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Device Art Chronicle

Machiko Kusahara (JP)

The term “device art” is already part of the vocabulary of contemporary art. The Device Art Chronicle demonstrates how the concept was developed within the Device Art Project, aiming to explain the prehistory of media art, and how local and global features are connected. We were able to define features that characterize Japanese media art (e.g. playfulness), which can be better understood by relating them to earlier cultural traditions. Nevertheless, the essence of device art is also international and its features are shared by many works of media art.

Polytronics

Hannes Möseneder (AT), Agnes Hofstätter (AT), Steffanie Painsith (AT), María José Molina (CO)

The global plastics manufacturer Greiner showcases 5 future mockups, which in combination with printed electronics, have the potential to sense and act according to inputs gathered from our daily-life environments.

Music Traveler

Aleksey Igudesman (DE/AT), Julia Rhee (KR/US), Dominik Joelsohn (DE/AT), Ivan Turkalj (HR/AT)

Music Traveler is a marketplace that connects musicians and centralizes spaces with musical instruments, equipment, and services for the creative industry.