The theme of today at ars electronica was Going to the Country. So we went to the country, […]
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John Maeda curated the Simplicity symposium at ars electronica and i think he did a great job at […]
S.U.I. stands for Smart Urban Intelligence and caricatures the growing tendency towards computer-controlled surveillance of public and private […]
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Paul De Marinis’ The Messenger was awarded the Golden Nica in Interactive Art. The work splices up old-fashioned […]
First day at ars electronica 2006. i was quite reluctant to go this time. Feeling that i’ve seen […]
I’ll be in Linz (Austria) for the Ars Electronica festival until September 4. Will report as usual and […]
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PingPongPixel is a non luminescent interactive display that re-creates huge images using tennistable balls. The system is made […]
I’m always on the lookout for games using CCTV cameras (btw, if you’ve heard of any, please leave […]
Paul De Marinis’ The Messenger deals with the interrelationship between electronic communications technologies and modern lifestyle. The installation […]
Man OS 1 / extraordinateur is a performance that represents on a huge screen the inner workings of […]
The NEtROBOt project aims to establish a new concept of communication over the Internet, getting a feel of […]
With Gulliver’s World, children can create their own theatrical production and allow others to experience it in virtual […]
The elevator installation at the Ars Electronica Center features an application that simulated a virtual space underneath the […]
LUMEN, a research project by Ivan Poupyrev and Tatsushi Nashida from Sony CSL, is a display that presents […]
For morrons like me who missed the Pixelspaces exhibition and panels at Ars Electronica, Ian Wilson has just […]
Pieceoplastic has an excellent review of Ars Electronica. You know, one of those broad roundup i’m too lazy […]
Here’s some notes from Jens Hauser’s talk at the Hybrid Identities symposium, Ars Electronica, on Saturday September 9. […]
Another one spotted at Ars Electronica. The Singing Skeleton Pilot consists of a “skeleton guitar” you must strap […]
The Ladder is a mixed-reality installation. The room is plain apart from a window, cut high into the […]
A few notes taken during the Net Vision forum at Ars Electronica, on Monday, September 5. Image The […]
There were huge photomontages of Action Half Life at the Brucknerhaus during Ars Electronica. This photografic travesty mixes […]
TEMPEST is based on the surveillance technology known as Van Eck Phreaking – computer screen content can be […]
Blow, by Taife Smetschka, is a breath-controlled video installation. There’s a microphone and a projection of a clip […]
The Interface Culture at the Linz University of Art was founded last year by Christa Sommerer and Laurent […]
There’s a pretty cool project by a student of the Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication in London* […]
As you might have noticed, I’m a ridiculously huge fan of Toshio Iwai (thanks so much lovely Yvan […]
Firebirds is based on a scientific experiment from the Victorian area, in which Chichester Bell discovered that a […]
I’m making a sloppy job at blogging the Ars Electronica conference. Jan is doing a much better job […]
The G-Player (Global player), by German artist Jens Brand, works like a CD-player. But instead of playing CDs, […]
At the Architektur Forum in Linz i saw a poster of these “Love arms.” Made entirely by Ujino […]
Yesterday at the Architektur Forum in Linz i caught a glimpse (a glimpse was enough, thank you. As […]
Pussy Weevil is an individual software animated character that responds to the viewer’s distance or proximity. Your position […]
In Interface #4 / tennis V180 two people play tennis using comtuper screens as rackets. The installation bridges […]
I had read about bondage before. I thought “Ok, sounds cool!” but when i saw it this morning […]
Scrapple: A physical active score table, by Golan Levin, is a physical version of the screen-based Audiovisual Environments […]
Jumping Rope is the classic children’s game of jump rope transferred into the digital world. Your skill at […]
I arrived this afternoon at Ars Electronica and, God, i’m here till Tuesday and have the impression i’ll […]
Jan at Piecoplastic has set up a wiki-list for bloggers, mobloggers, wikis, social bookmarks covering ars electronica 2005. […]
This one is for Sascha who was looking for accomodation in Linz during Ars Electronica. Das ParkHotel offers […]
La Pâte à Son (means “sound dough” in french) allows anyone —even those with no training or previous […]