2011 Re-Scripting
Pixelspaces 2011: Re-Scripting
Pixelspaces is an annual series of conferences that the Ars Electronica Futurelab has been hosting since 2001. Attendees take up current issues at the nexus of art, science and society, and discuss them from the perspective of an atelier-laboratory.
The series’ thematic spectrum has undergone steady expansion from its initial focus on computer gaming, architecture and virtual/augmented reality to its present orientation on the R&D work currently in progress at the Ars Electronica Futurelab. *Pixelspaces* has thus established itself as the dynamic hub of a community of artists and scientists that enables conference participants to present their work and to discuss socially relevant issues associated with it.
Re-Scripting
Inspired by the term “script” that sociologist of technology Madeleine Akrich uses to refer to those elements of an electronic device that a priori prescribe users’ options for action and thereby structure them, the term “re-scripting” is meant to refer to changing social circumstances and to bring up the question of new patterns and interrelationships.