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Point and Click

lasse — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:05:38 +0000

During a four day workshop, the adventure game genre is analysed and strategies of applying its rules to public space are developed. What is the relation of classic street games to the digital adventures of the computer game age? How did street games influence video games and how do pixel based games act back onto urban activities?

On wearable technologies and smart textiles

lasse — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:48:02 +0000

The possibilities to generate changes in the textile's surface and color, or to improve their technical characteristics are some areas of research today. Based on a series of examples, this presentation introduces wearable technologies and smart textiles and will point out some of the paradigmatic changes that have occurred in the definition of form and surfaces from an interactive point of view.

Second prize at Vida awards for CONNECT

lasse — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:49:21 +0000

At the 12th edition of the VIDA awards for Art and Artifical Life, › CONNECT by Andeas Muxel was awarded the second prize. The piece will be shown at ARCO, Contemporary Art Madrid from February 17th until 21st.

TEMPS D’IMAGES

lasse — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 10:57:55 +0000

The installation › The Leak by Thomas Hawranke is shown at the festival TEMPS D'IMAGES at tanzhaus nrw in Düsseldorf.

INsideOUT at SIGGRAPH Asia

lasse — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:00:16 +0000

At the art gallery of SIGGRAPH Asia 2009 in Yokohama, Japan the performance › INsideOUT by Claudia Robles is shown.

Arduino DDS Sinewave Generator

martin — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:18:57 +0000

Arduino Sine wave Generator using the direct digital synthesis Method Here we describe how to generate sine waves with an Arduino board in a very accurate way . Almost no additional hardware is required. The frequency range reaches form zero to 16 KHz with a resolution of a millionth part of one Hertz ! Distortions can [...]

Happy holidays!

lasse — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:32:01 +0000

Wednesday, December 16th at 5 p.m. the legendary Lab3 Christmas party with tabletop soccer tournament is held - in the renovated, newer and better Lab3. Because of the KHM involvement in next years ISEA2010 in Dortmund, the traditional Ruhrgebiet dish Currywurst will be served.

Share Prize 2009

lasse — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:56:16 +0000

The winner of Share Prize 2009 is Andreas Muxel with › CONNECT. Ralph Baecker received a honorary mention for › Rechnender Raum. Congratulations!

off topic: aufräumen

lasse — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:28:03 +0000

The new issue of off topic, the KHM magazine for media art, will be released on Friday, November 6th. Under the title "aufräumen" (clearing up) it features several Lab3 related projects and topics. Among these are an article by Andreas Muxel about his piece › CONNECT, an interview with Severin Hacker by Ludwig Zeller dealing with "human computing" and the idea of a net-based "aesthetic measure", and a report by Stefan Göllner about the relation of software development and urban planning in the project › Unortkataster Köln.

Test arrangements in an Electro-Biotope

lasse — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:44:40 +0000

The exhibition lab30, the 8th Augsburg Media Art Laboratory, will feature "Test arrangements in an Electro-Biotope". Two recent works of Lab3 will be part of the biotope:

› Sensobotanics (a real plant plays a first person shooter)

› I am scared, but i love... (an instrument based on your hopes and EEG).