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Hier finden Sie eine Liste aller Künstlerinnen und Künstler, aller Sprecherinnen und Sprecher, die an der Ars Electronica 2011 teilnehmen. In naher Zukunft werden Sie hier auch mit mehr Informationen zu den Personen versorgt.

Ablinger Peter (AT)

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„Die Klänge sind nicht die Klänge! Sie sind da, um den Intellekt abzulenken und die Sinne zu besänftigen. Nicht einmal das Hören ist das Hören: Das Hören ist das, was mich selbst erschafft.“ Der 1959 in Schwanenstadt, Österreich geborene Peter Ablinger ist, so hat es Christian Scheib einmal formuliert, ein „Mystiker der Aufklärung“, dessen „Anrufungen und Litaneien auf das Erkennen abzielen“. Gleichzeitig ist der Komponist, der – nach einem Graphikstudium – bei Gösta Neuwirth und Roman Haubenstock-Ramati studierte und seit 1982 in Berlin lebt, ein Skeptiker, der um die durch Tradition aufgezwungenen kulturelleen Spielregeln und (schlechten) Angewohnheiten weiß: „Spielen wir also weiter und sagen: Die Klänge sind da, um zu hören (- nicht um gehört zu werden. Das ist etwas anderes.). Und das Hören ist da, um aufzuhören. Mehr weiß ich auch nicht.“ (Christian Baier)

Achaleke Beatrice (AT)

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ist Initiatorin und Konferenzmanagerin des World Diversity Leadership Summit Europe (http://www.wdls.eu/“www.wdls.eu). Beatrice ist Gründungsdirektorin des AFRA – International Center for Black Women’s Perspectives (www.blackwomencenter.org), welches den ersten Black European Women’s Congress in Wien 2007 organisierte. Derzeit ist sie Präsidentin des Black European Women’s Council (www.bewnet.eu). 2008 gehörte Beatrice zu den ersten schwarzen Frauen, die für Nationalratswahlen in Österreich kandidierten. Sie publizierte das Buch „Voices of Black European Women 1, Challenges, Reflections and Strategies from the Vienna Congress „, Wien 2009 und den „Lagebericht Schwarzer Menschen in Österreich“, Wien Juli 2010. Beatrice Achaleke studierte Soziologie an der Universität Wien und Rechtswissenschaften an der Universität von Yaoundé in Kamerun.

Aichner Wolfgang (DE)

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biografie des künstlers/sprechers

Aihara Ikumi (JP)

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Anzolini Dante (AR)

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Der vielseitige Künstler Dante Anzolini wurde als Kind italienischer und chilenischer Eltern in Berisso, Argentinien geboren, italianische Staabuergerschaft. Neben Klavier und Komposition studierte er Dirigieren zunächst in Argentinien (bei Mariano Drago Sijanec), danach in den USA an der Yale University School of Music (bei Eleazar de Carvalho) sowie in Meisterklassen bei Lorin Maazel, Erich Leinsdorf, Kurt Sanderling und Dennis Russell Davies. Außerdem studierte und spielte er Klavier, Cembalo, Geige, Bratsche, Oboe und Schlagzeug. Sein breites Repertoire reicht von den großen Werken des Opern- und symphonischen Repertoires bis hin zur Musik des 20. und 21. Jahrhunderts. Dante Anzolini gilt als bedeutender Anwalt für Neue Musik und junge Komponisten und hat bereits zahlreiche Welturaufführungen im Opern- und Konzertbereich dirigiert. Zusätzlich zu seiner Tätigkeit als Dirigent tritt Dante Anzolini als Komponist und Bearbeiter von Orchesterwerken in Erscheinung. Seine Bearbeitung von Arnold Schoenbergs „Variationen für Orchester” op. 31 für Klavier wurde kürzlich fertiggestellt und von Belmont Music Publishers veröffentlicht (Vertrieb durch Universal Edition). Nach Kompositionen für Solo-Klavier sowie für Geige und Klavier arbeitet er gegenwärtig an seiner ersten Symphonie. Seine intensive Zusammenarbeit mit dem Komponisten Philip Glass führte Dante Anzolini unter anderem nach Lissabon, wo er im Rahmen der Expo 1998 die Oper „The White Raven” aus der Taufe hob. Diese Oper dirigierte er auch 2001 mit dem American Composers Orchestra im Lincoln Center, New York. Weiters dirigierte er die Symphonie Nr. 5 „Requiem, Bardo und Nirmanakaya” beim Festival van Flaanderen in Brüssel sowie im Kennedy Center, Washington D.C. Bei der CD-Aufnahme dieser groß angelegten Chorsymphonie mit dem Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien wirkte er als Assistenzdirigent von Dennis Russell Davies mit. 2002 leitete er die Produktion der Oper „Akhnaten” an der Opéra du Rhin in Straßburg. 2006 folgte die europäische Uraufführung von Philip Glass’ Symponie Nr. 8 mit dem Brucknerorchester Linz. In Europa führten ihn erste Engagements 1993 als Solorepetitor und Kapellmeister an die Bonner Oper, danach als Kapellmeister ans Stadttheater Bern. Er dirigierte hier ein breit gefächertes Repertoire von Mozart und Rossini über Puccini, Strauß, Offenbach bis Bartók, Strawinsky und Schoenberg. Darüber hinaus arbeitete er mit Orchestern wie dem Orchester der Beethovenhalle Bonn, den Bochumer und den Berner Symphonikern, dem Brüsseler Radio-Symphonieorchester, dem Mátav Symphonieorchester Budapest, dem Brucknerorchester Linz sowie den Symphonieorchestern von Asturias, Granada und Valencia in Spanien. Am Teatro Massimo in Palermo dirigierte er eine bejubelte Produktion von Kurt Weills „Die sieben Todsünden” mit Ute Lemper. Im Frühling 2006 leitete er das Brucknerorchester Linz auf einer Tournee durch Österreich und Deutschland. 2001 gab Dante Anzolini mit dem American Composers Orchestra sein Debüt in der Carnegie Hall, New York. 2005 wurde er unter 220 Bewerbern von der American Symphony Orchestra League für das National Conductors’ Preview in Jacksonville, Florida, auserkoren. Im gleichen Jahr leitete er auch eine Tournee durch Süd-Afrika mit der legendären südafrikanischen World-Sängerin Miriam Makeba. Von 1998 bis 2006 war Dante Anzolini Musikdirektor von Symphonie- und Kammerorchester des MIT in Boston. Seit Herbst 2005 ist er Musikdirektor und Chefdirigent des Teatro Argentino in La Plata. Dieses Opernhaus gilt – neben dem Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires – als zweitwichtigstes Haus Argentiniens. Zu Beginn der Saison 2006/2007 leitete Dante Anzolini eine vom Publikum wie der Presse überschwenglich aufgenommenen Neuproduktion von Verdis ‘Otello’ in Linz. Zukünftige Engagements beinhalten sein Debüt bei den Wiener Symphonikern im September 2007 sowie sein Debüt an der Metropolitan Opera, New York, wo er im Frühjahr 2008 eine Produktion von Philip Glass’ Oper ‘Satyagraha’ leiten wird.

Artner Norbert (AT)

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Auinger Sam (AT)

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Der in Linz und Berlin arbeitende Sam Auinger (AT/DE) ist Klangdenker, Klangkünstler und Komponist. Und Sam Auinger ist der Featured Artist der Ars Electronica 2011. Mit Bruce Odland (US) begründete er unter dem Namen O+A 1989 eine bis heute äußerst produktive künstlerische Zusammenarbeit, in deren Zentrum die “hearing perspective” steht, das „Denken mit den Ohren“. Odland und Auinger stehen vor allem für großformatige Soundinstallationen im öffentlichen Stadtraum, die den urbanen (Verkehrs)Lärm in Echtzeit zu einem harmonischen Klangerlebnis umformen. Auinger arbeitet außerdem vielfach mit StadtplanerInnen und ArchitektInnen zusammen. Häufig ist er bei internationalen Symposien anzutreffen, wo er von seinen Arbeiten und Untersuchungen an den Knotenpunkten von Stadtplanung, Architektur, Medien, Sinneswahrnehmung und Sound berichtet. Eben diese Themen prägen seine Lehrtätigkeit als Professor für experimentelles Sounddesign an der UdK Berlin.

Bavari Alessandro(IT)

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ist Preisträger des Prix Ars Electronica 2011 und präsentiert seine prämiierte Arbeit Metachaos.

Beckedahl Markus (DE)

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ist u. a. Mitgründer der re:publica, Sprecher von Creative Commons Deutschland und Mitglied der deutschen UNESCO-Kommission. Seit 2002 bloggt er auf netzpolitik.org über Politik in der digitalen Gesellschaft.

Bernier Nicolas (CDN)

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was born 1977 in Ottawa, Canada. He is joyfully flowing from musique concrète to live electronics, post-rock, ambient, glitch, field recording, improvisation, performance, installation, art video while also working with dance, theatre and cinema. In the midst of this eclecticism, his artistic concerns remain constant: the balance between the cerebral and the sensual, and between organic sound sources and digital processing. The sound of Nicolas Bernier is somewhere between the old and the new. It is electronic music made from objects of the past: typewriter, old machines, tuning forks, soundscape memories and, yes, musical instruments. It is made with a modern apparatus but feels like completely handmade. It is gently articulated textures alongside enormous masses. His works have been of interest for Prix Ars Electronica (Austria), SONAR (Spain), Mutek (Canada), DotMov Festival (Japan) and Transmediale (Germany) and have been published on lovely labels like Crónica (Portugal), Ahornfelder (Germany), leerraum (Switzerland) and Home Normal (UK). He his currently a PhD candidat in sonic arts at the University of Huddersfield (UK) under the direction of Dr. Pierre Alexandre Tremblay and Dr. Monty Adkins. He his a member of Perte de signal, a media arts research and development centre based in Montreal.

