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Which Africa?67 percent of all Africans live in cities like Abidjan, Bamako and Dakar. Urban youth culture in these seemingly remote metropolises is aesthetically and culturally plugged in to the global networks and connected to the contemporary music scene. read more  Rüdiger Wischenbart - 28.06.2002 |
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Time to get rid of some famous misconceptions: Examples from the UNPLUGGED debate Set an end to the preconceptions! The discussion around the topic UNPLUGGED at Ars Electronica 2002 could be an opportunity to get rid of some fondly nourished misconceptions about the state of the world we live in. Here are examples for such opportunities drawn from the last few weeks of UNPLUGGED Updates. read more Andreas Hirsch - 25.06.2002 |
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Panic Room: Distinction / Computer Animation/Visual EffectsDavid Fincher's last film Panic Room shows previously non-existent image worlds. The French company BUF has been awarded a Distinction for these 'flying camera' visual effects in Prix Ars Electronica. read more I. Fischer - 21.06.2002 |
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And the question is: Are YOU plugged or unplugged? You may ask yourself: am I unplugged or plugged? You may say to yourself: of course I’m plugged, since I’m reading this online! Right? Well, not exactly. The answer is much more difficult and the question essentially one that should lead to dialogue to shed light on the blank spaces on all our mental maps. read more A. Hirsch - 18.06.2002 |
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www.donniedarko.com: Distinction / Net Excellence The website www.donniedarko.com for Richard Kelly's film is a mini-event in itself. Florian Schmitt and Alexandra Jugovic have been awarded a Distinction in the category 'Net Excellence' for this 'parallel universum. read more I. Fischer - 15.06.2002 |
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TI-92: Golden Nica / u19 The Golden Nica of the Prix Ars Electronica category u19 goes to a work that fully lives up to the subtitle of this category: 'Freestyle Computing': Karola Hummer (19) makes drawings on a standard school pocket calculator using means which were not actually conceived for doing so. read more I. Fischer - 12.06.2002 |
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The Computer Animation/Visual Effects Jury on its Choice The problem of finding adequate criterias to judge computer animations and visual effects has been the central issue in the work of this year's Prix Ars Electronica jury for Computer Animation / Visual Effects. read more I. Fischer - 10.06.2002 |
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UNPLUGGED: Outside the Global Net? In one globally connected world, is there some space left beyond those limits? Or are there only small differences in scope, e.g. how powerful are connections and lines between centers and peripheries? On the history, the metaphors and the politics between the 'plugged' and the 'unplugged'. read more Rüdiger Wischenbart - 07.06.2002 |
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Minitasking: Distinction / Net Excellence Minitasking, a visual Gnutella client, tries to show the network structure and the dynamics of the protocol itself. At Prix Ars Electronica the German group schoenerwissen has been awarded a Distinction in the category 'Net Excellence' for it strangely engaging use of common internet technology. read more I. Fischer - 05.06.2002 |
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