PROGRAM, 2011-09-02
Kieselschule
02.09.2011 10:00-19:00
Die Kieselschule ist ein musikalisches Curriculum zur Gewaltprävention für Grundschulen und Kindergärten.
Musik befriedigt als besondere Mitteilungsform die Bedürfnisse des Kindes nach Hören, Erleben, Gestalten und Kommunizieren intensiv. Gleichzeitig stimuliert sie die Entwicklung der sozialen und emotionalen Kompetenzen. Werden diese gestärkt, greifen Kinder in spannungsreichen und ko
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Viertelwelten
02.09.2011 10:00-19:00
Small-scale conquests / Kids on the block. Viertelwelten focuses on outlying districts, the parts of town often dismissed as insignificant parts of the city but whose diversity or uniformity turns out to be a decisive determinant of a city’s character. Viertelwelten isn’t an exhibition trying to get something across to kids. Instead, it regards kids as the experts, and the messages are address
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Sound Tossing
02.09.2011 10:00-19:00
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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DIE ZUKUNFT LIEGT IN UNSEREN HÄNDEN
02.09.2011 10:00-18:00
All over the world, young people have hopes and fears, big ideas and concrete problems. Networking online offers new opportunities to share solutions to global challenges, but what it doesn’t provide for is personal encounter and passing on knowledge and experience. The Youth Future Project lets young people come face to face with good role models like winners of the Nobel Peace Prize and the Al
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TechnoPhoneKit
02.09.2011 14:00-16:00
So Kanno (JP)
Für Jugendliche von 12-19 Jahren
In everyday life, we’re surrounded by technology. Kanno (JP) and Yamamoto (JP) will demonstrate the extent to which that is so with his open source tool TechnophoneKit that makes electromagnetic waves and light emissions of various devices visible. In their intensive workshop, they will show young technology enthusiasts how to put together a T
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polymobil
02.09.2011 10:00-19:00
A new take on catering: The polymobil is a bright red three-wheeler, features fold-out counters, is equipped with a pizza oven—and really works! Why? That’s simple: because it can bake pizzas and other tasty treats.
polymobil
Andreas Strauss (AT), SchülerInnen der Polytechnischen Schule Ottensheim (AT)
Mi/Wed 31.8. – Di/Tue 6.9., 10:00 – 19:00
Ars Electronica Quarter, Kombüse
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MIRAGE00
02.09.2011 10:00-19:00
Discover a truly fascinating instrument: the mirage00. This audiovisual technical marvel is not only a musical instrument that can be played intuitively; it simultaneously produces a visualization of the resulting sound.
MIRAGE00
Kouji Ohno (JP), Tesuya Yamamoto (JP), Nobu Miake (JP)
Do/Thu 1.9., 23:00 – 24:00
Ars Electronica Center, Kajüte
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Open House dorf tv
02.09.2011 10:00-19:00
Open House im dorf tv-Studio im Schirmmacher am Hauptplatz: Create your TV-show with your ideas! dorf tv sendet zum Festival u19 CREATE YOUR WORLD täglich live von FestivalkooperationspartnerInnen gestaltete Sendungen und überträgt die Symposien der Ars Electronica am 2., 3. und 4. September.
Der offene Kanal bietet den Zukunftsideen und Projekten eine mediale Plattform für ihre Inhalte. Ga
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Bench Mark - Hinter meiner, vorder meiner
02.09.2011 10:00-19:00
Bench Mark links up four park benches in downtown Linz via the internet. The benches react to their users by displaying an LED signal that indicates whether (and at which location) a potential conversational partner is presently seated on one of the benches.
Bench Mark verbindet drei Parkbänke in der Linzer Innenstadt via Internet. Die Bänke reagieren auf ihre BenutzerInnen, indem sie m
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NANK Continuity
02.09.2011 10:00-19:00
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 vo
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ALLtag
02.09.2011 10:00-19:00
What we refer to here as ALLtag is a consequence of motion through outer space [All in German]. These movements cannot be experienced directly. ALLtag attempts to enable installation visitors to perceive these dynamics that are inaccessible to everyday experience. A constant tonal triad sonifies the respective rotational speeds of three locations on the Earth’s surface: Graz, Judenburg and Bairi
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Das mobile Ö1 Atelier: Die Welt der Wissenschaft
02.09.2011 10:00-21:00
The Mobile Ö1 Atelier will be set up on Linz’s Main Square (Hauptplatz) to mediate the encounter with science and the men and women behind the discoveries. Experts explain why basic research is so important and what sort of creative scope and developmental possibilities result from it. As a special treat for young people attending u19 CREATE YOUR WORLD, the Mobile Ö1 Atelier will host a simulc
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dorf tv
02.09.2011 19:30-20:30
Open house at the dorf tv studio in Schirmmacher on Hauptplatz: Create your TV show with your ideas! dorf tv will be broadcasting live from u19 CREATE YOUR WORLD on a daily basis. Content will be provided by festival associates, and there will also be a broadcast of the Ars Electronica Symposia September 2-4.