Bertolucci Sergio (IT/CH)

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A former Pisa scholar, Sergio BERTOLUCCI (IT / CH) has worked at DESY, Fermilab and Frascati. He was a member of the group that founded Fermilab’s CDF experiment and has been involved in the design, construction and running of the CDF detector. Bertolucci has been technical coordinator of the team responsible for the design and construction of the KLOE detector at the DAFNE storage ring at the Frascati National Laboratories (LNF). He was appointed head of the LNF accelerator division and the DAFNE project, becoming Director in 2002. Before taking over the Directorate for Research at CERN, Bertolucci was already chairing the LHC committee and was a member of DESY’s physics research committee. He was also vice-president and a member of the Board of the Italian National Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN).

Blablalab

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A structure for transdisciplinary collaboration. It imagines strategies and creates tools to make society face its complex reality (urban, technological, alienated, hyperconsumerist…). It works without predetermined formats nor means, without disciplinary prejudices and following an philosophy, approaching the knowledge generation, property and diffusion of it, very close to the DIY principles. Their production is often framed in a highly political will, often in a lo-fi technology form, available to anyone.

Böhm Bernhard (AT)

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studierte Soziologie an der Universität Wien und ist seit einigen Jahren in der Schnittmenge zwischen Technologie, Wissenschaft und Soziologie unterwegs. Er arbeitet seit 2008 für die Ars Electronica, seit Februar 2010 ist er für die Umsetzung und Entwicklung des [the next idea] voestalpine Art and Technology Grant zuständig.

Bonnell Jerry T. (USA)

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is an astrophysicist with the Universities Space Research Association who has been working at NASA since 1988. He lives in Greenbelt, Maryland. Robert J. Nemiroff is a professor of physics at Michigan Technological University. He lives in Houghton, Michigan. In 1995, in collaboration with NASA and co-author Jerry Bonnell, he created the website Astronomy Picture of the Day (http://apod.nasa.gov/), which they continue to maintain.

Brandstätter Ulrich (AT)

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Brown Adam (USA)

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is an artist whose creative research incorporates art and science hybrids that include robotics, molecular chemistry and emerging technologies. His works take the form of installations, interactive objects, videos, performances and photography. Brown is an Associate Professor of Electronic Art and Intermedia in the Department of Art and Art History at Michigan State University.

Brunnthaler David (AT)

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Burke James (NL/UK)

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is an interaction designer and technologist currently working under the moniker of Lifesized. His practice involves design research and strategy for a variety of clients including governments, businesses and non-profits.
He also co-founded the P2P Foundation which researches, documents and promotes peer to peer practices.
He is also known for Dutch and European initiatives on open government data and is a co-founder of Hack de Overheid (hack the government). Hack de Overheid organizes events around government-related themes and helps government agencies improve public services as well as increasing political transparency.
James is a co-founder of VURB, a European framework for policy and design research concerning urban computational systems which provides direction and resources to a portfolio of projects investigating how our cultures might come to use networked digital resources to change the way we understand, build, and inhabit cities. One recent project by VURB was Urbanode.
(NL/UK)

Burton Michael (UK)

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graduated in 2007 from the MA Design Interactions programme at the Royal College of Art. Previous to this, he worked in Contemporary Dance at Laban, conservatoire and studied BA Fine Art Sculpture at Bretton Hall, Leeds University. Michael works on the edge of art, design, and as a researcher. He exhibits and presents internationally, most notably including work shown at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, various galleries in Australia and the National Museum of China.

Catts Oron (AUS)

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has been a researcher at The University of Western Australia since 1996 and was a Research Fellow at the Tissue Engineering and Organ Fabrication Laboratory, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston from 2000-2001. In 2000 he co-founded SymbioticA, an artistic research laboratory housed within the School of Anatomy and Human Biology, The University of Western Australia. He worked with numerous other bio-medical laboratories around the world. He is currently undertaking a „Synthetic Atheistic“ residency to exploring the impactions of synthetic Biology.

Causer Tim (UK)

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ist Vertreter des UCL Bentham Project, wo er als Forscher arbeitet.

Cirio Paolo (IT)

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Paolo, born 1979 in Italy, has worked as media artist in various fields: net-art, street-art, video-art,
public-art, marketing-art, software-art and experimental storytelling.
He investigates into perception and creation of cultural, political and economic
realities manipulated by new modes of control over information’s power.

CUH (RU)

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Mucilagionous Omniverse

Davies Paul (UK)

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is a theoretical physicist and cosmologist by profession, but these days he also works in astrobiology, a new field of research that seeks to understand the origin and evolution of life, and to search for life beyond Earth. He was born in London, and spent most of my life in the UK. From 1990 to 2006 I lived in Australia, but in September 2006 I moved to Arizona State University to establish BEYOND: Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science. In 2008, I was also appointed co-director of the ASU Cosmology Initiative.

  • Der kosmische Volltreffer. Warum wir hier sind und das Universum wie für uns geschaffen ist. Campus, 2008 (The Goldilocks enigma – why is the universe just right for life?).
  • So baut man eine Zeitmaschine. Piper, 2005, ISBN 349224422X (How to build a time machine).
  • Das fünfte Wunder. Auf der Suche nach dem Ursprung des Lebens. Scherz, 2001, ISBN 3502151636 (The fifth Miracle, Penguin 1998).
  • mit Julian Brown: Der Geist im Atom. Eine Diskussion der Geheimnisse der Quantenphysik. Insel, Frankfurt 2001, ISBN 3458331999 (The Ghost in the atom).
  • Die letzten drei Minuten. Bertelsmann, München 1997, ISBN 3570120058; Goldmann, München 1998. ISBN 3442150086 (The last three minutes).
  • Sind wir allein im Universum? Sonderausgabe. Über die Wahrscheinlichkeit außerirdischen Lebens. 1998, ISBN 3502191441 (Are we alone?).
  • Der Plan Gottes. Die Rätsel unserer Existenz und die Wissenschaft. Insel, Frankfurt 1996, ISBN 3458336346 (The Mind of God, Simon and Schuster 1993).
  • Die Unsterblichkeit der Zeit. Die moderne Physik zwischen Rationalität und Gott. Scherz, München 1995, ISBN 3502131430 (About Time- Einstein´s unfinished revolution, Simon and Schuster 1995).
  • mit John Gribbin: Auf dem Weg zur Weltformel. Superstrings, Chaos, Complexity – und was dann? Byblos, 1993 (The Matter Myth).
  • mit Julian R. Brown (Hrsg.): Superstrings. Eine Allumfassende Theorie der Natur in der Diskussion. DTV, München 1992, ISBN 3423114975 (zuerst 1988, mit Interviews von Richard Feynman, John Schwarz, Edward Witten, Michael Green, Steven Weinberg, David Gross, John Ellis, Abdus Salam, Sheldon Glashow).
  • Prinzip Chaos. Goldmann, München 1991, ISBN 3442114691 (The cosmic blueprint 1987).
  • Die Urkraft – auf der suche nach einer einheitlichen theorie der natur. DTV, München 1990, ISBN 3423112751 (Superforce 1984).
  • Gott und die moderne Physik. Bertelsmann, München 1986, ISBN 357004906X (God and the new physics, Dent 1983).
  • Mehrfachwelten. Entdeckungen der Quantenphysik. Diederichs, München 1981, 1988 ISBN 3424007145 (Other Worlds, Simon and Schuster 1980).
  • Am Ende ein neuer Anfang. Die Biographie des Universums. Diederichs, München 1979, ISBN 3424006629; Ullstein 1984 (The runaway universe, 1977).
  • Debackere Boris

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    As a media artist Boris Debackere’s main interest is the possible integration of different expression forms, with an emphasis on electronic sound and image. Most recent work and research is concentrated on translating and transforming the cinema concept into other forms like Live Cinema performances and audiovisual installations. His work includes ‘vortices’ and ‘probe’ reactive installations dealing with the relationship between the viewer and the screen. He collaborated with Brecht Debackere on the Live Cinema performance ‘Rotor’ (2005), and is currently working on a new performance ‘Vector’. The research project ‘The Cinematic Experience’ (2007), lectures and publication edited with Arie Altena. Sound design for Marnix de Nijs’ installations ‚Run Motherfucker Run‘ (2004), ‚Beijing Accelerator‘ (2006) and ‚Exploded Views‘ (2008). Sound design for herman asselberghs’ films ‚a.m./p.m.‘ (2004), ‚Proof of Life‘ (2005), ‚Capsular‘ (2006), ‚Futur Antérieur‘ (2007) and ‚Altogether‘ (2008). Sound design for Noud Heerkens’ feature film ‘The last conversation’ (2008).

    de Kerckhove Derrick (BE)

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    author of The Skin of Culture and Connected Intelligence, worked with Marshall McLuhan as translator and co-author and was Director of the McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology from 1983 to 2008. Beside his interest in questions concerning communication, he supports new artistic developments that combine art, technology and emerged media communication. He is currently researching the effects of technology on the human consciousness. De Kerckhove is also the father of Angel_F, an Autonomous Non Generative E-volitive Life_Form.

