Physical Computing and Hybrid Interfaces at Interface Cultures

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Gestrich, Dorothée; Sommerer, Christa; Mignonneau, Laurent: Physical Computing and Hybrid Interfaces at Interface Cultures in: Stocker, Gerfried und Schöpf, Christine (Ed.): Goodbye Privacy – Ars Electronica 2007, Ostfildern 2007, 385 – 390.

As contributors to the Campus exhibitions staged in conjunction with the 2005 and 2006 Ars Electronica Festivals, candidates for masters and doctors degrees in the Interface Cul- tures program at the University of Art and Design Linz’s Department of Media had the opportu- nity to present some of their interactive course-work projects, for which they received enthusi- astic reviews from audiences made up of experts from around the world over the past two years. The thematic emphasis of the projects selected for 2007’s Campus 2.0 is on physical computing and hybrid interfaces. For this exhibition, the interface concept developed in the Inter- face Cultures program has been expanded via linkup to other artistic and artisanal disciplines such as textile design, industrial design and interior design. These works embody original, inno- vative concepts for interaction involving intelligent furniture, clothing and environments, inter- active toys, pervasive gaming, new analog and digital musical instruments as well as technical, artistic and applied interactive prototypes and hybrid systems.