Zur Website von dorf tv
dorf tv (AT)
Mi/Wed 31.8. – Di/Tue 6.9., 10:00 – 19:00
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Physik macht cool!
02.09.2011 10:00-14:00
How do you catch tiny atoms? And how do you cool them down to a temperature colder than the coldest freezer? This interactive exhibition explains trapping atoms and cooling lasers. Here, curious youngsters can have fun aiming the laser at matter and experiencing how collisions of light particles can be harnessed to make atoms a million times colder than outer space. You can get the answers to thes
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PARTICIPATE!
02.09.2011 10:00-18:00
The internet has become young people’s universal medium, and the cell phone they use on a daily basis is something they now take completely for granted. Experienced media trainers will endow this brave new world of media with emancipatory and participative approaches. In doing so, they’ll be helping young people learn how media work and understand background factors. Participants will produce
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u19 Exhibit
02.09.2011 10:00-19:00
This will be a colorful show indeed! The u19 Exhibit features this year’s 15 winners in the Prix Ars Electronica’s u19 – freestyle computing category. One very special project is Weltherberge Schulhaus (World Hostel Schoolhouse), a multipart installation produced collaboratively by two Upper Austrian schools, Linz High School for Artistic Design (AT) and Leonding Polytechnic School (AT). Par
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Young Animations
02.09.2011 10:00-19:00
The Young Animations lineup features witty, offbeat, subtle, tragic and serious works of animation produced by young people. Every year, gifted filmmakers submit their animated works to u19 – freestyle computing (AT), bugnplay (CH), MB21 (DE), C3<19 (HU) and animanie (CZ). A selection will be screened at u19 CREATE YOUR WOLRD.
TIERE
Blackboard Bird (u19 / AT)
Patrick Kloss, Alexander L
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[the next idea] voestalpine Art and Technology Grant
02.09.2011 10:00-19:00
[the next idea] voestalpine Art and Technology Grant ist ein von voestalpine und Ars Electronica jährlich ausgeschriebenes Kunst- und Technologie-Stipendium. Es würdigt inspirierende, neue und ungewöhnliche Ideen für die Zukunft und unterstützt ihre Weiterentwicklung. Künstlerische und soziale Innovationen sind dabei genauso gefragt wie Vorhaben mit technologischen oder wissenschaftliche
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Erfinderladen
02.09.2011 10:00-19:00
Here, shoppers can find things that actually aren’t even available yet. Time as an objet d’art, books with clothes hooks, elegant chair socks, and lots more—from little gift items to seriously big ideas, there’s something here for everyone. Plus, a small in-house museum features prototypes and mock-ups that deliver interesting insights into the inventor’s world.
ERFINDERLADEN (DE/AT)
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fhCUBE – Auf der Suche nach der verlorenen Wahrheit
02.09.2011 10:00-19:00
In these video communiqués creative young people from all over Austria tell how they envision the world of tomorrow. The depiction of the Earth as a Rubik’s Cube is meant to symbolize the seemingly infinite possibilities of our future. Many more interviews will be conducted during the festival.
fhCUBE – AUF DER SUCHE NACH DER VERLORENEN WAHRHEIT
FH St. Pölten (AT)
Mi/Wed 31.8. – D
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Ether Inductor
02.09.2011 10:00-19:00
The Ether Inductor equipped with high-performance sensors stages a playful encounter of two persons initially separated by a dark partition. If the two protagonists successfully carry out motion assignments issued on a display, the partition gradually becomes transparent and optical contact become possible.
ETHER INDUCTOR
Team Mitoh (JP), roomoot (JP)
Marika Hayashi, Ryuma Niiyama, Takash
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u19 Ceremony
02.09.2011 10:30-12:30
u19 Ceremony
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u19 Forum
02.09.2011 14:00-17:00
At the PRIX FORUM u19, winners in this year’s u19 – freestyle computing category and those honored with other international media prizes for young people will present their projects.
