Winter Wonderland in the Ars Electronica Center
(Linz, December 16, 2015) The Ars Electronica Center cordially invites you to partake of some holiday cheer this coming weekend, Saturday & Saturday, December 19-20, 2015. Visitors—both the young and the young-at-heart—can get a close-up look at the Center’s LED façade and learn some tricks to perform illuminated artistry of their own! The lineup of fun activities includes experimenting with magnetic electronic components and crafting Christmas tree ornaments in the Workshop of the Future. Interactive games in Deep Space call for bringing your whole body into play.
Program overview:
LED Façade Tour
Saturday & Sunday, December 19-20, 2015 / 4 PM
This guided tour of the building’s façade lets you get a close-up look at the multicolored LED bulbs that illuminate the Ars Electronica Center’s outer shell.
Light Circus
Sunday, December 20, 2015 / 1-5:30 PM
This workshop staged by a group named Circus Lumineszenz offers fascinating insights into the amazing world of light & sound painting, and shows participant how to create their own lighting effects.
The Wonder of Christmas with littleBits
Saturday & Sunday, December 19-20, 2015 / 10:30 AM-5:30 PM
In this workshop, little kids and grown-ups alike will have a ball experimenting with the manifold possibilities of magnetic electronic components by littleBits.
Christmas Arts & Crafts in FabLab
Saturday & Sunday, December 19-20, 2015 / 10:30 AM-5:30 PM
In FabLab, the Workshop of the Future, Advent is a time for arts & crafts projects to create Christmas tree ornaments or little gift items.
Do-It-Yourself Action Figures: Graphic Design in Computer Games
Saturday, December 19, 2015 / 3-4 PM
Calling all computer game enthusiasts! This workshop delivers practical insights into designing game characters, backgrounds and level elements. Then, in the next workshop, participants can install them into their own game.
Do-It-Yourself Action Figures: Graphic Design in Computer Games
Saturday, December 19, 2015 / 4-5 PM
ZIEGE is an online tool that enables anybody—even those with no programming experience—to design computer games.
Game Spaces: Cooperative Aesthetics and Interactive Gaming
You have to bring all of your mental and physical talents to bear when Deep Space 8K becomes a setting for interactive games and works of art. Students at the Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences’ Hagenberg Campus and Linz Art University have developed games and cool interactive artworks in which players have to get physical.
Family Tour
Saturday & Sunday, December 19-20, 2015 / 11:30 AM, 2 & 3:30 PM
This fascinating tour of the Museum of the Future features lots of attractions for the whole family and also provides plenty of food for thought about the future of our world.
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LED Facade Tour / Florian Voggenender / Printversion
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Light Circus / Martin Hieslmair / Printversion
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Game Spaces / Magdalena Leitner / Printversion
