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	<title>Claus Helfenschneider</title>
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		<title>Procedural Animation Workshop 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 11:47:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>claus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like in 2010, I held the &#8220;Procedural Animation&#8221; class at the University of Applied Sciences Hagenberg in October 2011. Again, the students had to create a procedural still using MEL or Python in Autodesk Maya. This year, the task was to visualize a part of the computer&#8217;s directory tree. The data was all given by [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a title="Procedural Animation Workshop 2010" href="http://www.helfenschneider.com/2010/12/procedural-animation-workshop/">Like in 2010</a>, I held the &#8220;Procedural Animation&#8221; class at the University of Applied Sciences Hagenberg in October 2011. Again, the students had to create a procedural still using MEL or Python in Autodesk Maya. This year, the task was to visualize a part of the computer&#8217;s directory tree. The data was all given by the file system — file sizes, directories, files, links, file names, creation-/modification-/last-access-dates, number of files in a directory, file types, file extensions,&#8230; After one and a half days of theoretical introduction and one and a half day of actual work, the students produced great artworks, in both artistic and technical regard.</p>
<p>Here are some of the results:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.helfenschneider.com/uploads/2012/01/schulze_software.jpg"><img class="alignnone  wp-image-841 colorbox-813" style="margin-bottom: -10px !important;" title="Christian Schulze - software directory" src="http://www.helfenschneider.com/uploads/2012/01/schulze_software-500x281.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="281" /></a><br />
Christian Schulze — software directory</p>
<p><a href="http://www.helfenschneider.com/uploads/2012/01/palnstorfer_lindtner.jpg"><img class="alignnone  wp-image-840 colorbox-813" style="margin-bottom: -10px !important;" title="Johannes Lindtner, Moritz Palnstorfer" src="http://www.helfenschneider.com/uploads/2012/01/palnstorfer_lindtner-500x281.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="281" /></a><br />
Johannes Lindtner, Moritz Palnstorfer</p>
<p><a href="http://www.helfenschneider.com/uploads/2012/01/andreeva_atzlinger.jpg"><img class="alignnone  wp-image-838 colorbox-813" style="margin-bottom: -10px !important;" title="Yana Andreeva, Andreas Atzlinger" src="http://www.helfenschneider.com/uploads/2012/01/andreeva_atzlinger-500x281.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="281" /></a><br />
Yana Andreeva, Andreas Atzlinger</p>
<p><a href="http://www.helfenschneider.com/uploads/2012/01/holzer_pfeifer.jpg"><img class="alignnone  wp-image-842 colorbox-813" style="margin-bottom: -10px !important;" title="Christian Holzer, Johannes Pfeifer" src="http://www.helfenschneider.com/uploads/2012/01/holzer_pfeifer-500x281.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="281" /></a><br />
Christian Holzer, Johannes Pfeifer</p>
<p><a href="http://www.helfenschneider.com/uploads/2012/01/berger_wolf.jpg"><img class="alignnone  wp-image-839 colorbox-813" style="margin-bottom: -10px !important;" title="Markus Berger, Fabian Wolf" src="http://www.helfenschneider.com/uploads/2012/01/berger_wolf-500x500.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="500" /></a><br />
Markus Berger, Fabian Wolf</p>
<p><a href="http://www.helfenschneider.com/uploads/2012/01/heller.jpg"><img class="alignnone  wp-image-843 colorbox-813" style="margin-bottom: -10px !important;" title="Thomas Heller" src="http://www.helfenschneider.com/uploads/2012/01/heller-500x500.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="500" /></a><br />
Thomas Heller</p>
<p><a href="http://www.helfenschneider.com/uploads/2012/01/wieser_python32.jpg"><img class="alignnone  wp-image-824 colorbox-813" style="margin-bottom: -10px !important;" title="Manuel Wieser - Python32 directory" src="http://www.helfenschneider.com/uploads/2012/01/wieser_python32-500x255.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="255" /></a><br />
Manuel Wieser — Python32 directory</p>
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		<title>New Office (2010)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:42:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>claus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fun]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[blueprint]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[office]]></category>
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This post is a bit (1 ½ years) late, but I recently stumbled upon these pics and here they are.. At that time my office was completely rebuilt. I&#8217;ve done a rough blueprint/3D layout in order to check how all the stuff i needed would fit in this quite small room (2.95 x 4.15m). On the [...]]]></description>
