	European Soundscape
	Europe is Real
	Europe: A Landscape of Ideas
	Leading Opinions

	Threshold to the Kingdom
	27. Januar 1945
	This is your Victory
	Faces of Europe
	Strength and Opportunities
	Europe all Weather
	Ars Electronica Futurelab

Soundtrack of the Conference

"Europe all Weather"

TV Jam by Thomas Schneider

What could better express the social and cultural similarities and differences to be found in Europe than the way that TV programming is done here—from the design of the studios and the personalities of the moderators (showgirls or stiffly formal quizmasters) to which local issues are emphasized where.

The weather reports are especially fascinating. Where’s the next front coming from? Which way are the winds blowing? (One thinks about the “natural” America-orientation of the British and the Portuguese, about the significance of easterly winds from the Ukraine (Chernobyl) or about desert sand that the hot rain from the Sahara transports often several times a year as far north as Rome or even Liguria.)

Video:
"Europe all Weather " (avi, 89MB)

Cascading imagery amidst a cacophony of foreign tongues—the conference hall’s nine large-format display screens will deliver a presentation of the vibrant diversity as well as stifling, monotonous uniformity of the programming being broadcast by European television networks.

Idea: Klaus Wölfer.
Realization: Ars Electronica Futurelab, Thomas Schneider.