Here, kids have the opportunity to invent a neighborhood utopia and build it as a virtual 3D model. Construction progress is constantly displayed on a large-format projection screen to let everybody see how these youthful visions are coming along.

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This “hybrid playground” is just the thing for folks who like playing video games AND hanging out in the park. Here, the real world is linked up with virtual elements. The artists of lalalab equip a tiny electronic device with network-linked sensors. On a monitor, players are given assignments that they have to carry out on the various pieces of equipment on the “real” playground. Armbands worn by the players send data to a server which computes and displays the score.

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In many countries, especially in the world’s poorer regions, it’s not customary to buy toys and give them as gifts. So children make their toys themselves. The toys tell of their dreams and wishes as well as their fears. Claudia and Ilse Trupp (AT) help kids do something new: to build their own cars, planes and other toys out of recycled materials.

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Lädolar is an impressive way for young people to see how interesting the crafts & trades can be. In 16 small, creatively designed containers on wheels, the artisans of tomorrow can experience the diversity of the crafts & trades and get acquainted with the many different materials, techniques and applications they entail.

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In the BioLab, hackteria will show youngsters the world of microorganisms like protozoa, algae and fungi, and what it takes to perform experiments on them. This normally entails expensive equipment, but it’s low-tech infrastructure being deployed this time. Hacktería offers courses on how to clone plants, investigate cells and analyze DNA.

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“Make Your Own Stuff!!” is the motto. Kids can drop by whenever they have the time and the inclination. They’ll learn to construct tiny electronic switches that can be combined to produce a “Vive-la-Resistance” noisemaker/synthesizer or a light seeker mini-robot.

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Sweet Susie (AT), Dub Club icon, cultural worker and curator in the field of music and visual arts, motivates young women to utilize digital technology to compose and produce their own music. The workshop provides an introduction to sound production using software that enables users to record, arrange, program beats, (re)mix and orchestrate live performances.

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Finally there is a way to use the energy generated by runners, cyclists etc efficiently. The simple solution: hooking up generators to the devices’ wheels to produce energy for culture. Then it’s time to join the pack of cyclists who will be generating the juice for the big concert by GelbGut (AT) on the Main Deck’s Open Stage. You’ve got to be in shape: If there’s a power outage, the sound is history!

HUMAN POWER STATION
OTELO (AT), Produktionsschule Wels (AT), Produktionsschule Steyr (AT)
Mi/Wed 31.8. – Di/Tue 6.9., 10:00 – 19:00
Konzert mit GelbGut (AT): Mo/Mon 5.9., 20:30
Ars Electronica Quarter, Trockendock und Maindeck

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The Open Source Gardens developed by the Vorchdorf Boy Scouts & Girl Scouts and OTELO are mobile raised beds set up in public spaces. In conjunction with u19 CREATE YOUR WORLD, Stefan Reiter (AT) and the OTELO crew are conceiving and producing shrewd upgrades such as irrigation equipment, a rainwater collection device and an automatic fertilizer system. And who knows what else the participants will come up with …

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A 3D printer builds a 3D printer that builds a 3D printer … that’s the principle of the 3D Printer Factory by OTELO (AT). There will be a new construction for each new printer.

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