In the Copy Plant workshop, young people get an active, hands-on introduction to all the steps involved in copying plants under laboratory conditions. Plus, they’ll take a look at current developments and critical aspects of green genetic engineering, and also check out what artists have been up to in this area.

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Every person has his/her own unique genetic fingerprint based on an individual DNA sequence. Here, young people will learn very practical methods and fields of application of DNA analysis, and also discuss why DNA analyses should also be viewed critically.

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Microcosmonauts are young researchers who utilize microscopes to look deep into the microcosm and discover new worlds there. During this workshop, kids will be assigned certain tasks to accomplish. Successfully doing so earns them a Microcosmonaut Certificate.

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How are robots programmed and how can they perceive and react to their surroundings by means of sensors? Young people will be dealing with these and other questions when they get familiar with—and learn to program—LEGO NXT robots.

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How do we want to get around in the future? Do we want to get from point A to point B as fast as we can or in a way that is as environmentally friendly as possible—or both? We will use simple materials (like balloons and wooden wheels) to demonstrate and experiment with basic technical phenomena like propulsion. Then, creative youngsters can try their hands at building futuristic vehicles of their own.

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NANK (AT/DE) is staging four workshops and/or excursions in conjunction with u19 CREATE YOUR WORLD. high tech.high touch entails intensive use of screwdrivers and soldering irons. Youngsters will work with Nora Dibowski (AT) to build LED cubes and LED textiles together in such a way that they react to each other. The materials include compostable and thus biodegradable circuits. On the malecón von linz city walking tour, representatives of the FAB (AT) educational facility and Schwemmland (AT) association will teach youngsters about the aquaponics agricultural cycle principle and they’ll put it into practice together. outside the box – kopf schlägt kapital is the name of the game when the 3D visualization & mobile solutions experts from Friendly Fire Wien (AT) program an application for smartphones together with young people. Tateti (Spanish for cheese cupboard) is designed to facilitate people swapping things they don’t need any more. Finally, NANK throws himself into videopiracy—works with and by youngsters will be documented on video and the people of Linz will be confronted with spontaneous presentations at various spots around town.

Mi 31.8. Eröffnung Bühne LED Cube, Aquaponic Anlage und NANK Videos etc.

CONTINUITY
NANK (AT/DE)
Mi/Wed 31.8. – Di/Tue 6.9., 10:00 – 19:00
Ars Electronica Quarter, Trockendock und Landgang

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In these Jungle Worlds media designers from Linz Art University (AT) will offer a week-long series of workshops that give youngsters a chance to get hands-on experience with simple media techniques on the computer. At Comic Life they can invent their own personal graphic narratives and formulate them as comic strips. At the Paint workshop budding artists create jungle plants right on the screen. In the Sound workshop, participants can produce jungle sounds and assemble them into an exotic sound collage.

DSCHUNGELWELTEN – WIR ERSCHAFFEN UNS EINE NEUE WELT
Kunstuniversität Linz (AT) / Studiengang Mediengestaltung
Ars Electronica Quarter, Trockendock

COMIC LIFE
Mi/Wed 31.8. – Di/Tue 6.9., 12:00 – 14:00, 15:00 – 17:00
Für Kinder und Jugendliche von 7-19 Jahren

PAINT
Mi/Wed 31.8. – Di/Tue 6.9., 11:00 – 17:00
Für Kinder und Jugendliche von 5-19 Jahren

SOUND
Mi/Wed 31.8. – Di/Tue 6.9., 11:00 – 13:00, 15:00 – 17:00
Für Kinder und Jugendliche von 10-19 Jahren

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Sound Tossing is an alternative form of street art in which sound subversively intrudes into the cityscape. Small sound generators hooked up to loudspeakers are thrown onto overhead electric wires, buildings and trees, from which they emit their acoustic signals and provoke annoyance in their immediate vicinity. Reinhard Gupfinger (AT) shows you how to build your own Sound Tossing tools.

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Computers are getting smaller and more inconspicuous. As so-called wearables, they can be integrated unobtrusively into everyday objects. They’re even making incursions into our clothes. The Digital Media working group at the University of Bremen (DE) will help workshop participants develop and implement their own ideas for wearables of the future.

TECHKREATIV – INTELLIGENTE KLEIDUNG
Universität Bremen (DE) / Arbeitsgruppe dimeb
Mi/Wed 31.8. – So/Sun 4.9., 10:00 – 17:00
Ars Electronica Quarter, Trockendock

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Happy Lab offers not only space but also the necessary machines to enable you to bring your own project to fruition. Here, (almost) anything can be built—learning by doing is the uncomplicated principle. Lab users can learn with and from each other. It’s also a congenial gathering & meeting place for people of all ages interested in technology.

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