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BLUE – Underwater Tour
h.o. (JP)
Open Days at the Ars Electronica Center, January 2 to 4, 2009
The Danube flows through 10 countries on its almost 3,000-kilometer course through Europe. After 650 kilometers it reaches the Ars Electronica Center in Linz. “BLUE” delivers real-time visualizations of the Danube’s flow speed, wave formation and water level. All sorts of bubbles flow in the virtual Danube, and they’re constantly combing the internet for info about the river and its environs. When visitors make contact with them, they transfer what they know. “BLUE” isn’t just a newsroom; it’s also a clock that reflects the daily passage of time and the course of the seasons. It reacts to day and night, to rain and snow.
Credits: h.o (Hide Ogawa, Emiko Ogawa, Satoshi Onodera, Taizo Zushi), Ars Electronica Futurelab (Woeishi Lean, Sebastian Neitsch), Amt der OÖ Landesregierung Hydrographischer Dienst
For further information on BLUE or h.o. go to: www.howeb.org.
Source: rubra
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