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Ars Electronica : Biggest New Media Festival

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the playing-with-the-world dept.

Brainsur writes "Live from Linz, Austria. At this moment the biggest Festival for new media and digital art is having place in Linz, Austria. Ars Electronica started in 1979 as a small group of nerds that came togheter to produce cyberarts, digital avant-garde media, digital electronic music and more. Now 25 years later you can experiment with all kinds of new technologies such as walk the internet with SevenMileBoots, interactive plant growing, tracing communications, Pixelspaces, ... If you are around it's definitely worth a visit. Check it out at Ars Electronica"

9 of 47 comments (clear)

  1. at last by thexdane · · Score: 5, Funny

    finally i am able to wear my homemade tron outfit and actually fit in

  2. Yes! by nijk · · Score: 5, Funny

    interactive plant growing Shit, I can't wait!

    1. Re:Yes! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      A missing punctuation mark makes your comment even more interesting.. Must be some plant...

      +10 to sheapshearer, please.

  3. Am I the only one... by Nos. · · Score: 4, Funny

    Who after reading the post and browsing through the site still doesn't have a very clear idea of what this is about?

    1. Re:Am I the only one... by shfted! · · Score: 4, Funny

      That, my friend, describes most good art ;)

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  4. Shuffle the words by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Electronic Media Festival: Biggest New Arse

  5. And the bearded among you by Tuvai · · Score: 4, Informative

    May enjoy Prix Ars Eletronica - The international CyberArts competition

    1. Re:And the bearded among you by diesterne · · Score: 5, Informative

      Unfortunately the Ars Electronica site is rather complex :/ For those who weren't able to find out (it's a lot of clicking), the Prix Ars Electronica, which is awarded in six different categories, is worth 5.000 Euros. Winners this year are:

      Many of the installations sent in for the Prix are exhibited in the OK museum in Linz as well as the Ars Electronica Center.

  6. An announcement for this would be nice... by sean@thingsihate.org · · Score: 4, Insightful

    All the time slashdot has these stories "I'm here at the whatever convention..." and there's never any announcement before-hand that it's going on.

    Surely announcing this kind of stuff is just as news-for-nerd-worthy as what's on the next episode of cowboy bebop or whatever it is

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