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<p>This post is a bit (1 ½ years) late, but I recently stumbled upon these pics and here they are.. At that time my office was completely rebuilt. I&#8217;ve done a rough blueprint/3D layout in order to check how all the stuff i needed would fit in this quite small room (2.95 x 4.15m). On the lower corner there&#8217;s also a sofa and some more shelves. In the right corner there&#8217;ll be a flat screen for watching films and TV. The rendering is really simple, nothing fancy, took about 10 hours to create from scratch. Everything seen is true to scale, even my beloved Wacom tablet. The yellow wall was my mum&#8217;s idea :)</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s a before and after comparison:</p>

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		<title>Monkeyshots</title>
		<link>http://www.helfenschneider.com/2011/07/monkeyshots/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 23:27:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>claus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[monkeymen]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#160;
This is one of a few clips created by individuals of the monkeymen collective:
The Monkeycrew is back on track with 5 new sweet little animations. This time around we decided to let some of our little Monkeys go wild on their own. We armed them with their most favourite toys to see what they end [...]]]></description>
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<p>This is one of a few clips created by individuals of the <a class="external-link" href="http://www.monkeymen.tv" target="_blank">monkeymen</a> collective:</p>
<blockquote><p>The Monkeycrew is back on track with 5 new sweet little animations. This time around we decided to let some of our little Monkeys go wild on their own. We armed them with their most favourite toys to see what they end up with. In the future we will release more of these whenever we see fit. <span style="color: #808080;">[monkeymen.tv]</span></p></blockquote>
<p>I did not ideate/direct any of the clips, I just did the 3D part on the <a class="external-link" href="http://vimeo.com/26178358" target="_blank"><em>monkeyshot#4</em></a> one. Be shure to <a class="external-link" title="monkeyshot#1" href="http://vimeo.com/26172389" target="_blank">check</a> <a class="external-link" title="monkeyshot#2" href="http://vimeo.com/26068932" target="_blank">all</a> <a class="external-link" title="monkeyshot#3" href="http://vimeo.com/26168531" target="_blank">of</a> <a class="external-link" title="monkeyshot#5" href="http://vimeo.com/26100789" target="_blank">them</a>, also the <a class="external-link" href="http://vimeo.com/26293444" target="_blank">outtake#1</a>, which I like especially.</p>
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		<title>Dentist</title>
		<link>http://www.helfenschneider.com/2011/04/dentist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 08:40:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>claus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few days ago I&#8217;ve made an appointment at the dentist&#8217;s. Two days later I saw this.
Mauerpark, Berlin.

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A few days ago I&#8217;ve made an appointment at the dentist&#8217;s. Two days later I saw this.<br />
Mauerpark, Berlin.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.helfenschneider.com/uploads/2011/04/ch_zahnarzt_01s.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-756 colorbox-755" title="Dentist" src="http://www.helfenschneider.com/uploads/2011/04/ch_zahnarzt_01s-500x500.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="500" /></a></p>
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		<title>Nu Bike</title>
		<link>http://www.helfenschneider.com/2011/04/nu-bike/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 18:46:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>claus</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Miscellaneous]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Summer&#8217;s comin up, so I needed something new to have a nice and comfortable ride to work&#8230;

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Summer&#8217;s comin up, so I needed something new to have a nice and comfortable ride to work&#8230;</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-749 colorbox-748" title="bike_01" src="http://www.helfenschneider.com/uploads/2011/04/bike_01.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="375" /></p>
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		<title>something something big</title>
		<link>http://www.helfenschneider.com/2011/02/something-something-big/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 19:27:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>claus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fun]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ever wanted to view 46.080.000 Pixels at once? Here&#8217;s our new screen-wall showing a 15K video.