    Demers Louis-Philippe

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    makes large-scale installations and performances. His projects can be found in theatre, opera, subway stations, art museums, science museums, music events and trade shows. Demers’ works have been featured at major venues such as Theatre de la Ville, Lille 2004, Expo 1992 and 2000, Sonambiente, ISEA, Siggraph and Sonar. He received four mentions at Ars Electronica, the Distinction of Prix Ars 96, the first prize of Vida 2.0, a mention for the Tiller Girls at Vida 12.0, the Interactive prize for Lightforms 98 and six prizes for Devolution including two Helpmann Awards, the Australian equivalent of the Broadway’s Tony.
    Demers was Professor of Digital Media and Exhibit Design/Scenography at the Hochschule fuer Gestaltung Karlsruhe, affiliated to the world renowned Zentrum fuer Kunst und Medientechnologie (ZKM, Germany). Since he joined the Interaction and Entertainment Research Centre and the newly founded School of Art, Design and Media at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU, Singapore).

    Doser Michael (AT/CH)

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    is a particle physicist working at CERN. He has been working with antimatter since 1983, using it both as a tool and as an object of study, with the goal of understanding the first moments of the Universe. In 2002, he was part of the team that made cold atoms of antihydrogen for the first time, and – after bringing together its international and interdisciplinary team – currently leads the AEGIS experiment that will measure how antimatter falls.

    Dublon Gershon (USA)

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    Edwards David (US)

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    David Edwards, a creator, writer, and educator, teaches at Harvard University and is founder and director of Le Laboratoire in Paris, France. His work, which spans the arts and sciences, has been featured prominently in the international media, and is at the core of a network of art and science labs in Europe, USA and Africa (ArtScience Labs.)

    David Edwards‘ work includes new approaches to treating infectious diseases, as pioneered by the pharmaceutical company Pulmatrix, and the nonprofit MEND; it includes new ways of eating, such as Le Whif, and Le Whaf, as commercially developed through the FoodLab of Le Laboratoire; and it includes new ways of cleaning the air with plants, such as Andrea, commercialized through the cultural incubator LaboGroup. David Edwards‘ work also includes new approaches to experimental learning through art and science creation including the ArtScience Prize, and the Idea Translation Lab.

    David Edwards lives primarily in Paris, France, while he teaches at Harvard University in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and is a member of the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering. Beyond David Edwards‘ scientific publications, for which he was made the youngest member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2001, and, later a member of the French National Academy of Engineering (2008), he has written widely on creativity in the arts and sciences. For his essays and novels and notably his work as founder and director of the art and design center in Paris, Le Laboratoire, David became a Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres of the French Ministry of Culture in 2008.

    Falkinger-Reiter Irmgard (AT)

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    Felt Ulrike (AT)

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    Ulrike Felt ist Professorin und Vorständin des Instituts für Wissenschaftsforschung der Universität Wien. Ihre hauptsächlichen Forschungsbereiche sind: Wissens- und Wissenschaftskulturen und deren institutionelle Dimensionen; Wissenschaftskommunikation und Partizipation; Wissenschaft, Demokratie und Governance; sowie ELSA-Forschung. Sie arbeitet oft vergleichend zwischen nationalen Kontexten und/oder verschiedenen wissenschaftlichen und technologischen Feldern (im Moment v.a. Lebenswissenschaften und Nanotechnologie). Sie war Mitglied zahlreicher Expertengruppen auf europäischer Ebene und von 2002 bis 2007 Herausgeberin der Zeitschrift Science, Technology, and Human Values.

    Garcia Marcos (ES)

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    Between 2004 and 2006 Marcos García was in charge of the educational program of MediaLabMadrid with Laura Fernandez, within which developed the program of cultural mediation and the project Interactivos?. Since September 2006, is also responsible along with Laura Fernandez, of the conceptualization and design of Medialab-Prado, where he takes care for coordination of the lines of work and schedule of activities. Marcos has participated in international and national forums on digital culture, media labs and free culture, such the Free Culture Research Workshop hosted by the Berkman Center of Harvard University, where he presented the text A Lab Without Walls (pdf) developed with Andonio Lafuente and Andoni Alonso, published in 2009. He has curated the Ways of doing workshop, Approaches, Manuals, Tactics, Strategies and the Operational Art in the Haus der Kulturen der Welt (Berlin, 2009) and has contributed to the conceptualization of the Colaboratorio (LPCI), experimentation and production workshop collaborative project of the University of Salamanca (2009).
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    Gardiner Matthew (AU)

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    Matthew Gardiner (AU/AT), artist and senior researcher at the Ars Electronica Futurelab, in 2003 defined Oribotics: a new field of research called to describe his work across the diverse disciplines of origami, biomimetics, and robotics. This work grew primarily out of his fascination with the aesthetic of kinetic origami, and has evolved over a series of five generations of Oribots, each a robotic flower identified by the Latin term *Mechaniflorum Quinquiplicaticum*. See matthewgardiner.net. Gardiner’s artworks are inter-disciplinary in nature, crossing traditional art-forms with contemporary technologies the works breed hybrid outcomes. In 2009 he created his first robotic percussion work Radiobots, manifesting this idea from a vivid dream. In 2010 he was one of the inaugural Australian Council funded artists in residence at Ars Electronica Futurelab, where he resided for 6 months creating a new generation of Oribotics. At the conclusion of his residency he had produced his largest ever work, comprising of 50 oribots, 52500 folds, a popular exhibit at the Ars Electronica Festival, and a stunning installation in the Ars Electronica Museum. A graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts with a Bachelor of Fine Art Photography, he has been folding paper and writing code since the age of eight. Working in a broad range of contexts including universities, commercial institutions, artistic teams, and as an individual artist, his experience extends across aesthetic and interactive experience design, manufacturing, rapid prototyping, modelling and craft. Following the success of his artists residency at Ars Electronica in 2010, he took up a full time position within the Futurelab where his research is currently concerned with the application of functional aesthetics, smart materials/fabrication, and folded forms.

    GelbGut (AT)

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    Die liebenswürdig-verschrobenen Wiener Elektronikperformer legen es nicht darauf an, die Puppen tanzen, sondern die Waden werken zu lassen: Die für ihr Set notwendige Energiezufuhr erstrampelt sich das Publikum selbst mittels Fahrradgeneratoren. www.gelbgut.com

    Gelfand Dimitry (NL)

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    together with Evelina Domnitch (BY) creates sensory immersion environments that merge physics, chemistry and computer science with uncanny philosophical practices. Current findings, particularly in the mesoscopic domain, are employed by the artists to investigate questions of perception and perpetuality. Having dismissed the use of playback media, the duo’s installations and performances unfold as ever-transforming phenomena offered for observation. The artists have collaborated with numerous research facilities, including the Drittes Physikalisches Institut (Goettingen University, DE), the Institute of Advanced Sciences and Technologies (JP) and Ricso Lab (RU).

    Gianotti Fabiola (IT/CH)

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    born 1962) is the Italian particle physicist in charge of the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN in Switzerland, considered the world’s biggest scientific experiment. The ATLAS collaboration consists of almost 3,000 physicists from 169 institutions, 37 countries and five continents. ATLAS is the biggest detector ever built at a particle collider. Gianotti served as ATLAS physics coordinator from 1999 to 2003 and has worked with the collaboration since its inception.

    Gnauer Herbert (AT)

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    Das Theremin ist das vermutlich älteste rein elektronische Musikinstrument. Gespielt wird es vorzugsweise mit den Händen, jedoch ohne Berührung. Herbert Gnauer (AT) hat in Zusammenarbeit mit InnoC.at (AT), dem Happy Lab (AT) und Joe Noname (AT) eine Variante dieses Instruments gebaut. das mit dem ganzen Körper gespielt werden kann.

    Damit nicht genug, sorgt die Visualisierungssoftware von Doron Goldfarb (AT) für eine Umsetzung der Klänge als 3-D-Projektion in Echtzeit.
    Details unter http://no-na.net/theremin/

    Goldfarb Doron (AT)

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    Das Theremin ist das vermutlich älteste rein elektronische Musikinstrument. Gespielt wird es vorzugsweise mit den Händen, jedoch ohne Berührung. Herbert Gnauer (AT) hat in Zusammenarbeit mit InnoC.at (AT), dem Happy Lab (AT) und Joe Noname (AT) eine Variante dieses Instruments gebaut. das mit dem ganzen Körper gespielt werden kann. Damit nicht genug, sorgt die Visualisierungssoftware von Doron Goldfarb (AT) für eine Umsetzung der Klänge als 3-D-Projektion in Echtzeit.
    Details unter http://no-na.net/theremin/

    Gruebler Anna (VE)

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    Hager Dietmar (AT)

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    Hammet Cliff (UK) / x_msg

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    is technology tinkerer and critical media researcher in the field of socially engaged media art.

    Haraguchi Hiroko (JP)

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    Haring Roland (AT)

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    studied Media Technology and Design at the Hagenberg Polytechnical University. In 2004 he graduated with distinction (thesis on mobile interactions in public space). The year before he had joined the Ars Electronica Futurelab. A highpoint of his successful collaboration with the Ars Electronica Futurelab was „Gulliver’s World,“ a complex collaborative Mixed Reality project that has been singled out for recognition with numerous prizes in Austria and abroad. As Key Researcher for Creative Engineering, Roland Haring became an important member of the Futurelab staff and a driving force behind the lab’s R&D efforts. Later on he focused on Mobile Interaction Design, dealing with Mobile Computing, Location-Based Services and Urban Information Spaces. His later activities include research in a major joint venture at the interface of academic research, commercial interests and the mission of the Ars Electronica. On the side, he’s at work on a doctoral dissertation dealing with, among other issues, interaction metaphors for urban information systems on mobile devices. Right now he is working as Deputy Director and Senior Research Lead establishing the research field of Interaction Ecology in the Ars Electronica Research and Innovation Group.

