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Leaving tomorrow for Linz, Austria, for the Ars Electronica festival. This year’s theme, Origin – How It All Begins, is organized in cooperation with CERN, the Geneva based institution with more than 8,000 scientists exploring, among other research, the origin of our universe.
It is also a statement of Ars Electronica in favor of the importance of advanced basic research in our world highlighting efficiency and quick return on investment..
Always impressive to...
Ars Electronica organized an Open Source Symposium during the festival ending by this conference:  Repair Society (and yourself). Moderated by Andreas Hirsch, the conference included Saskia Sassen on the digital training of the powerless ( with interesting parallels between2 opposite worlds: the finance industry and the powerless), Derrick de Kekhove on open source life and Jiochi Ito on the new meaning of life and the necessary changes among the world elites.  Saskia Sassen Jiochi Ito  Â...
As every year, a large public event is organized during the Ars Electronica festival along the Danube. This year's theme was BABY JET, the railroad of the future. The fantasized project, from artist Lawine Torren, is to create an underground, more than 1.000 km per hour, bullet train.  View from the Ars Electronica Center from the other side of the Danube among the BABY JET show crowd.  The crowd arriving along the river.  The BABY JET project succeeded. The show ending with fireworks mix...
Christine Schopf, co-director Ars Electronica, presents the history of the location of the festival, the Tabakfabrik, the festival theme "Repair" and the various aspects of the festival ranging from digital art, innovation to green focus, etc.
Due to her busy agenda and the need for light, we organized the interview at the ground floor of building 1 hosting the New Work Factory, not the most artistic sp ...
The Gala evening took place this year inside the Tabakfabrik where most of the Ars Electronica festival is taking place. The gala evening was co-hosted by Christine Schopf co-director Ars Electronica and Gerfried Stocker, Ars Electronica Artistic Director. They were helped by Asimo. All Golden Nicas where awareded to the winning teams. See detailed list of Golden Nicas awards and honorary mentions here. ...
Honda's robot Asimo helped co-host the Ars Electrionica gala evening.
Christine Schopf and Gerfried Stocker
EyeWriter presentation at the Ars Electronica Gala by the whole team:
Zach Lieberman (US), James Powderly (US), Tony Quan (US), Evan Roth, (US), Chris Sugrue (US) and Theo Watson (UK).
Information at:http://www.eyewriter.orgÂ
The Ars Electronica awards, the Golden Nicas, were awarded during the Ars Electronica Gala, September 3 at the Tabakfabrik.The list of Golden Nicas awards:Â COMPUTER ANIMATION / FILM / VFXNuit BlancheArev Manoukian (CA)http://www.arev.ca DIGITAL MUSICS & SOUND ARTrheo: 5 horizonsRyoichi Kurokawa (JP)http://www.ryoichikurokawa.com HYBRID ARTEar on ArmStelarc (AU)http://www.stelarc.va.com.au/http://www.stelarc.va.com.au/projects/earonarm/index.html INTERACTIVE ARTThe E...
Jonathan Schipper Measuring Angst at Ars Electronica. Captured moment whan the bottle explodes.
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Invited Artist
Edwin van der Heide
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