And that&#8217;s me with a quite expensive (at least for home use, € 25.000+ is quite expensive) 2K Projector (unfortunately just borrowed) previewing some of the content we (m-box) produced for a client, which in fact is a renowned projector [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ever wanted to view 46.080.000 Pixels at once? Here&#8217;s our new screen-wall showing a 15K video.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-707 colorbox-706" title="screen_wall_01" src="http://www.helfenschneider.com/uploads/2011/02/screen_wall_01.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="333" /></p>
<p>And that&#8217;s me with a quite expensive (at least for home use, € 25.000+ is quite expensive) 2K Projector (unfortunately just borrowed) previewing some of the content we (<a class="external-link" href="http://www.m-box.de" target="_blank">m-box</a>) produced for a client, which in fact is a renowned projector manufacturer &#8211; what a coincidence.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-708 colorbox-706" title="me_and_projector_01" src="http://www.helfenschneider.com/uploads/2011/02/me_and_projector_01.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="333" /></p>
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		<title>Procedural Animation Workshop</title>
		<link>http://www.helfenschneider.com/2010/12/procedural-animation-workshop/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 12:16:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>claus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I held a class called &#8220;Procedural Animation&#8221; at the University of Applied Sciences Hagenberg (Masters Degree Digital Arts). After having to listen to some theory, the students had to create a procedural artwork using MEL or Python in Autodesk Maya. The task was to visualize spam-emails. The results are really cool I think. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Last week I held a class called &#8220;Procedural Animation&#8221; at the University of Applied Sciences Hagenberg (Masters Degree <em>Digital Arts</em>). After having to listen to some theory, the students had to create a procedural artwork using MEL or Python in Autodesk Maya. The task was to visualize spam-emails. The results are really cool I think. They were all created by generating 3D geometry based on various parameters, gathered from parsed text files (spam emails), and by adding some randomness here and there. Good job!</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-687 colorbox-700" title="garstenauer_greil_loegler_01" src="http://www.helfenschneider.com/uploads/2010/12/garstenauer_greil_loegler_01.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="500" /><br />
 <em>Spamulisation </em>- Maximilian Lögler, Laura Greil, Sigrid Garstenauer</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-688 colorbox-700" title="garstenauer_greil_loegler_02" src="http://www.helfenschneider.com/uploads/2010/12/garstenauer_greil_loegler_02.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="500" /><br />
 <em>Spamulisation </em>- Maximilian Lögler, Laura Greil, Sigrid Garstenauer</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-689 colorbox-700" title="isele_koller_sellitsch_01" src="http://www.helfenschneider.com/uploads/2010/12/isele_koller_sellitsch_01.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="500" /><br />
 <em>generative fractal text visualisation</em> &#8211; Jürgen Koller, Matthias Isele, Dominique Sellitsch</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-690 colorbox-700" title="isele_koller_sellitsch_02" src="http://www.helfenschneider.com/uploads/2010/12/isele_koller_sellitsch_02.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="500" /><br />
 <em>generative fractal text visualisation</em> &#8211; Jürgen Koller, Matthias Isele, Dominique Sellitsch</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-691 colorbox-700" title="jelen_01" src="http://www.helfenschneider.com/uploads/2010/12/jelen_01.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="375" /><br />
 <em>Spam Invaders &#8211; Spam Generated Pixel Enemies</em> &#8211; Marko Jelen</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-692 colorbox-700" title="jelen_02" src="http://www.helfenschneider.com/uploads/2010/12/jelen_02.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="216" /><br />
