Ars Electronica Center

Thu 3.9. – Mon 7.9.
10:00 – 20:30

Tue 8.9.
10:00 – 18:00

www.u19.at

At this year’s Ars Electronica Center exhibition, the spotlight will be on u19 –freestyle computing. The inherently broad spectrum of u19 and the multifaceted entries submitted to it make it the Prix Ars Electronica’s most highly diversified category year after year. Now, for the first time, the prizewinners will be showcased in the new Ars Electronica Center. The honored projects spanned a wide arc once again this year, ranging from perennial favorites like animated films and videos, to Web 2.0 applications and virtual worlds, all the way to extremely elaborate robotics experiments and complex interactive software.

Idea / Concept / Project Management: Susi Windischbauer

See all projects of u19 – freestyle computing

Golden Nica
In den Tiefen
Matej Petrek

Distinction
Having A Wonderful Time
Tarek Kalifa

Distinction
Sound Machines
HLW des Schulvereins der Kreuzschwestern (Benedikt Hageneder, Matthias Jungwirth, Christoph Matscheko, Sigrid Probst, Doris Wimmer, Anna Kitzmüller, Ulrike Rossrucker, Martina Hutterer, Stephanie Figl, Dominik Rainer, André Mayr, Daniela Leitner, Thomas Rupp, Daniela Schmid, Helene Wild, Victoria Preuer)

Merchandise Prize u10 Index 137
Sieben auf einen Streich
Volksschule Neußerling (Raphael Birngruber, Laura Fischerlehner, Richard Prommer, Kerstin Füchsl, Lukas Prammer, Martin Donner, Jakob Hacklbauer)

Merchandise Prize u14
Lego Chemie
Hauptschule Dr.-Aloys-Weissenbach Telfs (Elena Kihr, Gerald Körber, Johannes Christler, Marcel Pfurtscheller, Simon Neurauter, Philip Mader, Matthias Zeni, Andreas Muigg, Simon Draxler, Tolga Cosar, Fachlehrer Andreas Bellony)

Honorary Mention
Buddytown.AT
Daniel Stocker
http://buddytown.at/

www.daskonzept.at
Maximillian Zinner
Fabian Todt
http://www.daskonzept.at/

CityFlow – Urban Climate Simulation
Oliver Spies, Andreas Mursch-Radlgruber, Michael Kappel, Stefan Pozar
http://www.cityflow.at/

Stop Motion Lightshow
Thomas Niedermaier

Music Robot
Johannes Masanz

IOCC – Die Polizei im Rennen gegen die Zeit
Alexander Niederklapfer, David Wurm, Magdalena Wurm, Ehrentraud Hager

Melt
Nana Susanne Thurner

Semantic Tag Cloud
HTL Donaustadt (Sinja Hemer, Jasmin Haider)
http://wechselwirkungen.biz/stc/

Robot Control with Mobile Phone Motion
HTL Braunau (Leo Höckner)

european II ways
Franz Fellinger

Brucknerhaus, History Lounge

The presentation of the awarded projects in the Prix Ars Electronica’s “Digital Communities” category.

Special Mention
Grass Mud Horse

Brucknerhaus, Großer Saal

An evening totally dedicated to the artists themselves. The 2008 Ars Electronica gala featuring the presentation of the Golden Nicas to the Prix Ars Electronica prizewinners is one of the Festival’s highlights.

By invitation only

The Golden Nicas and Prizes go to:

Iriz Pääbo (CA) / National Film Board of Canada
HA’Aki
Golden Nica Computer Animation / Film / VFX

Bill Fontana (US)
Speeds of Time versions 1 and 2
Golden Nica Digital Musics

Eduardo Kac (US)
with his scientific partners Neil Olszewski, Department of Plant Biology and Neil Anderson, Department of Horticultural Science, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
Natural History of the Enigma
Golden Nica Hybrid Art

Lawrence Malstaf (BE)
Courtesy Galerie Fortlaan 17 – Gent (BE)
Nemo Observatorium
Golden Nica Interactive Art

HiperBarrio
http://hiperbarrio.org
Golden Nica Digital Communities

Matej Petrek (AT)
In den Tiefen
Golden Nica u19 – freestyle computing

Simon Shaw-Miller (UK)
Eye hEar: Music, Art, Film & the Culture of Synaesthesia
Winner Media.Art.Research Award

Open_Sailing_Crew (UK)
Open Sailing
Winner [the next idea] voestalpine Art and Technology Grant

Project Management: Bianca Petscher

Screendesign: checksum5 (joreg, rainer kohlberger)

From 9 PM performance on the façade of the Ars Electronica Center

Sat 5.9.
8:00 PM and 10:30 PM

OK Offenes Kulturhaus Oberösterreich (Sommerkino)

A big-screen showing of the prizewinning works in the 2009 Prix Ars Electronica’s Computer Animation/ Film / VFX.

