Ars Electronica Grand Opening

Pauline here... I"m going to let Sean write about this place. Overall, I'll say we were highly disappointed. We were So excited to go... but left pretty much empty handed and realizing as usual that we have been quite fortunate to know and work with amazingly talented folks through DV. That said, here are some photos and video highlights :) The building is insane... I think 6-8 floors of nothing but new media/ interactive exhibits and performances. really awesome it exists.

Oh, info: http://www.aec.at/index_de.php

We also decided to rent a car and have fun on the autobahn... it was really nice driving here. Not very busy, no real speed limit... just do what you need basically. Everyone drove very respectfully.

(oh, and it's obviously in km, though I'm sure sean took that photo of me to pretend it was mph :D)

Ars at night:


The view of the Danube and Lienz:


Videos of the light show (the entire building became art + sound):



Me driving on the Autobahn:



Kid's area of Ars:


One of the interactive brain exhibits:


Daito Manabe and partner creating sound via facial movement/// sound was also causing the electrodes on their faces to make facial movement... very unique:





Amanda in the snow in Vienna:


Sean feeding a pus dog (cheese inside sausage) to a statue: