Techtalk vom 13. Oktober 2008

Thema: Ars Electronica

Ars Electronica

➲ When: Thu 4 - Tue 9 September 2008➲ Where: Linz in Österreich➲ Subject: Art, Technology and Society

What is Ars Electronica?

➲ One of the biggest Media Art Festival in Europa

➲ The festival is almost 30 years old➲ Structure of the Event

● Conference Rooms● Panel discussions● art exhibitions● New Media Artist Stands like a trade fair

➲ Objective: A productive discourse betweens scientist and artists, which opens new perspectives

➲ One main issue

Ars Electronica 2008

➲ Issue: A NEW CULTURAL ECONOMY – The Limits of Intellectual Property

➲ Objectives: ● find new business modells ● Find new definitions of knowledge and future trends of (New) Media● Find new concepts for a useful(!) law management● ...

➲ Main Focus: that year it was more from economic perspective

Short Reviews

➲ The Projects● image fulgurator● SamplingPlong● Levelhead● Reactable

➲ Main focus on Interaction Design projects● Especially tangible User Interfaces

➲ My Presentation system:● Short Description● Show some Videos

Image Fulgurator

➲ What is it?● The Image Fulgurator is a device for physically

manipulating photographs. It intervenes when a photo is being taken, without the photographer being able to detect anything. The manipulation is only visible on the photo afterwards.

➲ Links:● http://www.juliusvonbismarck.com/fulgurator/● http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=EAX_3Bgel7M

Sampling Pong

➲ Creating the mouse cursor metapher in a physical Space

➲ Links:● http://www.schroeder-niehage.de/samplingplong.html● http://www.schroeder-niehage.de/samplingplong_video.html

Levelhead

➲ An augmented-reality Memory Game. Find the right exit by rotate the cubes

➲ Links:● http://julianoliver.com/levelhead● http://vimeo.com/1320756

reactable

➲ The reactable is a collaborative electronic music instrument with a tabletop tangible multi-touch interface. Several simultaneous performers share complete control over the instrument by moving and rotating physical objects on a luminous round table surface.

➲ Links:● http://reactable.iua.upf.edu/● http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=0h-RhyopUmc● http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=MPG-LYoW27E

Benefits for Liip

➲ Benefits for Liip?!● Getting inspiration for new projects (Hackday)● Understand our technical-based knowledge more as

a Tool than the main big thing.● Starting some activity in E-Learning programms for

Science Centre?!➲ More Information on my Blog (www.derhess.de)➲ Ars Electronica

● Website: http://www.aec.at/en/festival2008/● Visit Linz and the Media Science Centre! ;-)