    Hayafuchi Kouki (JP)

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    Hayashi Marika (JP)

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    received her Ph.D in Interdisciplinary Information Studies from the University of Tokyo in 2009. Her interest is in animacy of artifact and physical interface. Her works: Haptic Nature (Electrofringe 2010)/Electric Tail (iiiExhibition 11)/macket/macra/Haptics of Robotic Polysemy (ARS Electronica Campus 2008)
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    Hetherington Stephen (UK)

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    A graduate of London’s Royal Academy of Music, Stephen Hetherington began his professional career playing trumpet with symphony, opera and ballet orchestras. In his mid-20s he formed a theatre producing company, Hetherington Seelig, that went on to present theatre, opera, ballet and orchestras across the world. The company expanded into theatre management in the 1970s, before selling being sold to Qdos Entertainment in 2007. Hetherington is Chairman of the successor company, HQ Theatres, now a subsidiary of Qdos Entertainment Plc.
    Throughout his career, Hetherington has had a wide range of cultural interests, acting as a consultant to governments for the development of cultural buildings, operations and events. As Chief Executive, Hetherington led the development of Britain’s £98 million National Millennium Project for the Arts, The Lowry. In 2002 Hetherington wrote and directed Birmingham’s Bid for European Capital Culture and founded the Digital Exploration Centre in Southend on Sea in 2010. Among his wide range of work, Hetherington is now completing a PhD at the University of Birmingham.

    Heuer Rolf-Dieter (D)

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    (* 24. Mai 1948 in Boll) ist ein deutscher Physiker und seit 2009 Generaldirektor des CERN. Er studierte Physik und erwarb sein Diplom an der Universität Stuttgart. Er promovierte dann 1977 an der Universität Heidelberg unter Joachim Heintze mit einer Arbeit über die neutralen Zerfallsmodi der ψ(3686)-Resonanz. Danach arbeitete er zuerst in der JADE-Kollaboration am Elektronen-Positronen-Speicherring PETRA des Deutschen Elektronen Synchrotrons (DESY), dann ab 1984 beim OPAL-Experiment am CERN. Dort war er auch Sprecher der OPAL-Kollaboration. 1998 kehrte er zum DESY und zur Universität Hamburg zurück, wo ihm eine Professur angeboten wurde. Von 2004 bis einschließlich 2008 war er Forschungsdirektor für Hochenergiephysik des DESY. Im Januar 2009 trat Rolf-Dieter Heuer die Nachfolge von Robert Aymar als Generaldirektor des CERN an.

    Heusser Felipe (CH)

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    is a lawyer from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. He holds a Master degree in Public Policy from the London School of Economics (LSE), and is currently a PhD Candidate in Government also in LSE. Felipe is a researcher in the fields of Transparency, Freedom of Information, and Accountability policies. His PhD thesis is titled „FOI: an approach from Regulations, Institutions and the Internet“.

    Higa Satoru (JP)

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    Born in Okinawa. programmer / artist based in Tokyo. His main activity is creating a super-high-performance audio-visual programs, Creating an interactive installation, Laptop live performance with his original programs, Organizer of openframeworks.jp. Now working as a freelance programmer.

    Hirata Oriza (JP)

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    Hishikawa Makiko (JP)

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    Hörtner Horst (AT)

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    Horst Hörtner (AT)
    ist Medienkünstler und Forscher. Er ist Experte für das Design von Human Computer Interaction und hält verschiedene Patente in diesem Bereich. Hörtner ist Gründungsmitglied des Ars Electronica Futurelab 1996 und leitet seitdem dieses Atelier/Labor. Seit den 1980er Jahren arbeitet er im Bereich der Medienkunst und war Mitbegründer der Medienkunstgruppe x-platz in Graz/Österreich 1990. Horst Hörtner arbeitet an der Schnittstelle von Kunst & Wissenschaft, er hält Vorträge und spricht bei zahlreichen internationalen Konferenzen und an Universitäten.

    Hu Yong (CN)

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    is an associate professor at Peking University’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Hu Yong is the author of *The Internet is King*, China’s first book about the impact of the Web. Hu has worked for a number of media, including Lifeweek, China Daily, China Internet Weekly and China Central Television.
    @huyong

    Hurst Patrick (USA)

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    Iida Kazuki (JP)

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    Kazuki is pianist, composer and arranger. He acts based on Kansai area ,Japan.As a musician of the multi genre with a wide repertoire. The attainments power of the advanced technique and the refined music is evaluated to him high. Up to now, he has participated in a lot of band?like jazz,Rock, and pop, etc. Also His performance experience in foreign countries such as Paris, Finland, and Shanghai is also abundant. Moreover, he gets bitten by the bug in Japanese music, establishes the ensemble with Japanese instruments of the harmony drum, the samisen, and the whistle, etc. by an original program, and is constructing a novel, mysterious world where the emotion overflows.

    Iida Masashige (JP)

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    Ikeuchi Junki (JP)

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    Ishibashi Motoi (JP)

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    Artist/Programmer/Designer/Engineer
    Born 1975. Studied control system engineering at the Tokyo Institute of Technology followed by mechanical engineering and image processing engineering at the International Academy of Media Arts and Science in Gifu, Japan, thus initiating the foray into digital media production.
    Currently pursuing new artistic methods in embracing the visual environment as well as devising engineering solutions for art production and public interactive spaces. Began the “DGN Co.,Ltd.” in 2006 in the development of creating designs and devices for interactive systems.
    Began geek’s labratory “4nchor5 la6” with Daito Manabe in 2008.

    Ishiguro Hiroshi (JP)

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    Ishiguro ist ein japanischer Wissenschafter. Er ist Direktor des Intelligent Robotics Laboratory am Department of Adaptive Machine Systems an der Universität Osaka. Er entwickelt Androiden.
    @hiroshiishiguro
    http://www.is.sys.es.osaka-u.ac.jp/index.en.html
    http://www.geminoid.jp/en/index.html

    Ito Joichi (JP)

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    is the newly appointed Executive Director of the MIT Media Lab. Among many other functions, he is General Manager of Neoteny Labs, a startup fund focusing on Asia and the Middle East, the Chair of Creative Commons, co-founder and board member of Digital Garage. Ito was listed by Time Magazine as a member of the „Cyber-Elite“ in 1997. He was selected by the World Economic Forum in 2001 as one of the „Global Leaders for Tomorrow“, and was also named by Businessweek as one of the 25 Most Influential People on the Web in 2008.
    @joi

    Jayatilake Dushyantha (LK)

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    Jazbec Maša (SI)

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    Jeck Philip (UK)

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    Philip Jeck studied visual art at Dartington College of Arts. He started working with record players and electronics in the early ’80’s and has made soundtracks and toured with many dance and theatre companies as we as well as his solo concert work.

    Joliat Nicholas D. (USA)

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    Jönsson Alexandra (DK) / x_msg

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    is technology tinkerer and critical media researcher in the field of socially engaged media art.

    Kamatani Takahiro (JP)

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    Kamatani is a college student at University of Tsukuba majoring in information science and also a programmer.
    He’s interested in algorithmic art, design and also in instruments and has been developing a new digital instrument.

    Kasai Hiroshi (JP)

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    Kataoka Junya (JP)

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    Kawaguchi Ikkaku (JP)

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    Kazutoshi Toyama (JP)

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    is a candidate for the master’s degree in management of health and welfare at Nihon Fukushi University. He is also a VJ in nightclubs. He specializes effective video production in the festivals with technique of social welfare support. He researches on evidence-based improvised video performance that arouse a feeling of exaltation by design.
    ustream
    @sinarisama

    Kitchen Budapest (HU)

    Projects @ Ars Electronica 2011

    Alex Berman, Eszter Bircsák, Krisztián Gergely, Gáspár Hajdu, Gábor Papp, www.kitchenbudapest.hu

    Klimešová Lenka (CZ)

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    born 1986; is a Czech multimedia and multidisciplinary artist working with the themes of body, gender, feminism and role models. She creates mainly in the medium of video, performance and photography. She received a MFA degree in Video and Multimedia at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava, Slovakia and is currently enrolled in MFA studies in Interface Cultures at Kunstuniversitat Linz, Austria. From 2009 member of Majolenka arts group. Winner of the Prix Ars Electronica 2009, Honorary Mention in category Interactive Art. Artist’s website

    Koek Ariane (UK)

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    Over 20 years as an award-winning cultural producer and leader – in public broadcasting for the BBC in both television and radio – as well as CEO of the Arvon Foundation for Creative Writing. Since 2010 International Arts Development at CERN.
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    Kofler Johannes (AT)

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    Kreuzhuber Wolfgang (AT)

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    Kreuzhuber studierte nach dem Besuch des Brucknerkonservatoriums in Linz an der Musikhochschule in Wien (heute: Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien) Musikpädagogik und Orgelkonzertfach bei Anton Heiller und Michael Radulescu. Weiters setzte er das Studium der Musikwissenschaft an der Universität Salzburg fort und promovierte 1990 zum Doktor der Philosophie. 1982 wurde er zum Domorganisten an der Kathedrale in Linz ernannt und übte von 1984 bis 1995 zusätzlich das Amt des Orgelreferenten für die Diözese Linz aus. Seit dem Schuljahr 1992/93 leitet er das Konservatorium für Kirchenmusik der Diözese Linz. Seit 1. April 2003 ist er an der Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst in der Nachfolge von Prof. Dr. Karl Schütz mit der Orgelforschung betraut. Neben seiner regen Orgelkonzerttätigkeit im In- und Ausland setzt er sich intensiv mit Fragen der Orgelimprovisation (Lehrauftrag für Orgelimprovisation an der Universität für Musik, „Mozarteum“ in Salzburg seit 1990 und Gastprofessor für Orgelimprovisation an der Universität für Musik in Graz in den Studienjahren 1995-99) und des Orgelbaues auseinander. Rundfunk-, Fernseh- und CD-Aufnahmen runden seine künstlerische Tätigkeit ab.

