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Ars Electronica : Biggest New Media Festival

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Sunday September 5, 2004 @07:22PM 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"

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at last by thexdane · 2004-09-05 19:28 · Score: 5, Funny

finally i am able to wear my homemade tron outfit and actually fit in
Yes! by nijk · 2004-09-05 19:31 · Score: 5, Funny

interactive plant growing Shit, I can't wait!
1. Re:Yes! by Anonymous Coward · 2004-09-05 19:36 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  A missing punctuation mark makes your comment even more interesting.. Must be some plant...
  
  +10 to sheapshearer, please.
Re:And the bearded among you by diesterne · 2004-09-05 20:29 · 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:
- Net Vision: Creative Commons
- Interactive Art: Listening Post (This one is really cool when you're standing in front of it IRL)
- Computer Animation: Chris Landreth (CAN)
- Digital Musics: Thomas Koener (GER)
- Digital Communities: Wikipedia
- u19 freestyle computing: GPS::Tron
Many of the installations sent in for the Prix are exhibited in the OK museum in Linz as well as the Ars Electronica Center.