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lecture at “AquaLife 2010″

admin — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 20:56:11 +0000

I was invited to the “AquaLife 2010″ seminar at the Kiel Innovation and Technology Centre (KITZ) to hold a lecture about “water quality as a means for artistic intervention in a public space” (see art & science project fleabag). I joined there a nice group of scientists who work on exciting researches in the field of water: The presentations covered the use of early warning systems, water security, risk management and biomonitoring instruments in Germany, the Netherlands and around the world. Take a look – and see, for example, why you should not eat the “fish’n'chips” from the G. Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries

Exhibition “virt-h”

admin — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 18:39:41 +0000

single exhibition at

akta art.room
Schreinergasse 7, 3200 St. Pölten
09.04. – 08.05.2010, 10:30 to 17:00 or on request (info@akta.at)

More details about this work on ctopia or on virt-h.vox.com

Exhibition photos by Andrea Reischer and Corinne Studer:

Exhibition “SecondSquat” – game results

admin — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:01:49 +0000

Just some of the nice game results from exhibition visitors who played the SecondSquat Game!

Finding their way through the spatial game SecondSquat, the players left movement tracks, which at the same time shaped a new architecture. This generative result architecture was then automatically pasted into SecondSquat Utopia and placed onto a free “land piece”.

Game Result…

Exhibition “SecondSquat”

admin — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:39:57 +0000

SecondSquat
Spatial Utopia for a 3D-Internet
Game Art, interactive installation, 2009
by Corinne Studer and her avatar Fuzzy Janus

Overview Exhibition

SecondSquat is an interactive installation that reflects, using the example of “Second Life”, spatial planning and the possibilities of movement within a three-dimensional Internet.

In this 3D-online-world, flying – the human dream – belongs to an essential possibility of an experience-driven locomotion. Yet, this is hardly considered at the planning, design and usage of this virtual world. “Second Life” is built up more densely, which leads to restricted mobility and exacerbates the discovering of individual sections.

Drawing from these experiences SecondSquat projects a new spatial Utopia. SecondSquat’s model of this Utopia is designed to remove the usual barriers that prevent free flight within such online worlds. The installation offers a playful way of experiencing virtual space and for actively participating within this utopia.

SecondSquat - spatial utopia for a 3D-internet

“SecondSquat” consists of a game and a spatial utopia for a 3D-internet, which was realised within Second Life. For more information: download pdf

Special thanks to:

John Shave, programming support
Leo Peschta, electronic support
Max Moswitzer, sl-land support

SecondSquat will be shown at the exhibitions:

18.6.09 “Digital Traces”, Vienna

25.6 – 15.7.09 “Essence 2009″ , University of Applied Arts, Vienna, Vordere Zollamtstrasse 3, Vienna

25.6 – 12.7.09 “Alice in Wonderland”, Freiraum / quartier21, im Museumsquartier MQ, Vienna,

26.6. – 15.8.09 In “Second Life”: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Angewandte/76/96/54

Exhibition “virt-h” and “Consumer” at Q202

admin — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 21:45:54 +0000

Here are some impressions from the “Q202 Atelierrundgang”. An open house event in Vienna. Many studios open their doors for 3 days for everyone who is interested. It was wonderful to meet all the curious people, have some nice talk and laughing.

My colleague Novotny and me in front of “our” studio…

Pics from the Exhibition “virt-h” and “Consumer”

admin — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 21:24:19 +0000

The following pics are showing my installation “virt-h”. For more information about the project go to www.virt-h.vox.com
The video artwork “Consumer” from my colleague Novotny. For more information about this work see www.georg.novotny.biz.

virt-h