The prize winners in the “Interactive Art” category: Esther Polak, Ieva Auzina and RIXC – Riga Center for New Media Culture (LV/NL) – MILKproject –Golden Nica Mateusz Herczka (NL) – Life Support Systems - Vanda Marc Downie, Shelley Eshkar, Paul Kaiser (US) – how long does the subject linger on the edge of the volume...
Artist Lecture: Theo Jansen (NL): Strandbeest Special Prize of the Jury
The prize winners in the “Digital Musics” category: Maryanne Amacher (US) – TEO! A sonic sculpture –Golden Nica John Oswald (CDN) – plunderphonics Pan Sonic (FI) – KESTO
The prize winners in the “Computer Animation / Visual Effects” category: Tomek Baginski – Platige Image (PL) – Fallen Art –Golden Nica Gaelle Denis – Passion Pictures (FR/UK) – City Paradise Brad Bird – Pixar (US) – The Incredibles
Lecture of the curators of the Animation Festival
Commons & Communities
Social Life in the Digital Age Brucknerhaus Linz 05.09 to 06.09 more
A themed collaboration of Ars Electronica and Ö1 matrix, curated by
Sonja Bettel and Ina Zwerger http://matrix.orf.at Physically speaking, the Internet consists of cables, radio links, routers and satellites. The material infrastructure is seldom the common property of its users and fees must be paid to obtain access to it. Nevertheless, the Internet is widely considered to be a sphere of information and communication whose use is free. Among the chief reasons for this are the gigantic quantities of information and knowledge freely available in it, and the fact that Internet standards are nobody’s private property. These are the pillars supporting the “Digital Commons”, just like free programs and open-source software. What brings digital communities together and what hinders their development? How are digital tools changing cultural capabilities to take action and the latitude for social initiatives?
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