    Kuwakubo Ryota (JP)

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    Ryota Kuwakubo is a Japanese artist and designer who’s work fuses tech, function and aesthetic. The pieces are simple, but provocative and take the form of spaces, sculptures and jewlery. His portfolio site is pretty fantastic as well.

    Laar Kalle (DE)

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    Der Musiker Kalle Laar kultiviert in den Performances seines Temporären Klangmuseums eine ganz eigene Sound-Kultur. Wenn Erik Satie mit seiner Musique d’Ameublement einen Raum möblieren wollte, dann bringt Kalle Laar eine anhaltede imaginäre Bewegung in den Raum, die so wirkt, dass man sich beständig der Musik vergewissern muss. Denn was er am Mischpult mit LPs, CDs, und Elektronik zaubert, sind nichts anderes als Klänge und Strukturen, die sich beständig auflösen. Jeder Moment wird zu einem Moment des Übergangs. Nie darf man sich sicher fühlen. Kalle Laar, in Deutschland geboren, aber lettisch-estnischer Herkunft, bewegte sich Anfang der 90er Jahre in der Improvisationsszene als Gitarrist im Duo mit Takashi Kazamaki. Man spürt auch sofort bei seinen DJ-Auftritten, dass hier ein Musiker am Pult steht, der mit den Formen und ihrer Selbstauflösung spielt. Plattenspieler und Mischpult sind für ihn legitime Musikinstrumente, die lediglich anders zu bedienen sind als die herkömmlichen. Seine Musik hat mittlerweile eine solche Detailsensibilität entwickelt, dass sich die Frage nach stilistischen und kulturellen Grenzen oder Kategorien (wie tanzbar vs. nicht tanzbar) gar nicht mehr stellt – es ist ein einziger Fluss der Klänge. Er selbst spricht von ‘Hör-Reisen’, man kann auch Ohrenkino dazu sagen. Denn wie ein Film folgen die Klänge, die eingebetteten Songs, die Verweise und Zitate einer Dramaturgie, die durch und durch musikalisch ist. Das Exotische steht hier neben dem Alltäglichen und eins verwandelt das andere, schärft nicht nur die Wahrnehmung für feine Klänge und Differenzen, sondern relativiert auch die Vorstellungen, die man sich von dem Nahen und dem Fremden gemacht hat. Wenn man diese Performances mit einem Begriff belegen möchte, dann vielleicht mit dem Attribut ‘selbstbefremdlich’, denn innerhalb dieses Kontinuums gelingt es Kalle Laar, die Musik sich selbst in Frage stellen zu lassen.

    Lahr Christin (DE)

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    was born in 1965. She lives and works as an artist, curator and professor of media art in Berlin and Leipzig. Since finishing her studies at the Berlin University of the Arts, she has received numerous scholarships and awards, as well as exhibited at home and abroad. She has participated in „Kunst-am-Bau“ (art on architecture) competitions as well as curated shows. Since 1994 she has lectured and taught at different institutions and universities. Since 2001, she is a professor of media art at the Hochschule fur Grafik und Buchkunst (Academy for Visual Arts) in Leipzig.

    Lamoncha Fabrizio (ES)

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    is an artist and architectural designer from Valencia, Spain. Currently finishing his second master in Interface Cultures at the Art university Linz, researching and producing art projects, adapting his architectural and artistic background to the current social and technological context. fabriziolamoncha.com

    Landua Rolf (DE/CH)

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    Physiker am Europäischen Kernforschungszentrum (CERN), Leiter der CERN-Abteilung für öffentliche Fortbildung; Mitinitiator der „Antimaterie-Fabrik“ am CERN; Leiter des ATHENA-Experiments, bei dem erstmals Millionen von Antimaterie-Atomen produziert wurden. Landua arbeitet auch an der Erneuerung des naturwissenschaftlichen Schulunterrichts, mit dem Ziel, die Erkenntnisse der modernen Physik zu vermitteln. Er ist regelmäßig Gesprächspartner in Fernsehen und Radio. Für sein Engagement wurde er mit dem Kommunikationspreis der Europäischen Physikalischen Gesellschaft ausgezeichnet.

    Laval-Jeantet Marion (FR) / Ar Orienté Objet

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    Marion Laval-Jeantet and Benoît Mangin (FR) came together in 1991 to form “Art Orienté Objet”. In a collaboration that resembles that between a playwright and a stage director who are in a constant dialogue, they are fascinated by the sciences of life in general and of behavior in particular – from ethology to transcultural psychiatry. During the last 15 years, they have produced several poetic and surprising projects, which resulted from their experiments and reveal our behavior in the face of existence and the environment. Their work takes on various aesthetic forms (installations, objects, videos, and/or photographs) in which we find a familiar animal presence and a staging of their own existence.

    Lindemann Serafine (DE)

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    engagiert sich als Kuratorin seit 1989 für ein experimentelles und international orientiertes Ausstellungs- und Themenprogramm. In Zusammenarbeit mit Kernkompetenzen aus Kunst, Technologie, Wissenschaft, Wirtschaft und Design entwickelt sie individuelle Kunst- und Kulturkonzepte für gesellschaftsübergreifende Fragen und Zukunftsgestaltung. Schwerpunktthemen sind die Bereiche Umwelt, Forschung und Kommunikation. 1997 bis 2009 leitete sie das Kreativ- und Kunstprogramm der Forschungs- und Entwicklungsabteilung Vodafone in München. Ein Referenzprojekt ist *overtures*, das sie u.a. präsentierte auf den Biennalen in Venedig (2007), in Havanna (2009), auf der Ars Electronica, Linz (2006-2011), Transmediale, Berlin (2009) www.artcircolo.de.

    Lindinger Christopher (AT)

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    Christopher Lindinger studied Computer Science and Arts Management. He worked as a researcher in the field of supercomputer visualisation in Chicago and as lead developer for the computer game industry. Because of his activities in the field of new technologies, digital culture and arts, Lindinger has been involved with Ars Electronica since 1997 and currently is director for research and innovation in the Ars Electronica Futurelab. Additionally, he acts as an advisor for industry and government institutions and serves as visiting professor at the Art University Linz.

    Loufopoulos Apostolos (GR)

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    Apostolos Loufopoulos was born in Greece, 1974. He studied music at the Ionian University of Corfu (Music Degree – 1999) and electroacoustic composition with Denis Smalley at City University, London (PhD in electroacoustic composition – 2005). He has attended seminars on contemporary composition and music technology at IRCAM (Paris, Academie d’ete, 1998). As a composer he has participated in many electroacoustic music concerts, and in well-known international festivals and conferences including ICMC (2003-2005), L’Espace Du Son (2002-03), SMC 07, Synthese 07, Cinema for the Ear / DIEM (2002), and others. He has been awarded prizes at international competitions, such as Prix ‘Ars Electronica’ 2011

    Ludovico Alesandro (IT)

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    Nach kritisch-subversiven Auseinandersetzungen mit Google und Amazon nahmen Cirio und Ludovico den Onlinegiganten Facebook ins Visier und haben das gut geschmierte Getriebe dieses sozialen Netzwerls mit einer eigens entwickelten Software unterlaufen. Diese rechnet sich durch die schier unfassbare Menge der auf Facebook abgebildeten Gesichter und gruppiert sie in verschiedene Kategorien, die unseren alltäglichen Ordnungsmustern im Umgang mit anderen entsprechen.

    Malina Roger (FR)

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    is an astrophysicist at the Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille CNRS in France were he is a member of the Observational Cosmology Research Group involved in the study of dark matter and dark energy in the Universe. He currently serves as Interim Director of the Observatoire Astronomique de Marseille Provence and is a former Executive Director of the Center for EUV Astrophysics at UC Berkeley. He is Executive Editor of the Leonardo publications at by MIT Press including the Leonardo Book Series and Journals.

    Manabe Daito (JP)

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    is artist, programmer, designer, DJ, VJ, composer based in Tokyo, Japan. Working across different fields including art, design and research, Manabe has approached and redefined existing media and technologies from their own unique angles. Instead of using technologies to achieve an ever “higher-resolution” illusionistic reality, his works aim at rediscovering the beauty of transient events through careful observations and exploration of the basic properties of body, computer and computer programming.

