Programm
Maschine, die auf Gott wartet
Hannes Waldschütz (DE)
The Maschine, die auf Gott wartet (“Machine that waits for God”) is part of a series of three “waiting machines.” They were activated in Bremen on October 24, 2007, at 6:07 p.m. From this point in time the three machines had been in operation, the Maschine, die auf Gott wartet is still waiting. It’s a microelectronic circuit, built and programmed in order to constantly inquire about the expected event: God must give a signal via a God sensor. An integrated backup power supply guarantees failure-free and uninterrupted functioning.
ARS and the CITY
A retrospective of the activity and impact of Ars Electronica in, with and for Linz: Ars Electronica’s art, media and participation projects in public space – from 1979 to the present day.
Queer.net
Archie Wang (CN)
Based on the background of queer culture and inspired by different art forms, Queer.net is an explorative interactive design project examining what a queer aesthetic interface might be. By letting the audience explore the interface, this project presents possibilities for what queer interfaces may look like and could express. Using a range of different digital media, this project sings a hymn to the queer aesthetics and pushes the boundaries of their applications.
VR SHOWCASE
This program features a special selection of VR works that have been submitted to the Computer Animation category of this year’s Prix Ars Electronica. Visitors can emerge themselves into several presented projects.
ARS on the WIRE
Long before the Internet began to attract widespread attention in the form of the WWW and before a young generation of artists began to critically examine the structures, peculiarities, and future possibilities of this new medium under the term “Net Art,” telecommunications art projects began to take place (from the late 1970s onwards) dealing with global networking. From the outset, Ars Electronica was a venue for this pioneering artistic work.
Prix Forum III – Artificial Intelligence & Life Art
SAT 7.9. | 12:30 – 14:00
[burnout] Maschine
Max Kullmann (DE)
The [burnout] Maschine was designed to prevent individuals (who are part of an increasingly stressed society despite diminishing physical work) from burning out by taking on this exclusively human inadequacy. At the same time, the relationship between man and machine is questioned.
Prix Forum II – Digital Musics & Sound Art
SAT 7.9. | 11:00 – 12:00
The Life of Crystals
Mónica Bate (CL)
Starting with the observation of piezoelectric crystals, the TLC project works at the crossroads of the natural and artificial, life and the machine, art and science. The experience aims to produce a poetic technogical re-purposing, where it can be seen as transformed natural matter for which humans play an evolutionary role.
Prix Forum I – Computer Animation (within the Expanded Animation Symposium)
FRI 6.9. | 12:15 – 13:45
