machines

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.

It started with Cassette Culture!

Wolfgang Dorninger (AT)

At this year's Ars Electronica Festival, Wolfgang Dorninger will setup a sound installation based on tape loops, self-soldered autogenerative music machines, synthetic bird sounds and algorithmic sound creations which will be amplified with tactile speakers, horns and subwoofers to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Ars Electronica.

Yuan原

Mich Tsai (TW)

This interactive project offers audiences the opportunity to reflect on themselves, through reproducing traditional Formosan music via a perspective on the triangular relationship between machine, human and nature. Yuan not only represents Formosan musical culture, it also demonstrates the notion of ‘LOSS’ and the risk of cultural histories disappearing.