politics

Über Nacht - Eine neue Macht

Students of the SchülerInnenschule im WUK (AT)

Lilo and her friends like their school. But overnight, the Neue Leistungspartei (NLP — “New Achievement Party”) comes into power, with the new school principal, Engelbert, and his sidekick heading up a violent regime. For the students at the school, a seemingly hopeless struggle begins.

“Prospects for Political Education” Symposium

Upper Austria Teacher-Training College (AT), Upper Austria Chamber of Labor (AT), Ars Electronica (AT)

The symposium seeks to investigate whether social media can contribute anything to a new culture of conflict and fighting or if these media obstruct such a culture, whether digitalization has changed communication, cooperation, and opportunities for manipulation and, last but not least, whether new forms of conflict would emerge through the digital transformation of society.

Portraits

Nobuyuki Osaki (JP)

Meditating about myself and others. About memory and perception. About the reality of all of us, living in the information society. And also meditating about politics, society and unpredictable disasters, about our future. The more I think about it, the more “this world” is flooded with vagueness and uncertainties.