 <em>Spam Invaders &#8211; Spam Generated Pixel Enemies</em> &#8211; Marko Jelen</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-693 colorbox-700" title="pammesberger_boehm_01" src="http://www.helfenschneider.com/uploads/2010/12/pammesberger_boehm_01.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="500" /><br />
 <em>Last Christmas</em> &#8211; Paul Pammesberger, Gernot Böhm</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-694 colorbox-700" title="pammesberger_boehm_02" src="http://www.helfenschneider.com/uploads/2010/12/pammesberger_boehm_02.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="500" /><br />
 <em>Lukas_12_22_32</em> &#8211; Paul Pammesberger, Gernot Böhm</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-695 colorbox-700" title="pammesberger_boehm_03" src="http://www.helfenschneider.com/uploads/2010/12/pammesberger_boehm_03.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="500" /><br />
 <em>paulihateuchlieb </em>- Paul Pammesberger, Gernot Böhm</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-698 colorbox-700" title="srb_jelen_01" src="http://www.helfenschneider.com/uploads/2010/12/srb_jelen_01.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="500" /><br />
 <em>Spam‐Columns</em> &#8211; Stefan Srb, Marko Jelen</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-699 colorbox-700" title="srb_jelen_02" src="http://www.helfenschneider.com/uploads/2010/12/srb_jelen_02.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="500" /><br />
 <em>Spam‐Columns</em> &#8211; Stefan Srb, Marko Jelen</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-696 colorbox-700" title="pippan_schimpf_schroeck_01" src="http://www.helfenschneider.com/uploads/2010/12/pippan_schimpf_schroeck_01.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="500" /><br />
 <em>SpamTree </em>- Alexander Pippan, Stephan Schimpf, Wolfgang Schröck</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-697 colorbox-700" title="pippan_schimpf_schroeck_02" src="http://www.helfenschneider.com/uploads/2010/12/pippan_schimpf_schroeck_02.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="500" /><br />
 <em>SpamTree </em>- Alexander Pippan, Stephan Schimpf, Wolfgang Schröck</p>
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		<title>15 minutes of fame</title>
		<link>http://www.helfenschneider.com/2010/12/15-minutes-of-fame/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 10:46:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>claus</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[BR-alpha]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TV]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My personal 15 minutes of fame: Today, 2010/12/06 &#8211; 21:00 on BR-alpha. Selected works (PP-P4\~#, Lineament) and a short interview about what I&#8217;m doing at work in Berlin.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My personal 15 minutes of fame: Today, 2010/12/06 &#8211; 21:00 on <a href="http://magazine.orf.at/alpha/" target="_blank">BR</a>-<a class="external-link" href="http://www.br-online.de/br-alpha/" target="_blank">alpha</a>. Selected works (<a href="http://www.helfenschneider.com/work/motion/pp-p4/">PP-P4\~#</a>, <a href="http://www.helfenschneider.com/work/motion/lineament/">Lineament</a>) and a short interview about what I&#8217;m doing at work in Berlin.</p>
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		<title>PP-P4#~\ @ Animated Dreams Tallinn</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 15:14:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>claus</dc:creator>
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PP-P4#~\ is being shown at the Animated Dreams Festival in Tallinn. Skinlines, a 3D short created by Monkeymen Int is also shown in the same category, &#8220;Digital Worlds&#8221;. Monkeymen is a collective producing independent 3D clips and shorts, formed by the guys here at m-box, the place I&#8217;m working at. Actually, I&#8217;m currently doing some [...]]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://www.helfenschneider.com/work/motion/pp-p4/"><em>PP-P4#~\</em></a> is being shown at the <a class="external-link" href="http://anima.poff.ee/eng/Animated-dreams/festival-programme/schedule.p/digital-worlds" target="_blank">Animated Dreams Festival</a> in Tallinn. <a class="external-link" href="http://vimeo.com/7731624" target="_blank"><em>Skinlines</em></a>, a 3D short created by <em><a class="external-link" href="http://www.monkeymen.tv/" target="_blank">Monkeymen Int</a> </em>is also shown in the same category, &#8220;Digital Worlds&#8221;. <em>Monkeymen </em>is a collective producing independent 3D clips and shorts, formed by the guys here at <a class="external-link" href="http://www.m-box.de/" target="_blank">m-box</a>, the place I&#8217;m working at. Actually, I&#8217;m currently doing some animation for another <em>Monkeymen </em>clip.</p>
