Europe – Artificial Intelligence https://ars.electronica.art/ai/en Ars Electronica Festival 2017 Tue, 28 Jun 2022 13:43:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.6 Kitty AI https://ars.electronica.art/ai/en/kitty-ai/ Tue, 08 Aug 2017 19:57:47 +0000 https://ars.electronica.art/ai/?p=2310

Pinar Yoldas (TR)

Kitty AI is a twelve-minute first-person narrative with post-Internet graphics that provides the audience with a snapshot of the history of affective computing.

It aims to raise questions on the impact of technology on governance and evolution of urban settlements. The protagonist is Kitty AI—an artificial intelligence that acts as the first non-human governor of a European city in 2039.

Credits

Script, editing, CGI: Pinar Yoldas
CGI: Rob Tom Browning

]]> Small Cities Forum at Ars Electronica 2017 https://ars.electronica.art/ai/en/small-cities-forum/ Tue, 08 Aug 2017 09:42:39 +0000 https://ars.electronica.art/ai/?p=1976

The opportunities of art, design and creativity as driving forces for regional development

Pordenone Design Week (IT), Ars Electronica (AT)

When we talk about innovations, new technologies and cool gadgets we usually think of the big cities as the epicenter of the future. And of course there are many good reasons for this, after all it’s there where the elite universities are, the big companies and the investors. But what about the small cities and regions? Do they necessarily have to run behind? Can’t they become vital places for future innovations as well? Places where new ways of doing business in a much more sustainable way are being developed?

In particular when we look at Europe, a large part of our economy is based outside the capitals and, no matter what, we need to dig into this potential, we have to bring it up to speed and we have to recognize the power of the local communities and the small and medium-sized businesses. What role can art, design and creativity play and what support is needed to put this potential into effect?

The Small Cities Forum is an initiative by Pordenone Design Week and Ars Electronica Linz to promote the power of small cities and to provide a place for the exchange of experiences and best-practice models.

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Creative Europe Desk Austria (AT) / Ars Electronica (AT)

Start off your Festival Saturday at the gemütlich Creative Europe Brunch and take advantage of this opportunity to gain insights into various cooperative projects at interdisciplinary interfaces in the field of media art from throughout Europe.

Afterwards, the audience at this networking brunch will be able to meet & greet the European Creative Europe Desk representatives in attendance.

Chair:
Maria Pfeifer (AT) / Ars Electronica Futurelab

Speakers:
Elisabeth Pacher (AT) / Creative Europe Desk Austria and European Creative Europe Desks
Veronika Liebl (AT) / European Digital Art and Science Network
Peter Zorn (DE) / EMAN – EMARE
Lucia Garcia (ES) / European Network for Contemporary Audiovisual Creation
Lale Eric Dobrivoje (RS) / Quantum Musics Project
Lucas Evers (NL) / Trust me I’m an artist
Paul Stepan (AT) / Citizen Artist Incubator; Fokus, Austrian society for cultural economics and policy studies
Maria Zolotonosa (LV), Suzana Filipecki (PL/BR) / SPARKS

Credits

In cooperation with Creative Europe Desk Austria.
This networking meeting will be joined by Creative Europe Desks from Albania, Czech Republic, Denmark, Flanders, France, Germany, Hungary, Portugal and Slovenia, among other international guests.

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