Connecting Cities is a network of urban media façades, jumbo-size screens and projection surfaces in Aarhus, Berlin, Brussels, Dessau, Helsinki, Istanbul, Liverpool, Marseille, Madrid, Montreal, Riga, São Paulo, Vienna, Zagreb, and the media façade of the Ars Electronica Center in Linz.
Otherwise usually the preserve of advertising, this high-impact media infrastructure is now available to media artists and urban activists too. In numerous instances, the interactive contents featuring artistic positions and sociopolitical commentary are mutually referential or are displayed simultaneously in several cities.

On the Wall and Behind

The Ars Electronica Festival is showcasing three outstanding works in an exhibition and on the media façade of the Ars Electronica Center: Connecting Monsters by h.o (Hideaki Ogawa, Emiko Ogawa, Junichi Yura, Naohiro Hayaishi,Taizo Zushi / JP) with a synchronized display on Beşiktaş Square in Istanbul, Binoculars to … Binoculars from … by Mar Canet (ES) and Vavara Guljajeva (EE), and United Colors of Dissent by Orkan Telhan (TR) & Mahir M. Yavuz (TR).

Connecting Cities Network initiated by Public Art Lab in co-organization with Ars Electronica, Media Architecture Institute, FACT, Amber Platform, Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb, m-cult, Medialab-Prado, iMAL, Foundation Riga 2014 and Videospread. Funded by the European Commission – Programme Culture; supported by Streampark TV and ARTE Creative.

www.connectingcities.net

Connecting Cities is currently looking for the Participatory City 2014.

Exhibition
Ars Electronica Center, Zwischengeschoß
Thu 5. 9. 10:00 – 21:00
Fri 6. 9. 10:00 – 24:00
Sat 7. – Mon 9. 9. 10:00 – 21:00

Projection
Ars Electronica Center, Media Facade
Thu 5.9. 23:00 – 24:00 Connecting Monsters
Fri 6.9. 21:00 – 22:00 Connecting Monsters (Live Connection with Istanbul)
Sat 7.9. 22:00 – 23:00 United Colors of Dissent
Sun 8. 9 21:30 – 22:30 United Colors of Dissent