Summermode: On
The Ars Electronica Center is officially in summermode. The festivalteam enjoys the calm before the summerstorm!
“CREATE YOUR WORLD” CAMP in Linz
Summer hasn’t even begun yet and we’re already looking forward to its final month. But it’s easy to see why: u19 – CREATE YOUR WORLD, the 2012 future festival of the next generation, is set for August 30-September 3. This year, the Kinderfreunde, Upper Austria’s youth advocacy organization, is even offering the opportunity to spend...
Smartphone-Security, by FH-Prof. DI Robert Kolmhofer
Smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices that can do more than conventional cell phones have rapidly become an essential part of people’s lives in the workplace and at home. “Always On” is the new credo, as a wide assortment of apps for every facet of life now make it convenient for users to be available...
The Ars Electronica Center gets a Soundlab
The Ars Electronica Center is going to have a Soundlab. You can build your Soundcloudminiatures in it (http://www.aec.at/klangwolke/en/participate/soundcloudminiatures/) or enjoy various soundinstallation. This is part of the room in it’s current stage, the doors open on May, 17th.
LINZ CHANGES at the Spring Fair
Once again this year, the LINZ CHANGES tent is the place to go for some really incredible stuff. So, take advantage of the great weather to make some pleasant discoveries!
On Telecommunications Data Retention by Peter Burgstaller
The law in force since April 1, 2012 that requires public telecommunications service providers to record data about network users’ activities including their geographic location when such activity occurs and to store that data for a period of six months is difficult to reconcile with our constitutional guarantees of the confidentiality of personal data and...
Prix-Jury 2012, Michael Doser, Oy vey vey!
Chinese contemporary art has risen like a red rocket over the past decade; it’s in every gallery, biennale and forward-looking retrospective. The number of artists being promoted is rather small, many of them in and around a nucleus linked to Shanghai, Lorenz Helbling’s Shanghart gallery and the former swiss ambassador to China, Uli Sigg. This...
Prix Ars Electronica 2012, Pre-Jury “Digital Communities”
Symbolic picture The prejury for Prix Ars Electronica 2012 scans through hundreds of submission, here you can see the jury of the category “Digital Communities” (symbolic), consisting of Ingrid Fischer-Schreiber, Peter Kuthan and Romana Leopoldseder.
u19 Jurymeeting
We’ve showcased interesting projects and encouraged you to join the ranks of those producing them. Now, we’re advancing to the next level! With the entry deadline past, it’s time for the u19 – CREATE YOUR WORLD jury to commence its deliberations. Three days long, April 20-22, a five-member panel of experts will convene in Linz...
Ich seh, ich seh, was du nicht siehst
It’s been 13 days since telecommunications data retention went into effect in Austria. For 13 days now, the companies that provide us with the infrastructure that lets us access the wonders of the digital world have been storing data that they had to delete immediately prior to April 1st. When and with whom we talk...