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City Walk
Multidisciplinary team of HKU students (INT)

In City Walk, several HKU students work in interdisciplinary teams to create different augmented reality video tours through the city center of Linz. They invite you to watch the city in a completely different way, by zooming in on specific stories and details that often stay unseen. The audience will be directed to the starting point of the city walk by the map on their phone. The video will guide the audience from that point. Walk safe: don’t forget to be aware of your surroundings and traffic!
Casper’s Ex ​
Casper de Jong (NL)

Casper’s Ex is a playful interactive installation on the relationship between human beings and everyday technology. More specifically, this installation is about the relationship between our smartphones and ourselves. We feel attached to our devices, but as soon as a newer and better model crosses our path, we trade them in without remorse. The phone, however, cannot move on. Your data, your scent, and your picture is all they have left. Casper’s Ex is a lonely smartphone that’s been left behind and is trying to connect with you while you are passing by.
HKU Showcase
HKU University of the Arts Utrecht

HKU Showcase is a mini showcase of upcoming talents from the HKU University of the Arts Utrecht. The focus for this showcase is on three diverse works in the field of “playful intervention.” The HKU Expertise Centre for Creative Technology has curated this mini showcase.
Wiki-Piano.Net
Alexander Schubert (DE)

Wiki-Piano.Net is a composition for piano that can be co-designed by internet users. Everything that the community has made available on the website will be performed on stage. This can be not only music, but also texts, images, or other content. For the musical realization of this score, the performing pianist has piano, keyboard, and his own voice at his disposal. It is not possible to study and practice this composition in the classical sense, but it is not the masterpiece either that is in the foreground of this project. Rather, it is a matter of continuous observation and playful exploration of community behavior and internet use.