…