Dialog With The Knowbotic South
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The multimedia research group "knowbotic research" is a good
example of how interdisciplinary work between art and
technology can lead to new results. In the project presented in
Telepolis, the antarctic is turned into artificial nature. The
antarctic research is concerned with a geographical area which,
because of its extreme climatic conditions, can only be opened
up by means of technology. The results are spread all over the
world to the computers of research institutions. With the help
of intelligent agents (self-reliantly learning computer
programs) and with the consent of the responsible institutions,
knowbotic research will make data on the antarctic accessible
for the visitor of the exhibition. The information will not be
presented on the 2D-surface of the screen but in a complex
interior installation where sounds, smells, optical media and a
new interface technique (Private Eye) for navigating in the
dataspace are forming a revolutionary and already prizewinning
(Prix Ars Electronica, ZKM Medienkunstpreis) entity.
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