Exhibitions, Projects
Bunko Gakki
Maywa Denki (JP)
Bunko Gakki is a musical instrument that is the same size as a Japanese paperback (A5 size). The user can easily carry it. It has a modular structure that fits into a bookshelf.
Interplay; Exploring Telecommunications, Art, and Collaboration, 1978-1983
Bill Bartlett (CA), Doug Jarvis (CA)
Artist Bill Bartlett and Open Space Guest Curator, Doug Jarvis present archival materials that detail and support the international telecommunications projects that Bartlett developed between 1978 and 1983, and which contributed to the context in which Robert Adrian X’s ˟The World in 24 Hours˟ takes place.
Solekit
Maywa Denki (JP)
*Solekit* is a craft kit that makes funny movements. It uses only one solenoid, driven by 5-volt power source.
Meandering River
onformative (DE), kling klang klong (DE)
Meandering River is an audiovisual art installation comprised of real-time visuals and music composed by an A.I. through machine learning. The piece reinterprets the shifting behavior of rivers in the landscape, regarded from a bird’s eye view. Minor changes of riverbeds are not visible for the bare eye, as they are gradually happening over time. Spanning over multiple screens Meandering River visualizes these altering landscapes and makes the changes visible. It leaves the observer with a unique perception of time.
Body Public Space Visual Image
Bela Usabaev (DE)
From the public space around the AEC, impulses are transmitted through the body to the façade as part of an interactive performance. The completely free structure of public space meets the defined counterpart of the body in order to be mounted on the façade as if on a canvas.
Prix Forum
One of the absolute highlights of every Ars Electronica is the opportunity to meet Prix Ars Electronica prize-winners and to attend Prix forums to hear the artists elaborate on their oeuvre and current work. Moderated by Prix Ars Electronica jurors, these discussions provide fascinating insights into this year’s categories: Computer Animation, Digital Musics & Sound Art and Artificial Intelligence & Life Art.
Zihotch
Maywa Denki (JP)
*Zihotch* is a wristwatch that announces the current time when the user dials “117.” The voice is programmable so that the user can hear various people announcing the time.
DEFACING
Camilo Sandoval (CO)
I use AEC’s façade to visualize data showing a broad panorama of what was and is still going on in Colombia. The data come from several institutions and observers of the conflict and are meant to reflect the magnitude of the events through abstraction.
Machine for Living
Sabrina Ratté (CA)
Machine for Living is a project elaborated in the context of a nine-month residency at Château Ephémère (Carrière-sous-Poissy, France). The video series investigates the architecture of the new towns (villes nouvelles) and brutalist residential buildings in the surroundings of Paris.
Hyperscreen [Testpattern]
Dawid Liftinger (AT)
A search for the limit of the technical boundaries of the media façade at the threshold of human perception; redeeming their promise as fast, colorful pictures. Every “pixel” always changes every frame. Flicker, no pause, high-contrast: everything is always on. This is noise for the eyes.