HA’Aki Iriz Pääbo (CA) / National Film Board of Canada

SKHIZEIN Jeremy Clapin, Jean-François Sarazin (FR) / DARK PRINCE

The Nest That Sailed The Sky Glenn Marshall (UK), Music by Peter Gabriel
The Dark Knight Dominique Vidal (FR) / BUF Compagnie

Dix Bif (FR) / Autour de Minuit Productions & The Mill

WALL*E Andrew Stanton (US) / Pixar Animation Studios

World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King – Intro Cinematic Jeff Chamberlain, Phillip Hillenbrand (US) / Blizzard Entertainment, Inc.

Urs Moritz Mayerhofer (DE)

FRENCH ROAST Fabrice O. Joubert (FR) / Pumpkin Factory / Bibo Films

Boris Daniel Lundquist (AT)

CHICK Michal Socha (PL) / Platige Image

The Spine Chris Landreth (CA) / National Film Board of Canada
This Way Up Smith & Foulkes (UK) / Nexus Productions Ltd

Audi ‘Unboxed’ Russell Brooke (UK), Aaron Duffy (US) / Passion Pictures, 1^st Ave Machine

Harmonix ‘Rock Band II’ Pete Candeland (AU) / Passion Pictures

The OK Offenes Kulturhaus Oberösterreich presents a selection of the best projects in the Prix Ars Electronica’s Interactive Art and Hybrid Art category.

Opening:
September 3rd 2009, 5.00 PM

Press conference:
September 3rd 2009, 11.30 AM

Opening hours:
During the Festival Ars Electronica 10.00 AM – 10.00 PM
September 10th – October 4th, 11.00 AM – 22.00 PM

See all projects of Cyberarts 2009

Foto: rubra

Fri 4.9.
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM

Brucknerhaus, Mittlerer Saal

The Award of Distinction winners in the “Hybrid Art” category

Steve Lambert (US) member of Because We Want It – The New York Times Special Edition
David Haines (UK), Joyce Hinterding (AU) – EarthStar

Participants of the Forum

Jens Hauser (DE/FR) – Member of the Jury
Steve Lambert (US)
David Haines (UK), Joyce Hinterding (AU)

Foto: rubra

Sun 6.9.
3:30PM – 4:30 PM

Brucknerhaus, Mittlerer Saal

The Award of Distinction winners in the “Interactive Art” category

Osman Khan, Kim Beck (US) – when laughter trips at the threshold of the divine
Jens Wunderling (DE) – default to public

Participants of the Forum

Andy Cameron (UK) – Member of the Jury
Osman Khan, Kim Beck (US)
Jens Wunderling (DE)

Foto: rubra

Mon 7.9.
10:00 AM – 11.30 AM

Brucknerhaus, Mittlerer Saal

The prize winners in the “Digital Musics” category

Bill Fontana (US) – Speeds of Time versions 1 and 2 – Golden Nica
Tristan Perich (US) – “Active Field” for ten violins and ten-channel 1-bit music
Antoine Schmitt, Jean-Jacques Birgé (FR) – NABAZ’MOB

Participants of the Forum

Sabine Breitsameter (DE) – Member of the Jury
Bill Fontana (US)
Tristan Perich (US)
Antoine Schmitt, Jean-Jacques Birgé (FR)

Foto: rubra

Mon 7.9.
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM

Brucknerhaus, Mittlerer Saal

The prize winners in the “Computer Animation / Film / VFX” category

Iriz Pääbo (CA) / National Film Board of Canada – HA’Aki – Golden Nica

Jeremy Clapin, Jean-François Sarazin (FR) / DARK PRINCE – SKHIZEIN
Glenn Marshall (UK) – The Nest That Sailed The Sky

Participants of the Forum

Jürgen Hagler (AT) – Member of the Jury
Iriz Pääbo (CA)
Jeremy Clapin, Jean-François Sarazin (FR)
Glenn Marshall (UK)

Foto: rubra

Mon 7.9.
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM

Brucknerhaus, Mittlerer Saal

The prize winners in the “Digital Communities” category

HiperBarrio – http://hiperbarrio.org – Golden Nica

WikiLeaks – http://wikileaks.org

Piratbyrån – http://www.piratbyran.org/

Participants of the Forum

David Sasaki (US) – Member of the Jury
Gabriel Jaime Vanegas, Álvaro Ramírez Ospina (CO)
Daniel Berg (DE), Julian Assagne (AU)
Rasmus Fleischer (SE)

Foto: rubra

Ars Electronica Center, SkyLoft (Ebene 3)

The prize winners in the “u19 – freestyle computing” category

Robot Control with Mobile Phone Motion – Honorary Mention
Leo Höckner

CityFlow – Urban Climate Simulation – Honorary Mention
Oliver Spies, Andreas Mursch-Radlgruber, Michael Kappel, Stefan Pozar