Bikemap App
Felix Krause (AT)
Winner Honorary Mentiotion u19- freestyle computing 2011
Der Uhrmacher und sein Refugium
Kiana Nashineh (DE)
Winner Special Prize Media Art mb21 2010, Germany
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Teilchen & Kosmos
02.09.2011 13:00-14:00
The Institute of High Energy Physics (AT) offers a glimpse behind the scenes of scientific research. The Cosmic Radiation workshop gives an up-close look at the state of the universe shortly after The Big Bang. At The Secret of Particles from Outer Space, kids can enter a kind of spark chamber and experience how mysterious particles from the cosmos bombard Earth. The 3-D film Inside LHC accompanie
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Teilchen & Kosmos
02.09.2011 19:00-20:00
The Institute of High Energy Physics (AT) offers a glimpse behind the scenes of scientific research. The Cosmic Radiation workshop gives an up-close look at the state of the universe shortly after The Big Bang. At The Secret of Particles from Outer Space, kids can enter a kind of spark chamber and experience how mysterious particles from the cosmos bombard Earth. The 3-D film Inside LHC accompanie
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Cosmic Origin
02.09.2011 10:00-13:00
Top experts will convey their astronomical knowledge to novices, intermediate students and advanced practitioners, and elaborate on what humankind now knows about the universe. Jerry T. Bonell (US) of the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center will explain the “hot universe” that is brimming with high-energy insights. Scientists of the European Southern Observatory in Chile, on the other hand, will
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Cosmic Origin
02.09.2011 16:00-19:00
Top experts will convey their astronomical knowledge to novices, intermediate students and advanced practitioners, and elaborate on what humankind now knows about the universe. Jerry T. Bonell (US) of the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center will explain the “hot universe” that is brimming with high-energy insights. Scientists of the European Southern Observatory in Chile, on the other hand, will
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DIY Biolab
02.09.2011 10:00-19:00
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.
DIY BIOLAB
hackteria – Marc Dusseiller (CH), Š
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Techkreativ - Intelligente Kleidung
02.09.2011 10:00-17:00
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
Unive
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u19 Mobil
02.09.2011 10:00-19:00
u19 CREATE YOUR WORLD isn’t only the name of this future festival of the next generation; it’s also Prix Ars Electronica’s category for work by Austrian youngsters. In order to better inform festivalgoers, a mobile presentation tool is being set up. After the festival, it will be hitting the road. Now, young artists and engineers are working on it, bringing both creativity and technical skil
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UMLAUT M
02.09.2011 10:00-19:00
Adults generally think that young people are much too loud. That’s exactly what the youth TV outlet UMLAUT M. offers young people: the chance to be professionally loud!
UMLAUT M im Netz
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IMPORT/EXPORT
02.09.2011 10:00-19:00
IMPORT/EXPORT transforms statistics into human beings. It looks into the daydreams, life dreams and nightmares of kids, young people and adults from different cultures living in Austria. The results are stories from the realm of tension and interplay of our multicultural everyday life, narratives that tell of being a stranger and thereby reflect on what it means to have a homeland.
IMPORT/EXPOR
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IIE – Interactive Infrasonic Environment
02.09.2011 10:00-19:00
I/I/E plays with vibrations and acoustic energies that originate from the infrasonic frequency range—tones and noises that are too low to be heard by the human ear. If sonic pressure (i.e. volume) is high enough, though, infrasonic waves can be felt. The literally unheard sounds of the Interactive Infrasonic Environment are produced by a six-meter-long organ pipe and a wind machine.
IIE – I
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Bench Mark - Hinter meiner, vorder meiner
02.09.2011 10:00-19:00
Bench Mark links up four park benches in downtown Linz via the internet. The benches react to their users by displaying an LED signal that indicates whether (and at which location) a potential conversational partner is presently seated on one of the benches.
Bench Mark verbindet drei Parkbänke in der Linzer Innenstadt via Internet. Die Bänke reagieren auf ihre BenutzerInnen, indem sie m
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Human Power Station
02.09.2011 10:00-19:00
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 so
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Lädolar
02.09.2011 10:00-19:00
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.
LÄDOLAR
Werkraum Bregenzerwald (AT)
Mi/Wed 31.8. – Di/T
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Bambus, Blech & Kalebassen. Das andere Spielzeug
02.09.2011 10:00-19:00
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.
BAMBUS, BLECH & KALEBASSEN. DAS AN
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Hybrid Playground
02.09.2011 10:00-19:00
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
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NANK Continuity
02.09.2011 10:00-19:00
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 vo
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Campus Radio 94,4
02.09.2011 10:00-19:00
Once again this year, campus radio 94.4 will be on the air from Ars Electronica. The staff of this station based on the campus of the St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences will be working closely with undergrads in the school’s Social Work program to give interested youngsters the opportunity to get involved in the editorial process on an open basis and to get diversified on-the-job experie
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Akkurace
02.09.2011 10:00-19:00
With electrical tools, not only can you build and repair vehicles; you can power them too. Lined up at the start will be homemade vehicles powered by two environmentally friendly cordless drills.
