Language
Word Lab
Ars Electronica (AT)
In times of digital communication, words are often only used as characters, codes or abbreviations. A mix of different languages is commonplace and linguistic trends emerge almost weekly.
Der Gobi kommt
Laurin Steinhuber, Amelie Steinhuber, Niklas Steinhuber (AT)
An extraterrestrial creature lands on Earth. Here it finds food, a place to sleep, and is welcomed with open arms. What it does not know, however, is that there is an armed man lying in wait, with horrible plans for the extraterrestrial.
Community Parcours: Czech
This tour will take you through the POSTCITY free of charge in Czech language.
Community Parcours: Greek
This tour will take you through the POSTCITY free of charge in Greek language.
Community Parcours: Spanish
This tour will take you through the POSTCITY free of charge in Spanish language.
Community Parcours: Inclusive
This inclusive tour for different needs will take you through the POSTCITY free of charge.
Community Parcours: Austrian Sign Language
This tour will take you through the POSTCITY free of charge in Austrian Sign Language.
STAR VALLEY
Marko Peljhan (SI/US), Matthew Biederman (CA/US)
STAR VALLEY uses two spark-gap transmitters in dialogue, both controlled by a natural language processing AI algorithm trained on the US Department of Defense and NATO nicknames and descriptions of programs, activities, exercises and special access programs. The earliest form of wireless transmission is paired with contemporary computational developments to open a window onto the landscape of the accountability of secrecy.
Microbial Keywording
Klaus Spiess (AT), Lucie Strecker (DE)
Klaus Spiess (AT) runs the Arts and Science program and is LASER chair at the Medical University Vienna, where he is an associate professor. He has developed performances/installations on the subject of biopolitics for many international venues. Awarded with a Prix Ars Electronica. He has published on the subject of his work in "Leonardo", "The Journal of Performance Research" and "The Lancet".
Material Poetry: #2 ArcHIVE
Alexander Wöran (AT)
#2 ArcHIVE is part of a series that revolves around the materiality of language and its “gap”; and we are the ones shaping it, for better or worse. Beneath the sculpture made of beeswax is a heating element linked to a motion sensor, which at a certain threshold of passers-by starts heating up and re-shaping it. Like language, it constantly fluctuates between a fluid and solidified state.