Buddytown.AT – Honorary Mention
Daniel Stocker

Sound Machines – Distinction
HLW des Schulvereins der Kreuzschwestern

Sat 5.9.
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

80+1 Basecamp, Hauptplatz

Lego Chemie – Merchandise Prize u14
Hauptschule Dr.-Aloys-Weissenbach Telfs

Firesnake – Winner Bugnplay – Schweiz
Sandro Bertozzi
Sven Fässler

marry your pet – Winner MB21 – Deutschland
Caroline von Eichhorn

OK Offenes Kulturhaus Oberösterreich (Mediendeck)

They populate abstruse, bizarre and often ominous realms of the imagination, live through the most fantastic plots, turn the law of gravity on its head, and draw upon unlimited energy reserves. More and more of the 21^st century’s film stars aren’t flesh-and-blood creatures; the source of their vitality is bits and bytes. The content spectrum of Computer Animations —as reflected by the 500 works from all over the world submitted for prize consideration to Prix Ars Electronica 2009—is virtually unlimited. These efforts range from experimental-abstract productions, sound visualizations, short cuts and special effects all the way to classic narrative filmmaking.

The 15 programs that make up the 2009 Ars Electronica Animation Festival’s lineup once again showcase the outstanding work currently being done at artists’ ateliers, universities and film academies as well as in the production studios of the film and advertising industries.

Curated by Christine Schöpf (AT) / Jürgen Hagler (AT)
Screendesign, Trailer, Concept & Animation by Claus Helfenschneider & Alexander Piringer (AT)
Directed by Claus Helfenschneider
Project Management: Bianca Petscher

Animal Worlds
When a rookery of penguins says adios to the Arctic ice and relocates to the southern tropics, when a dispute between two rats turns into a mass brawl, when dogs bicker and cats caterwaul, then action’s afoot in the animal kingdom, which once again proves: all God’s creatures got feelings!

Blood&Fight
They fight: against society, with themselves, for survival. They stumble through existence on this mortal coil, wounded, at the mercy of fate, harried, hunted, persecuted. They struggle beyond the limits, to the point of bloodshed—their own and that of the others. If it’s goodnight stories you seek, friend, look elsewhere!

Dark Stories
Nightmares hidden behind masks awaken, twisted paths lead into the unknown, abysses yawn, apprehensions, anxieties and dark fantasies surface. Verily I say unto thee: these are no messages of good cheer. Only for strong nerves.

Animated Psycho
When ones internal equilibrium gets well out of whack and the sky is falling; when one feels deserted by all friends and gods alike; when one seeks shelter from the storm: mental states of emergency manifest themselves in these films in therapeutic dialogues and transforming bodies.

Late Night
Offbeat perspectives, subversive standpoints, spiced with trashy visuals and a dollop of sex&crime—these are the ingredients of this late-night snack. Not necessarily for diners of all ages but by all means tasty fare for a relaxed chill-out.

Motion Patterns
These films play with perspective and perception. Generative image design is the painting of the 21^st century.

Inner & Outer Spaces
Utopian landscapes like saline deserts and alien terrains, architecture and spaces in motion emerge and reformulate themselves in continuously shifting perspectives. Space and time get a bit blurred.

Narration
These are real-life stories. Or might have been. Or those that could only have happened in a dream. They tell of love, of the desire to flee, of protecting and helping, of deceptions and lies.

Position & Message
If you haven’t already stumbled across this stuff online, here it is neatly packaged: opinions, communiqués, statements and critiques. In short, what all sorts of people have to say on a wide variety of topics.

Short Cuts
Of course, it would be possible to give much more elaborate accounts of these matters, but this works too: succinct, colorful and entertaining. Just like it says, short cuts!

Sound & Vision
The interplay of image and sound already has a long tradition in computer animation. This program spotlights current examples of visual music: inseparable, sensual, lyrical …

Visual Effects
What’s real; what’s virtual? It’s increasingly difficult for observers to draw the dividing line. Considering what we encounter in films, TV shows and commercials nowadays, it seems nothing’s impossible anymore.

Japanese Animation
Visual imaginativeness and unconventional narrative forms characterize animation made in Japan. This program curated by the Japan Media Arts Festival showcases a cross-section of artistic productions from recent years.

Mexican Animation
ANIMASIVO, Contemporary animation forum, is pursuing to promote creation, production and massive diffusion of animated works as an art form and contemporary expression. This project is impulsed by the Festival of Mexico, with a triple profile: it´s a youth animation contest, an exhibition platform for consolidated artists and an animated art academic space.

Download PDF of detailed program

Filming and photographing during the screening is prohibited.

Witty, off-beat, subtle, tragic and serious animated work produced by young filmmakers will be screened during the festival in the Ars Electronica Center and the OK Offenes Kulturhaus Oberösterreich.

Every year, gifted young directors and filmmakers submit their shorts to u19 – freestyle computing, the Prix Ars Electronica’s category for kids and young adults. The greatest hits will be featured in young animations. And once again this year, the lineup will include great work by creative youngsters from other countries: Switzerland (bugnplay – The Youth Competition of migros/kulturprozent) und Germany (MB21).