AKKURACE
BRP-Powertrain (AT), HS Steinerkirchen (AT)
Mi/Wed 31.8. – Di/Tue 6.9., 10:00 – 19:00
Ars Electronica Center, Maindeck
Rennen: Mi/Wed 31.8., 17:00 – 20:00
Ars Electronica Quarter
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Dschungelwelten - Wir erschaffen uns eine neue Welt
02.09.2011 11:00-17:00
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. I
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3-D-Printer-Factory
02.09.2011 10:00-19:00
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.
3-D-PRINTER-FACTORY
OTELO (AT)
Fr/Fri 2. – Sa/Sat 3.9., 10:00 – 19:00
Ars Electronica Quarter, Trockendock
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subtext.at
02.09.2011 10:00-19:00
The festival activities at subtext.at, the online magazine of the indie media & culture platform junQ (AT) begin at 10:00 AM with an editorial meeting. Then, it’s time for research, copywriting, podcast production and photography. The preliminary deadline is 1 PM, because the final version has to be online by 3 PM.
SUBTEXT.AT
JunQ (AT)
Fr/Fri 2.9 – Sa/Sat 3.9., 10:00 – 19:00
Ars
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Grenzgeniale Fahrzeuge - Schnall dich an!
02.09.2011 10:00-19:00
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 the
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CREATE YOUR GAME
02.09.2011 10:00-21:00
27 Young People – 10 Professionals – 1 Serious Game
Young people develop a social web game. On the 22 workshop days—seven of them during the Create Your World Festival—young people age 12-18 will get a rundown on the mechanisms of game design from experts in the computer game industry and the field of media pedagogy, which will enable the youngsters to develop their own game.
The fir
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Ludwig der Roboter
02.09.2011 10:00-21:00
Ludwig is a game in which kids learn lots of neat stuff about renewable energy. At an open lab, conceptioneers, game designers and 3D artists tell how they created Ludwig and what their work entails.
LUDWIG DER ROBOTER
Ovos (AT)
Mi/Wed 31.8. – Di/Tue 6.9., 10:00 – 21:00
Ars Electronica Quarter, Zwischendeck
Für Jugendliche von 12-18 Jahren
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Experimental Game Design
02.09.2011 10:00-21:00
Young designers and up-and-coming creatives
in the field of interactive game design will work
together with festivalgoers to come up with
elements for a game. The aim is blend in analog
techniques to produce a game-playing performance
for the theatrical stage.
EXPERIMENTAL GAME DESIGN
FH Hagenberg (AT) / Studiengänge Interactive Media und Digital Arts
Mi/Wed 31.8. – Di/Tue 6.9., 10:
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Shadowgram
02.09.2011 10:00-21:00
Here’s an interesting variation of shadow theater: Print out your own shadow on an adhesive foil and stick it onto the place meant for it in a large-scale graphic on the wall.
SHADOWGRAM
Ars Electronica Futurelab (AT)
Mi/Wed 31.8. – Di/Tue 6.9., 10:00 – 21:00
Ars Electronica Center, Zwischendeck
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Playmais
02.09.2011 10:00-21:00
“I know what,” one kid said. “We can pretend that this is all a big ship and we’re sailing uncharted seas in search of adventure.” So then: join together with all the other u19 CREATE YOUR WORLD festivalgoers and build the Argo, a big, imaginatively designed ship made of PlayMais, a colorful, versatile toy & crafting material made from corn.
PLAYMAIS
Mi/Wed 31.8. – Di/Tue 6.9.,
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Happy Lab Goes Linz
02.09.2011 10:00-21:00
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.
HAPPY LAB GOES LINZ
INNOC – Österr
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DNA Proof
02.09.2011 17:00-20:00
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.
DNA PROOF
Fr/Fri 2.9., 17:00 – 20:00
Ars Electronica Center, BioLab
Für Jugendliche ab 14 Jahren
Maximal 10 Teilnehmende
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Schattenspiele Traummaschinen
02.09.2011 11:00-13:00
Here, kids can emulate the artists whose works are on display in “What Machines Dream Of” and build amazing shadow games out of electronic junk and other seemingly useless things. Following the example of LOST, they can experiment with their own shadow, recreate topographies and build their own dream landscapes they can artfully contour with light & shadow effects.
SCHATTENSPIELE TR
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Move it! - Hexapods
02.09.2011 14:00-17:00
Robots are especially fascinating when the way they look is inspired by animals or human beings, whereby a key attribute is their specific mode of locomotion—i.e. how they run. What’s called for here is bionics, an approach that attempts to apply biological processes to technology. In the Move It – Hexapods! workshop, participants will teach Captain Ahab, a six-legged robot developed at the
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