Joseph Herscher (NZ), u19 – CREATE YOUR WORLD (AT), c3 (HU), mb21 (DE), bugnplay (CH)

The Youth Exchange Project is a workshop that will be held in POSTCITY throughout the festival’s run together with groups of youngsters from other countries.

The participants are selected by u19 – CREATE YOUR WORLD and our partner organizations: c3 (Hungary), mb21 (Germany) and bugnplay (Switzerland); this year’s newcomers are from ArtTechLab Amsterdam. What they all have in common is expertise in a particular area—for instance, soldering, working with tools, programming, designing, writing texts, generating concepts, painting. All together, there’s a good mix of skills.

Joseph Herscher is the artist who will be working together with young people to develop the language of the so-called unintelligent machine. In going about this, the young people embark on a journey of discovery into the intelligence of a machine. On various levels, they will pose questions such as: What makes the machine and why? Is it even appropriate to speak of intelligence in this case? How can I recognize the consequences and the effectiveness of interventions in complex, interdependent systems? The answers—and, at the same time, the method of arriving at them—are simply stated: experimentation! By making processes visible and taking mechanisms all the way to the point of insignificance, these young people, equipped with an open mind can also face the question: Does it always have to be the direct approach to a solution? Can’t detours even constitute something valuable in their own right, and serve as the source of additional solutions?

The youngsters’ primary task is to build a machine from everyday objects. The festival theme, artificial intelligence, and this year’s u19 – CREATE YOUR WORLD focus on the perspectives that frame this group encounter with the so-called unintelligent machine.

The main aim is to establish a network of musicians, educational institutions and the music industry in order to forge a bridge between the individual players. The goal is to take a stride towards the day after tomorrow: How can young musicians live on their music in the future? Which role do the individual players play in the music industry and which contributions are possible here? To what extent do technological upheavals affect the future development?

13:00: Opening and Introduction
13:30: Presentation of the Composing:Lab
13:45: Division into working groups and collaborative working
15:30: Break
16:00: Presentation of the results from each working group
17:00: End

Plus you can help out doing live texturing of blender figures, become a game figure in your own right, and try out creative programming with Arduino and Lilypads: teach sign language to robotic hands, illuminate a T-shirt with your voice, make gloves resound, and dance across computer screen lines.

After that you can make it play any rhythm you wish. Use an Arduino and Servos to create your own drum bot! Use pots, plates and other objects and turn them into a personal percussive mystery device. Additionally the “brain” of Arduino will help support different projects at the u19 – CREATE YOUR WORLD Festival.

This open and interactive workshop invites creative minds of all ages to enter a collaborative universe of animated light paintings. Send out a message to the world, design characters and sceneries or tell improvised stories! Together we will bring your visions to life directly before the eyes of the festival audience.

On THU September 7, 2017, 6 PM, the developer invite you to their launch event of Tagtool at CENTRAL Linz. Read more here…

Join us for an interesting talk, discussion and hands-on experience on how to build your own bio-display and hear about our workshops, projects and curriculum for biodesign at the Royal College of Art.

In conjunction with this year’s Perspectives theme, workshop participants will deal with current issues and personal stories, and discover how much fun it is to work creatively with new media. Spontaneous reaction and free improvisation play roles that are just as important as precise planning and concentrated work. This approach makes for very special kinds of group experiences that, above all, leave behind a lasting impression.

Credits

Zukunftswerkstatt @ Festival is a “mobilized” version of a course regularly offered at the Ars Electronica Center.

The State of Upper Austria and the AMS job service offer courses to young people not currently enrolled in an educational institution or who have not yet found an apprenticeship. These courses entail the opportunity to attend a Zukunftswerkstatt at the Ars Electronica Center.

create.aec.at/zukunftswerkstatt

The project’s point of departure was merely a working title; otherwise, the young filmmakers enjoyed complete creative freedom. The choice of the theme—a mix of sexual exploitation, drug abuse, and traditional gender roles—was extremely exciting for these youngsters, above all the issues that also pose a challenge for adults and, especially, teachers.

PRIA, VÖSI (AT)

Hardly a day goes by without a news story about self-driving cars. Companies are investing huge sums in the development of autonomous vehicles. Ford recently paid $1 billion to acquire a company that specializes in R&D on systems for self-driving cars. Research nationwide and throughout the EU is focusing on autonomous driving. All major carmakers and a few newcomers such as Google and Apple aim to bring out a self-driving car by 2021.

RoboCar is an initiative to spotlight some trendy, cool technology to make young people aware of what is happening now and what future prospects are emerging in the ICT (IT, communication and technology) sector. Interest among young people in careers in the ICT sector is still far too low in comparison to personnel requirements.

There are too few IT apprentices, secondary technical school students interested in IT, and ICT companies offering training in this field. Our aim is to promote enthusiasm among young people for careers in the ICT sector, to interest them in training in this field and to acquaint them with the types of jobs available. Our aim is to promote better contacts between young people who plan to pursue higher education and the ICT sector in general and the VÖSI companies in particular.

Workshop with Young People from the BFI Upper Austria

Self-Driving Cars—Model Construction and Programming

The Ars Electronica Center has been collaborating with the BFI (Careers Advancement Institute) since spring 2017 to give youngsters the opportunity to work on projects in conjunction with the Ars Electronica Festival. The aim is to open up bright prospects for these young people and to strengthen their self-confidence as a solid foundation for their occupational future. In five sessions, the youngsters get support from experts in converting a remote-controlled model car into a self-driving car.

Credits

VÖSI – The Austrian Software Industry Association represents the interests of Austria’s top IT companies. VÖSI was founded in 1986 and currently includes about 30 large and medium-size software and IT companies. Without a healthy software industry, Austria as a business location would be in danger of becoming an auxiliary workshop of more innovative countries.

PRIA – Practical Robotics Institute Austria: Our vision is to prepare and motivate the next generation of researchers, engineers and scientists, and to be the go-to address for pedagogical applications in robotics and ICT.