    Mangin Benoît / Art Oriente Objet(FR)

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    Mao Isaac (CN)

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    is a venture capitalist, blogger, software architect, entrepreneur and researcher in learning and social technology. He divides his time between research, social works, business and technology. [1] Mao has written extensively about on-line journalism, and advises Global Voices Online and several web 2.0 businesses.
    @isaac

    Mara Martina (AT)

    Projects @ Ars Electronica 2011

    geboren 1981 in Linz, studierte Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft an der Universität Wien und ist Autorin von „Narziss im Cyberspace. Zur Konstruktion digitaler Selbstbilder auf der Social Network Site studiVZ“ (vwh). Nach mehrjähriger Tätigkeit als Printjournalistin arbeitet sie seit 2008 in interdisziplinären Forschungs- und Entwicklungsprojekten der Schwerpunktbereiche Sustainable Design und Interactive Technologies, unter anderem für das Ars Electronica Futurelab und das Institute of Design Research Vienna. Im Jahr 2010 war sie als Universitätslektorin für mediale und interdisziplinäre Formen der Sprachkunst an der Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien tätig. Zur Zeit arbeitet sie an ihrer medienpsychologischen Dissertation, die sich mit den persuasiven Potenzialen interaktiver Technologien hinsichtlich sozial relevanter Einstellungs- und Verhaltensänderungen auseinandersetzt.

    Matsumoto Mari (JP)

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    Maturana Humberto (CL)

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    is a Chilean biologist and philosopher. He is considered a member of the second wave of cybernetics, known for developing a theory of autopoiesis about the nature of reflexive feedback control in living systems.

    Mayer Ralo (AT)

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    geboren 1976, studierte Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft und Linguistik in Wien, wo er zurzeit lebt und arbeitet. Seit 2012 ist er Mitherausgeber von „multiplex fiction“, einem Science Fiction Magazin im wörtlichen Sinn mit Schwerpunkt auf polyrhyth-mischen Narrativen zwischen Space Age, Postfordismus und höher-dimensionalen Geometrien.

    Mayton Brian D. (USA)

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    Mhenni Lina ben (TN)

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    ist Dozentin an der Uni Tunis. Mit ihrem auch international viel gelesenen Blog „A Tunisian Girl“, in dem sie die Brutalität der Sicherheitskräfte dokumentierte, wurde sie zu einem der bekanntesten Gesichter der tunesischen Revolution. Kürzlich erschien bei Ullstein ihre Streitschrift „Vernetzt euch!“

    Messier Martin (CDN)

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    Miake Nobu (JP)

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    is a industrial designer and assistant professor at Kobe Design University. He designed audio visual products and mobile phones at SANYO Electric Co.,Ltd. He also works in interior design, furniture design, and ship design.
    http://miake-nobu.jp/index.php

    Moriyama Tomoe (JP)

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    ist Kuratorin für Medienkunst am Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokio (MOT). Seit 1989 hat sie über 30 Ausstellungen zu Medienkunst und zur Geschichte der Medien vor der Erfindung des Films organisiert. Am Metropolitan Museum of Photography in Tokio (TMMP) hat sie sich in erster Linie mit neuer Medienkunst und der Geschichte optischer Apparaturen befasst. Sie lehrt Medienkunst als Project Associate Professor an der University of Tokio und ist als Dozentin für Medienkunst an der Waseda University in Tokio und für deren Postgraduiertenkurse sowie an mehreren Kunstschulen tätig. Darüber hinaus ist sie Jurymitglied des Japan Media Arts Festival, Beraterin der Virtual Reality Society Japan (VRSJ). Sie war Jurymitglied des Prix Ars Electronica (2003/2004 in der Kategorie Interaktive Kunst, 2005 in der Kategorie Netzvisionen), war 2005 Jurymitglied des SIGGRAPH Art Gallery and Student CG Wettbewerbs (Japan) und war Gastwissenschaftlerin am ZKM (Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie in Karlsruhe) und am MIT Media-Lab in Boston (2003). An der Bauhaus-Universität in Weimar, am Pratt Institute in New York und an der UCLA in Los Angeles (2002-2006) hat sie zahlreiche Seminare über Medienkunst abgehalten und war 2007 Gastdozentin am J. P. Getty Research Institute. Sie hat Kunstgeschichte studiert und ihren Master-Abschluss an der University of Tsukuba gemacht. Während der Promotion hat sie im Museumsbüro der Stadtverwaltung von Tokio gearbeitet. Zu ihren Werken zählen u.a. ‚Imagination’(1995), ‚3D – Beyond the Stereography’(1996), ‚Electronically Yours’(Großbritannien, 1998), ‚Mission: Frontier’(2004), ‚Global Media/OTAKU: Persona =Space=City’(2005) sowie Arbeiten für das TMMP. Zudem hat sie mehrere Bücher über Medienkunst veröffentlicht: „Re-Imagination (2002)“, „Inter-media (2003)“, „The Universe of Storyboards (2004)“, „Meta-Visual“ (franz. Ausgabe, 2005) und „Re-Imagination/Post-Digi-graphy“ (2006). 2007 hatte sie am National Art Center in Tokio den ursprünglichen Entwurf für die Ausstellung „The Power of Expression, Japan“, die anlässlich des 10-jährigem Bestehens des Centers gezeigt wurde, entwickelt und die Ausstellung „Haptic Literature“ am TMMP organisiert.

    Moss David (USA)

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    geboren 1949 in New York City, ist ein US-amerikanischer Percussionist, Vokalist, Improvisationsmusiker, Komponist und Organisator musikalischer Performanceprojekte.

    Murakami Fumiaki (JP)

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    Nachawati Leila (ES)

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    Niedermayr Susanna (AT)

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    geboren 1972 in Wien, Österreich. Studium der bildenden Kunst und Politikwissenschaft in Wien. Von 1995 bis 2000 Mitglied der Wochenklausur, einer internationalen Künstlergruppe mit Basislager in Wien, die seit 1993 auf Einladung renommierter Kunst- und Kulturinstitutionen sozialpolitische Interventionen durchführt. Seit 1996 Journalistin, Moderatorin und Webdesignerin für den ORF (Ö1, FM4), unter anderem auch Moderatorin des ORF Ö1 Kunstradio. 2002 Gründung von line_in:line_out. Seit 2008 Leitung der Redaktion der ORF Ö1 Sendereihe Zeit-Ton, für die Susanna Niedermayr seit 2000 als Redakteurin arbeitet. Weiters Veröffentlichung von Texten in diversen Publikationen und Tätigkeit als Beraterin und Kuratorin, unter anderem für Wien Modern, Wiener Festwochen und Turning Sounds (Warschau). Seit 2007 Co-Kuratorin des ORF musikprotokoll im steirischen herbst. Lebt und arbeitet in Wien.

    Niiyama Ryuma (JP)

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    Ryuma received his BA in Engineering from the University of Tokyo, Japan, in 2005, and his Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Information Studies from the University of Tokyo in 2010. After graduation, he joined the Department of Mechano-Informatics at the University of Tokyo as a postdoctoral associate. He is currently a postdoctoral research associate at the Robot Locomotion Group, MIT CSAIL (Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory).Ether Inductor

    Obermaier Klaus (AT)

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    ist seit 20 Jahren als Komponist und Medienkünstler in vielen Formaten (Tanz, Performance, interaktive Installationen, Web….) international erfolgreich und arbeitet mit Orchestern wie dem Kronos Quartett, dem Art Ensemble of Chicago u.v.m. Klaus Obermaier arbeitet in den Bereichen Tanz, Theater, Musik und visuelle Künste. In seinen Aufführungen und Projektionen werden die Übergänge zwischen realem Raum und projizierten Bildwelten fließend. Es entsteht ein illusionärer Raum, in dem die Bewegungen der Menschen Veränderungen der Bilder bewirken und umgekehrt die Bildveränderungen den Menschen in seinem Verhalten beeinflussen. Obermaier entwickelt in den letzten Jahren komplexe Interaktionen zwischen Aufführenden, projizierten Bildern und Klängen für Konzerte und große Open Air Aufführungen wie die Linzer Klangwolke. Die Besucher können selbst Klänge generieren und bestimmte Aspekte der Musik und der Bildprojektionen beeinflussen. Eines der wichtigsten Anliegen Klaus Obermaiers ist es, die Menschen auf ungewohnte Weise körperlich, handelnd oder visuell in das Werk einzubeziehen. In seinen großformatigen Projektionen auf Gebäude arbeitet Obermaier mit visuellen Auflösungsstrategien. So scheinen sich die Gebäude in fassadenfüllenden Projektionen in ihrer Materialität aufzulösen.

    Odland Bruce (USA)

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    Bruce Odland — sonic thinker, composer, and sound artist — is known for his large scale, public space sound installations which transform city noise into harmony, real-time.  In 2004 he and Sam Auinger (O+A) altered the harmonic mix of the World Financial Center Plaza using the moon, tides, harmonic tuning tubes, and cement loudspeakers („Blue Moon“).  Together they have changed the sonic character of many public spaces around the world. His many collaborations include work with Laurie Anderson, Dan Graham, Andre Gregory, Wallace Shawn, Peter Sellars, Joanne Akailitis, Robert Woodruff, Tony Oursler, Peter Erskine, and the Wooster Group. He has contributed ideas and energy to projects in theatre, film, dance, public art, festivals, radio, and museums.  His „Sounds from the Vaults“, a playable orchestra of virtual instruments for the Field Museum in Chicago, won the Gold Muse Award from the Association of American Museums.  Recently his first indoor gallery show “Hearing Space” was shown, O+A’s “Requiem for fossil fuels” was performed to acclaim at Judson Memorial Church in NYC, and he toured as musical director of Wooster Group’s “La Didone” to the Edinburgh Festival. Currently he is working on “Harmony in the Age of Noise” a cross disciplinary project at Tufts University mapping the psychoacoustics of the campus.

