Every year, Linz’s University of Art hosts an exhibition by artists associated with an international institution of higher learning whose curriculum takes an innovative approach to teaching media art and media culture. The 2006 guest is the University of Art & Design in Helsinki, Finland and its Media Lab. Beta Lounge presents works by students and output from the Media Lab’s four research groups. The projects on display deal with such diverse topics as digital cultural heritage, e-learning, advanced interactive audiovisual narrative systems as well as the process of empowering human beings to enable them to profit from the development of digital technology and to upgrade their lifestyles through the use of digital tools.

Beta Lounge Projects:

Animaatiokone, Mikko Lindholm, Perttu Hämäläinen, Ari Nykänen
Aquatic, Marianne Decoster-Taivalkoski
Consumer Gadget, Wesa Aapro
Dignity Nation, Kalle Määttä representing the Global Dignity project
Emotional Communication, Michihito Mizutani
Emotions in Man, Kati Åberg
Equilibrium, Media Arsonists
The EyeSight, Viara Gentchev, Viki Ølgod, Ksenia Avetisova
IMPROVe, Richard Widerberg, Zeenath Hasan
Johnny Crash & Johnny Crash Stuntman Does Texas, Teemu Kivikangas, Sumea Studio, Digital Chocolate, Inc.
Joutokäynti - Idle Running, Kristian Simolin
Metamorphosis, Teemu Kivikangas, Richard Widerberg
MobileArtBlog, Jürgen Scheible
MobiLenin, Jürgen Scheible
Molly | Case, Miikka Junnila, Andrei Khrupa, Anssi Mutanen, Noora Ojala, Karoliina Talvitie-Lamberg
Never Ending Credits, Xin Li, Eirik Fatland
Painted into air, Wille Mäkelä
Päämaja /Headquarters, Helena Hyvärinen, Reka Kiraly, Cvijeta Miljak
QuiQui's Giant Bounce, Johanna Höysniemi, Perttu Hämäläinen
Ruby, Meeri Mäkäräinen
Sankari Show, Petri Kola & Minna Nurminen
Snowman in Hell, Miikka Junnila, Tanja Bastamow, Janne Kaasalainen, Miska Natunen, Jürgen Scheible
Solar Duo Project, Koray Tahiroglu, Joni Lyytikäinen
Tikki, Heli Ellis, Laura Palosaari, Anne Dahlgren, Anne Parkkali, Liz Lehtonen, Ville Raitio, Taneli Bruun, Maria Palaväki, Katja Pällijef
UMBRA, Markku Nousiainen
What You Do Is What You Hear ! , Kalle Mäntsälä & Matthieu Savary
Word in Space, Jürgen Scheible

Crucible Studio Research Group projects:
Accidental Lovers
Tulse Luper Journey
Bot Alchemy
new millennium, new media
In the Hood
RuneDance

Learning Environments Research Group projects:
Young Digital Creators
MobilED
LeMill / CALIBRATE
Art, Design and Technology in the Arab States

Systems of Representation Research Group projects:
Map of Mexico 1550 (Digital Facsimile)
CIPHER
Illuminating History: Through the Eyes of Media

ARKI Research Group projects:
Emerging digital practices of communities (ADIK)
P2P-FUSION
Mediaspaces
Enabling community communication platforms and applications (Encompas)
Intelligent cities for the next generation (ICING)