Science

Thirty Years Of Ars Electronica: The Future Of Man And Nature

The 2009 Ars Electronica will surely be an edition to remember. The festival, which takes place in Linz the first week of September, celebrated its 30th year. Much attention was focused on the little Austrian town for the fact that Linz was chosen as European Culture Capital for 2009, and so it has experienced an intense year, dense with launches and cultural events... READ MORE...

Balint Boligo’ And The Magical Machines

Bálint Bolygó, born in 1976, of Hungarian origin but a London resident, appears to be an artist who works with science. His family history confirms this: both his parents are scientists, and Bolig˜ himself declares that this field was his initial means of inspiration for his own experiments and his own cultural growth. But when talking with Balint you realise that, despite maths, Physics and chemistry being significant reference points for the development of a personal poetical scheme, during the course of his artistic activity he does not want to create objects and sculptures that are scientifically significant, but instead wants to explore that thought-provoking space that brings art and science close together and has always made them unique and united.... READ MORE...

Streamfest 2009

Streamfest, giunto quest'anno alla terza edizione, è un'inedita kermesse di immagini, suoni, performance e installazioni, luogo ideale di incontro tra differenti culture e stili di vita. Una manifestazione che superando le distanze si propone di abbracciare la tematica della salvaguardia del pianeta e del rispetto per l'ambiente itinerando tra la più affascinanti e suggestive località della penisola Salentina.... READ MORE...

80+1 Kilpisjarvi

The Finnish BioArt Society is a participant in 80+1 A Journey Around the World, a virtual tour in the spirit of Jules Verne organized by the renowned media centre Ars Electronica Center in Linz, Austria. The venture poses 20 crucial questions about our collective future visiting 20 emblematic locations in different parts of the globe.... READ MORE...

Illustrative 2009

ILLUSTRATIVE showcases an international scene of artist-designers, whose works have been inspired by subculture movements like comic and graffiti as well as by applied arts like illustration and book art. Center in Linz, Austria. The venture poses 20 crucial questions about our collective future visiting 20 emblematic locations in different parts of the globe.... READ MORE...

The Art And The Epidemiological Criticism Of Gina Czarnecki

Gina Czarnecki is undoubtedly an conscious and sensitive artist, for the sensitive issues she courageously deals with, for her subjects, for her analysis and research methods she chose to elaborate, and for the aesthetic impact as well as the fascination of her work. This feeling is in her environmental and audiovisual work, and this feelings are even stronger when you have the chance to meet and talk to her... READ MORE...

The Arts Catalyst Eye of the storm

From esoteric arguments over the structure of the universe to highly charged public controversies around the use of stem cells, Eye of the Storm brings together artists whose work playfully and provocatively intervenes in science, scientists at the heart of scientific disputes and other experts to discuss the nature and process of controversy, touching on brilliance and ego, dissent and obsession, big science, high finance, deviant science, the reliability of knowledge and the legislation of uncertainty... READ MORE...

The Science And Art Of Complex Systems

Within quantum mechanics, reality is an evolving state that includes the interaction of the observer as a component of the system under observation. The same thing can be said of any interactive work of media art. Human behavior contributes complexity to any interactive system of which it is a component, whether it reside in quantum space or cyberspace. Sword of the Stranger di Masahiro Ando.... READ MORE...

Marc Didou: Resonances

Marble, bronze and wood coexist with reflected images: what firstly appears as an abstract monolith, sudden reveals another face thanks to concave or convex mirrors. Marc Didou's original way of assembling the ancient art of anamorphosis with a cutting edge medical imaging technique is constitutes a remarkable encounter between art and science, where Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), set free from the scientific laboratori, is made available to the public as sculptures to interact with... READ MORE...