Festival to explore
Skeletonics
This movement magnification suit realizes dynamic arm and leg movements that ordinarily cannot be expressed by the human body. Continue reading
Bienenstock (Beehive)
Bienenstock is an ongoing artistic research experiment for collecting and contextualizing video content from people during live happenings. Continue reading
iPhone Quick-Draw System
Draw! The iPhone Quick-Draw System that the Japan Media Arts Festival is presenting in the Future Innovators Exhibit will add a whiff of the Wild West to the high-gloss world of modern media. Continue reading
Pilsen 2015 Bus
The bus, a charming goodwill ambassador representing Pilsen, 2015 European Capital of Culture, has been on the road for quite a while now. Continue reading
Why Not Hand Over a “Shelter” to Hermit Crabs?
A piece of no-man’s-land in Japan that belonged to France until 2009 when it reverted to Japan, which will possess it until 2059 when it re-reverts to France—this geo-political oddity reminded Aki Inomata of the behavior of hermit crabs and inspired him to create this work. After all, hermit crabs cast off their shell when they outgrow them. Continue reading
your unerasable text
The opposite of data storage is data destruction. How close these two are to one another is graphically and amusingly illustrated by your unerasable text. The processual chain commences when a festivalgoer sends an SMS to the installation’s cell phone, and it’s forwarded to a computer. Continue reading
Fluid Dress
Fluid Dress is a futuristic designer garment that enables its wearer to spontaneously display brief messages or express moods. Continue reading
Delta-Figure
hose minute variations reify a living thing and provide it with its presence; even though the movements are minute, they are still highly complex. Robots that perform or do work, plus other kinetic artistic expression, would simplify or ignore entirely those minute variations. Continue reading
Mobiles Ö1 Atelier: Welcome to the Change Zone
Radio Österreich 1’s Mobile Ö1 Atelier has been a Festival fixture on Linz’s Main Square for several years now. Continue reading