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		<title>Über zeitgemäße digitale Kunst</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:39:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>claus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Das Ars Electronica Festival zeigt im Rahmen der CyberArts jedes Jahr ausgewählte und mit Preisen honorierte Arbeiten digitaler Kunst — wobei &#8220;digitale Kunst&#8221; gemeint ist als Sammelbegriff für (technologiebetonte) Medienkunst, interaktive Kunst und digitale Musik. Heuer stechen dabei besonders zwei Aspekte besonders heraus: Das außergewöhnliche Raumkonzept des Geländes der Tabakfabrik, und eine mehr oder weniger stark [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Das Ars Electronica Festival zeigt im Rahmen der CyberArts jedes Jahr ausgewählte und mit Preisen honorierte Arbeiten digitaler Kunst — wobei &#8220;digitale Kunst&#8221; gemeint ist als Sammelbegriff für (technologiebetonte) Medienkunst, interaktive Kunst und digitale Musik. Heuer stechen dabei besonders zwei Aspekte besonders heraus: Das außergewöhnliche Raumkonzept des Geländes der Tabakfabrik, und eine mehr oder weniger stark bemerkbare Trendwende weg von interaktiven, technik-überakzentuierten und inhaltsüberladenen <em>Familien-Attraktionen</em> zurück zu doch wieder eher subtilen, auratischen, formbetonteren <em>Werken</em>. Dabei handelt es sich tatsächlich um einen Pendelschwung &#8220;zurück&#8221;; in den achziger-Jahren gab es beim Prix Ars tatsächlich noch eine eigene Kategorie für digital erstellte Bilder — leider abgeschafft; unter interaktiver Kunst verstand man wirklich — in kürzerer Vergangenheit fast undenkbar — einmal etwas anderes als &#8220;auf einen Knopf drücken, damit etwas spektakuläres passiert&#8221;. Ein großartiges Kunstwerk dazu übrigens <a class="external-link" href="http://www.vadimfishkin.si/m_button/m_button.html" target="_blank">Vadim Fishkins <em>Magic Button</em></a> (2007) [1]. Zurück aber zur ARS: Die wohl beste Arbeit ist ironischerweise nicht digital: <em>Never Ever</em> <a class="external-link" href="http://www.benjaminbergmann.de/" target="_blank">(Benjamin Bergmann) </a>.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-655 colorbox-653" title="Benjamin Bergmann - Never Ever" src="http://www.helfenschneider.com/uploads/2010/09/benjaminbergmann_neverever_1.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="500" /><br />
 Benjamin Bergmann: <em>Never Ever</em>. Von [2].<br class="spacer_" /></p>
<p>Äußerst gut das (wie gewohnt) höchst schwammige, aber wohl recht aktuelle Leitthema der Ars &#8220;Repair&#8221; kommentierend, die Gedanken unweigerlich in Gang setzend, einfach köstlich. Höchste Zeit wieder &#8220;<em>höher </em>[zu] <em>hängen&#8221;</em> ist hier formal und inhaltlich die Devise.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-656 colorbox-653" title="ryoichikurokawa_5horizons_1" src="http://www.helfenschneider.com/uploads/2010/09/ryoichikurokawa_5horizons_1.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="250" /><br />
 Ryoichi Kurokawa: <em>Rheo: 5 Horizons</em> [3].</p>
<p>Weiters sehr schön: <em>Rheo: 5 Horizons</em>. Sehr gut unterstützt durch die Räumlichkeiten der Tabakfabrik; endlich etwas, wo sie keinen Studenten mit &#8220;Repair&#8221;-T-Shirt hinstellen mussten, der gleich schreiend auf einen zuläuft: &#8220;Haben sie sich den Text dazu schon durchgelesen oder wissen Sie leicht schon worums geht????&#8221;. Ganz ehrlich: Endlich mal was, wo nicht der Text alleine schon die große Kunst ist, sondern das Werk für sich steht, und per se eine kontemplative Anschauung ermöglicht. Davon gab es noch mehr: Squidsoup: <em>Ocean Of Light: Surface</em>, Leo Pschta: <em>Windrecordeer SR-1</em>, Gordan Savicic &amp; Leo Peschta: <em>WERP_BOT</em> — zweifellos die beste interaktive Arbeit, die dem &#8220;Tschick&#8221; rufenden Besucher eine Zigarette in den Mund wirft. <cite title="Aus der Beschreibung im Ars Electronica Programmheft">Die überwältigende Erregung des Augenblicks hinterlässt beim Raucher ein Gefühl der Erleichterung und Befriedigung; sein Coolness-Faktor ist sichtlich gesteigert</cite>.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-661 colorbox-653" title="WERP_BOT" src="http://www.helfenschneider.com/uploads/2010/09/werp_bot.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="259" /><br />