    Ohno Kouji (JP)

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    is a game designer and programmer. He has created games in various platforms from video games to mobile games. Besides games, he developed applications for business and wrote technological books. He is a speaker at CEDEC that is a Japan’s biggest conference. He works in a wide range of areas from R&D to media art.
    http://o-planning.jp./mirage/

    Oliver Julian (NZ)

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    Julian Oliver entwickelt freie Software, ist Autor und Lehrer an einer Uni in Madrid. Dort lebt Julian heute auch. Geboren wurde er 1974 in Neuseeland und ist mittlerweile hauptsächlich Elektronikkünstler.
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    O’Reilly David (IRE)

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    David O’Reilly, geboren 1985 in Kilkenny, Ireland, begann früh in einem Trickfilmstudio in London zu arbeiten, bevor er sich selbstständig machte. Er realisierte zahlreiche Animationsfilme, Musikvideos, Commercials und Experimentalfilme.

    Osaka Takuro (JP)

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    Born in 1948 in Tokyo, he is considered as the pioneer of light art in Japan.
    He initiated „Cosmic Ray Series“ in 1995 and has had the continuity since then. This demonstrates that the cosmic rays captured by a detecting device are transformed into the blue LED. „Lunar Project“ was performed on July 16, 2000 when a long total eclipse of the moon took place. This project exhibited the layout and the installation to capture the moon light with 18 large mirrors over a rice field in Japan. From 2001 on, he has been invited by the NASDA (National Space Development Agency of Japan) as fellow of „Space Art Projects“ to join one of the „Feasibility studies“ for space assets like the ISS. He has experienced micro gravity in parabolic flights to develop and research art projects in this environment.

    Otieno Elizabeth (KEN)

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    Elizabeth Otieno was born in Kibera, which is the largest economic oppression zone in Nairobi. She went to a public primary school in Kibera, and later on she attended a boarding school up to the fourth form. After school she started volunteering for a local youth group called Kibera Community Youth Programme and has since worked in several fields within the organization. In the year 2009, Swiss technician Andrez Wirz came to train the community on solar technology. Since then she has worked in the context of the Kibilight project, which has been a considerable success. In the course of the project, numerous small solar torches as well as big photovoltaic systems have been assembled.

    Paradiso Joe (US)

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    Joseph Paradiso is an Associate Professor of Media Arts and Sciences at the MIT Media Laboratory, where he directs the Responsive Environments group, which explores how sensor networks augment and mediate human experience, interaction, and perception. After two years developing precision drift chambers at the Lab for High Energy Physics at ETH in Zurich, he joined the Draper Laboratory, where his research encompassed spacecraft control systems, image processing algorithms, underwater sonar, and precision alignment sensors for large high-energy physics detectors. He joined the Media Lab in 1994, where his current research interests include embedded sensing systems and sensor networks, wearable and body sensor networks, energy harvesting and power management for embedded sensors, ubiquitous and pervasive computing, localization systems, passive and RFID sensor architectures, human-computer interfaces, and interactive media. After receiving a BS in electrical engineering and physics summa cum laude from Tufts University, Paradiso became a K.T. Compton fellow at the Lab for Nuclear Science at MIT, receiving his PhD in physics there for research conducted at CERN in Geneva. Paradiso has published over 200 academic papers, and has done installations at many notable worldwide artistic venues, ranging from the Ars Electronica Center in Linz, Austria to the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan.

    Pardue Laurel S. (USA)

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    Pauser Veronika (AT)

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    is an Austrian media artist born in 1986 who’s interested in algorithmic art, early computer graphics and music visualization. In addition to her master studies in Interface Culture at Kunstuniversität Linz, she did a Master of Science in engineering degree in Digital Media at the University of Applied Sciences in Hagenberg. The main focus of her work is the design of interactive installations and performances at the borderline of art and technology. Moreover, she is working as part of the Research & Innovation Group at the Ars Electronica FutureLab. www.iwilson.org

    Pequenao Joao

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    Pequenao is a specialist in scientific visualization and digital artist. Although his background is in physics, early on his career he decided to focus on multimedia development, focusing on science education. He is a member of the ATLAS collaboration at CERN, and a specialist for the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Many of his productions featured in a variety of documentaries, magazines and newspapers, including the iconic Black-Hole event image on this year’s Ars Electronica festival banner.

    Pinchen Chris / ChokePoint Project

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    is one of the coordinators and researchers on the ChokePoint Project. He is an active member of the P2P Foundation, and is the Chair of the P2PCoop. He is co-founder and organiser of many events based around participation and technology as part of Cataspanglish where he is currently working on a platform to explore and promote bottom up methods of citizen involvement in the construction of the „Smart City“. Chris was previously Social Media & Community Outreach Coordinator at Citilab, a center for social and digital innovation in Cornella de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.

    Posada Alex (ESP)

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    Alex Posada is digital creator, researcher in the field of interactive and new media as well as producer and music creator. He moved to Barcelona in 2002, where he began to work on interactive design and electronic art projects and the development of physical interfaces for musical instruments. He developed various interactive installations, dance and sound installations. Shortly afterwards, he began to collaborate actively with local artists. He talked several workshops that focused on artistic creation with interactive technologies in many places about the possibilities of the interactive technologies for the arts. He currently directs and coordinates the Hangar interaction design and electronics laboratory (art production center visual artsin Barcelona), where he has carried out numerous projects in conjunction with other artists and collectives. At the same time developing independent projects such as multimedia producer and works in several groups such as Dorkbot Barcelona or Neuronoise. He is one of the founders of MID interactive design studio based in Barcelona.
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    Randall Lisa

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    studies theoretical particle physics and cosmology at Harvard University. Her research connects theoretical insights to puzzles in our current understanding of the properties and interactions of matter. She has developed and studied a wide variety of models to address these questions, the most prominent involving extra dimensions of space. Her work has involved improving our understanding of the Standard Model of particle physics, supersymmetry, baryogenesis, cosmological inflation, and dark matter. Randall’s research also explores ways to experimentally test and verify ideas and her current research focuses in large part on the Large Hadron Collider and dark matter searches and models. Randall’s studies have made her among the most cited and influential theoretical physicists. She has also had a public presence through her writing, lectures, and radio and TV appearances. Her book Warped Passages: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe’s Hidden Dimensions was included in the New York Times‘ 100 notable books of 2005. Randall has also recently pursued art-science connections, writing a libretto forHypermusic: A Projective Opera in Seven Planes that premiered in the Pompidou Center in Paris and co-curating an art exhibit Measure for Measure for the Los Angeles Arts Association.

    Reiter Roland (AT)

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    Roland Reiter is a PhD graduate of the Department of American Studies at the University of Graz. From 2005 to 2007 he was director of „ZACK“, a non-profit organization for the advancement of education in Graz, Austria. In 2008, he returned to the University of Graz as a research manager at the university’s Office of Research Management. Fulfilling his intention to work in the sphere of art and culture, he joined the Ars Electronica Futurelab as the lab’s content manager in May 2011. Reiter has written and published several books and essays about mass media and popular culture, including Imagining the Americas and The Beatles on Film.

    Riegler Werner (AT)

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    Born 1970, Austria. Studied Physics at the University of Technology in Vienna. General expertise and interest is in the field of experimental particle physics, specifically in the area of particle detector development. The main involvement during the past 15 years was the development of the LHC experiments ATLAS, LHCb and ALICE. First visit to CERN in 1994 as a summer student. Doctoral Student in the ATLAS collaboration from 1994 to 1997. PostDoc at Harvard University/USA from 1997-2000 in the ATLAS and CDF/Tevatron collaborations. CERN staff member since 2000. Member of the LHCb collaboration from 2000-2004 and member of the ALICE collaboration since 2004. Currently acting as Technical Coordinator of the ALICE experiment.

    Ritsch Winfried (AT)

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    Künstler und Forscher mit einem Schwerpunkt in Medienkunst, speziell Computermusik und Netzkunst, ao.Professor am Institut für Elektronische Musik und Akustik der Kunstuniversität Graz.

    Rubio Gerard (ES)

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    Sakamoto Nodoka (JP)

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    Sasaki David (US)

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    is an independent consultant working with the Latin America and Information Programs of Open Society Foundations. He helps them think of ways that civil society in Latin America can use technology and digital media to become more effective. He formerly directed research at the Technology for Transparency Network, was the founding director of Rising Voices, and worked for a few years as the Latin American regional editor at Global Voices, an organization that is still dear to his heart. He resides in Mexico City, though travels frequently throughout the region.

    Schoen Christian (DE)

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    born 1970 in Marburg; is German Art Historian and Curator. He works on classical art (such as Albrecht Dürer or Auguste Rodin) and contemporary art phenomena. From 2000 to 2003 he co-curated the municipal gallery Lothringer13 in Munich. In 2005 he was appointed director of the Center for Icelandic Art, which he was leading until 2010. As Commissioner he was responsible for the Icelandic Pavilion at the Biennale di Venezia 2007 and 2009. 2006 to 2008 he was member of the advisory board and the acquisition committee of the Reykjavík Art Museum. He co-founded the art festival Sequences in 2006. Since 2001 he is director of Osram Art Projects and assistant professor for transdisciplinary methods at University St. Gallen (Switzerland).

    Schubert Theresa (AT)

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    ist Medienkünstlerin und arbeitet für die Ars Electronica.

