Ars Electronica Futurelab (AT)
THU September 4-SUN September 7.2014, 1:30pm-2:30pm, 6pm-7pm
Akademisches Gymnasium, Room 301
As the festival moves into the heart of the city, the media façade of Ars Electronica Center extrudes itself to a number of pixels distributed across the festival sites, entangled with their counterparts on the iconic building. They are controlled via the “LinzerSchnitte”, an open-source radio-based physical computing technology developed at the Ars Electronica Futurelab.
Godparenthood for a pixel-pair
During the festival, workshops in the program of the Future Innovators Summit enable visitors to participate by assuming “godparenthood” for a pixel-pair and choosing the patterns it will show. Ars Electronica Futurelab also offers a behind-the-scenes look at the technology itself and advice for anyone interested in using it for their own project.