 Gordan Savicic &amp; Leo Peschta: <em>WERP_BOT</em> [4].</p>
<p>Weiters Finnbogi Pétursson: <em>Earth</em>, die Fotografieserie <em>My husband and me, me and my wife</em> von Nico Ferrando, Die Laser-Portraits <em>fade-out</em> von Dalto Manabe &amp; Motol Isibashi (okay, das ist wohl ein &#8220;Knopf-drücken-Staunen&#8221;-Arbeit, aber eine das pure Spektakel mit dem Ansprechenden, Mehrschichtigen, rohen Formalen vereinende), <em>Chapter I: The Discovery</em> von Félix Luque Sánczhez, Jonathan Schipper: <em>Measuring Angst</em> und Thomas Thwaites großartiges <em>Toaster Project</em>.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-665 colorbox-653" title="jonathanschipper_measuring_angst" src="http://www.helfenschneider.com/uploads/2010/09/jonathan-schipper-2.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="374" /><br />
 Jonathan Schipper: <em>Measuring Angst</em>. Von [5]</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-663 colorbox-653" title="the_discovery" src="http://www.helfenschneider.com/uploads/2010/09/the_discovery1.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="249" /><br />
 Félix Luque Sánczhez: <em>Chapter I: The Discovery</em>.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-664 colorbox-653" title="fade_out" src="http://www.helfenschneider.com/uploads/2010/09/fade_out.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="260" /><br />
 Dalto Manabe &amp; Motol Isibashi: <em>fade-out</em>.</p>
<p>Diese Arbeiten zu beschreiben wäre zum einen viel zu viel Arbeit und Texte und Bilder würden diesen Werken ohnehin nicht gerecht. Ansehen!</p>
<p><em>Braun Tube Jazz Band</em> (Ei Wada) war eine tolle Performance, von denen es zwar eine Hand voll, aber trotzdem zu wenige (gute) gab.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-660 colorbox-653" title="braun_tube_jazz_band" src="http://www.helfenschneider.com/uploads/2010/09/braun_tube_jazz_band.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="304" /><br />
 Ei Wada: <em>Braun Tube Jazz Band</em>.</p>
<p>Die Ars dieses Jahr also wirklich sehenswert, die trotz Ars-Themenwahl guten Arbeiten, und das Gelände, das jeder Arbeit gehörig Raum gibt, lohnen sich gesehen gesehen zu werden.</p>
<p>Was fehlt in den oben genannten Arbeiten? Gut gemeinte Weltverbesserer-Selbstbejahung, Bio-Wahnsinn, Öko-Paranoia, Das-Ohnehin-Schlechte-Schlechtredende, hoffnungslose Inhalts-Überladung, Formlosigkeit. Und das ist gut so.</p>
<p>Mist ist ist trotzdem genug dabei. Tipp: Einfach schnell weitergehen, bevor man angequatscht wird. Dann bleibt mehr Zeit, um sich zuhause in hedonistischer Manier einen BigMac reinzustopfen und eine Nachmittags-Richtersendung zu schaun, was um Häuser besser als so mancher Beschreibungstext von Wir-Sind-Die-Guten-Schaut-Auf-Das-Übel-Dieser-Welt-Steht-Doch-In-Der-Beschreibung-Pseudo-Kunstwerken. Looking forward to <a class="external-link" href="http://www.theexternalworld.com/" target="_blank">The External World</a>!!!!!</p>
<p>&#8212;<br />
 [1] von Philosoph und Kulturwissenschaftler Robert Pfaller äußerst treffend analysiert: <a class="external-link" href="http://www.vadimfishkin.si/texts/robert_pfaller.html" target="_blank">http://www.vadimfishkin.si/texts/robert_pfaller.html</a>.<br />
 [2] <a class="external-link" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tschoerda/4954357009/" target="_blank">http://www.flickr.com/photos/tschoerda/4954357009/</a>.<br />
 [3] <a class="external-link" href="http://www.ryoichikurokawa.com/" target="_blank">http://www.ryoichikurokawa.com/</a>.<br />
 [4] <a class="external-link" href="http://www.yugo.at/werpbot/" target="_blank">http://www.yugo.at/werpbot/</a>.<br />
 [5] <a class="external-link" href="http://www.coolhunting.com/culture/jonathan-schipp.php" target="_blank">http://www.coolhunting.com/culture/jonathan-schipp.php</a>.</p>
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