    Shimizu Shinya (JP)

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    Siok Siok Tan (SG)

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    is a filmmaker, entrepreneur and a honorary geek with a deep passion for great storytelling in the age of real time web. She is also an entrepreneur who has built Kinetic Media, an online video venture in China focused on sports, music and youth culture.

    Soucek Alexander (AT)

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    Strobl Hannes (AT)

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    Sumimoto Naohiko (JP)

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    is a founder of Japan Brand Policy,inc. „When you ask for your story of your company and products, I think it should be evaluated more often. The attractiveness of your company and products, and to maximize the job of us.
    (Branding design above us.)“
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    Suter Andrea (CH)

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    is a Swiss artist. She studied in London, and currently deepens her technical knowledge at interface cultures in Linz. Her work physically deals with ideas of locus, time and space. It is primarily concerned with the familiar, the everyday, dichotomies of distance and closeness. Her work is of documentary character, often exists within a comic tragic threshold and can necessitate patience, as it may oppose the habitual flickering. www.andreasuter.com

    Suzuki Kenji (JP)

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    Ever since his debut as a solo rock guitarist in 1983, Japanese guitarist Kenji Suzuki’s range of activity includes studio work with such renowned artists as Bono(U2), Annie Lennox, Seal, Bomb The Bass, Bill Laswell and Simply Red. In 1984, he opened up for Deep Purple and Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble on their Japan Tour. Later in 1987, he played with Jack Bruce (Cream) and Anton Fier (ex. The Golden Palominos) in the „Inazuma Super Session“ at Inkstick Shibaura Factory which instigated him to move the center of musical activity to London in 1988. Since he was eager to play jam sessions anywhere, the British musicians called him Kenji „Jammer“.His “Hula-Hula Dance” CD series, released from Uutwo Records in Japan since 2002, let you enjoy both upper and slow Hawaiian dance music at home or on the dance floor. With his prominent guitar playing technique, Kenji Jammer mixes electro, jazz, and dub to come up with an easy-going, organic sound. This series of work has been highly praised by various artists, creators and producers from around the world. At present, he is the exclusive guitarist for Simply Red, widening his range of activity all over the world.

    Sweet Susie (AT)

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    Sweet Susie, mit bürgerlichen Namen, Susi Rogenhofer ist als Kulturarbeiterin und Kuratorin im Bereich Popkultur und an der Schnittstelle zur bildenden Kunst tätig.Sweet Susie ist seit 1994 als Dj und Elektronik MusikerIn unterwegs und gastierte weltweit in vielen namhaften Clubs und Festivals. Susie liebt und versteht es mit ihren Dj Sets Menschen auf der Tanzfläche in ekstatische Zustände zu bringen, aber auch frei von aller Dancefloor Doktrin zu experimentieren und in Bars, oder für Sound Lectures aufzulegen.Die Ausgangsbasis ihrer Dj Sets ist meist Dub, wo sie die Mischung aus psychodelischen Sounds, Melodie und heavy Bass schätzt. Von dort aus unternimmt sie meist musikalische Reisen in verschiedenste Genres: Breakbeat, Electro House, Dub Step, Grime, Dancehall, Global Beats, experimentelle Elektronik und vieles mehr. www.sweetsusie.net

    Tabuchi Yuki (JP)

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    Takahama Marin (JP)

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    Tesla Orchestra (US)

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    Fireballs, lightning, music and dance—the Tesla Orchestra (US), founded in 2009 by Ian Charnas (US) at Case Western Reserve University, is a circus in grandiose style. The world’s two largest Tesla coils are this off-beat orchestra’s instruments. They use 26 kilowatts of energy to produce four-meter-high bolts of lightning, and convert million-volt high tension into audio frequencies. But that’s not all. For the show’s big number, a Tesla performer clad in a 20-kilogram protective metal suit climbs into the ring for a daring dance with the lightning. www.teslaorchestra.com

    Tosa Novmichi (Maywa Denki)(JP)

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    Toyama Toshikazu (JP)

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    Tsukimori Akira (JP)

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    is an artist name of Tomoaki Yoshikai, a researcher of the University of Tokyo. He received Ph.D degree in Information Science and Technology from the University of Tokyo in 2005. Since 2009, he has started his artist activity in roomoot as Akira Tsukimori. His interest is in robotic system realizing animacy of artifact. His works :Haptic Nature (Electrofringe 2010)/Electric Tail (iiiExhibition 11)/macket/macra/Haptics of Robotic Polysemy (ARS Electronica Campus 2008),Ether Inductor
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    Tufekci Zeynep(TR)

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    is an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and a Fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University. Her research revolves around the interaction between technology and social, cultural and political dynamics. She is particularly interested in collective action and social movements, complex systems, surveillance, privacy, and sociality. Her blog can be found at www.technosociology.org

    Uchiyama Toshiaki (JP)

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    van Balen Tuur (BE)

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    uses design to explore the political implications of emerging technologies. Through designing and experimenting with new interactions, he constructs thought-provoking new realities. Both the process of creating these objects, interventions and narratives as well as the resulting physical presence aim to confuse, question and confront different publics with the possible (and impossible) roles of technologies in our everyday lives. Since 2008, Tuur has been working on bringing design into the world of synthetic biology and vice versa. He has exhibited and presented his work in various contexts, both within the UK and abroad.

    Vasiliev Danja (RU)

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    Danja Vasiliev is a Russian-born computer artist currently living and working in Berlin and Rotterdam. Working with diverse methods, technologies and materials, Danja ridicules the contemporary affection for digital life and questions the global tendency for cyborgination. The works of the artist are often described as technological interventions, be it hardware, software or conceptual pieces. Network and Internet technology, especially in regard to ‚Network as the new World‘, is the artist’s latest interest. He is currently developing several special devices that will become new tools of the digital interventionist.

    Wilsdon Nick (UK)

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    studied Physics BSc (Hons) at the University of Edinburgh before continuing his studies achieving an MSc in Sound Design from the same instituation. Since graduating in 2006, Nick has worked freelance in a variety of different creative roles including a musician, artist, mentor, fascillitator, consultant and trainer. In his work Nick often developes bespoke softwares and reappropriates technologies to create bespoke instruments, interactive installations and improvised music. His work in the not-for-profit sector has chiefly been with Drake Music, a charity based in England who aim to break down disabling barriers to music through innovative approaches to teaching, learning and making music. Drake Music’s focus is on nurturing creativity through exploring music and technology in imaginative ways.

    Winderen Jana (NO)

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    is an artist educated in Fine Art at Goldsmiths College in London, and with a background in mathematics and chemistry from the University in Oslo. Since 1993 she has worked as an artist, curator and producer. She currently lives and works in Oslo. Jana Winderen researches the hidden depths with the latest technology; her work reveals the complexity and strangeness of the unseen world beneath. The audio topography of the oceans and the depth of ice crevasses is brought to the surface. She is concerned with finding sound from hidden sources, like blind field recording. Her most recent sound works include “Energy Field Installation“ and “Scuttling around in the Shallows“ for Galerie B-312 in Montréal, Canada, 2011 and The Issue Project Room, New York, 2011, “Between Dry Land”, commissioned for the installation “The Morning Line“ by Matthew Ritchie for the Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary which opened in Istanbul May 2010. The commission “Spawning Ground – from Coquet Head to the North Sea“ for the AV festival in Newcastle (2010), “Evaporation“ (2009) at TodaysArt festival in The Hague, Netherlands; “Sub Pelagic Voices“ (2009) for ISCM World New Music Days, Sweden, “Colonizers of the undergrowth“ (2009) at Botanic Sounds in Göteborg and “North Atlantic Drift” (2009) for JunKroom in Kyoto, Japan. Recent releases include the album “Energy Field” (2010) on Touch, “Heated: Live in Japan” (2009), on the same label, the audio cassette “The Noisiest Guys on the Planet” (2009) on Ash International (UK), the USB stick, “Ants“, the digital download “Submerged“ (2009) on Touch and the 7 inch vinyl “Surface Runoff” (2008) on Autofact (USA). She is currently working on a commission for a permanent sound installation at the Knut Hamsun Centre in Hamarøy, Norway.

    Wirz Res (AT)

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    Res Wirz ist gelernter Schreiner und studiert Holzingenieur an der Fachhochschule in Biel. Zum Solar kam er durch Zufall, als er vor zehn Jahren ein Lager von Jugendsolar by Greenpeace besuchte. Er hat inzwischen einige Solarlager selber geleitet und anschließend in Partnerschaft mit Megasol und Greenpeace verschiedene Auslandaufenthalte für Projekte wie das „Kibilight Project“ in Kenia absolviert. Wirz ist Vizepräsident von Solafrica.ch.

    Yamamoto Tetsuya (JP)

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    is a design engineer and a PhD candidate in the Graduate School of Science and Technology at Kobe University. He researches human computer interaction, wearable computing, physical computing and communication design. Especially, he aim to create new style of spacial and social human computer interaction out of doors.
    http://ttyymmt.com

    Yamanaka Toshimasa (JP)

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    Professor at Kansei Information Science of the Comprehensive Human Science, PhD (Kansei Science) Professor at Product Design of the School of Art and Design (Since 02/1994) Research areas : Kansei Information Science, Design Processes and Human Factors vise president of Japan Society of Kansei Engineering. Offizielle Website

    Zeilinger Anton (AT)

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    ist Professor für Physik an der Universität Wien. Seine wegweisenden konzeptiven wie experimentellen Beiträge zu den Grundlagen der Quantenphysik sind Ecksteine des sich rasch entwickelnden neuen Gebiets der Quanteninformation geworden.