[spectre] (fwd) Ars Electronica 2011 - ORIGIN

[Andreas Broeckmann]

Ars Electronica 2011 - ORIGIN

http://new.aec.at/origin/en/about/

Curatorial Statement

by Christine Schöpf and Gerfried Stocker 
(Artistic Directors of the Ars Electronica 
Festival)

The insatiable hunger for knowledge; the burning 
passion to blaze new trails and overturn old 
points of view; the wish to find out where we 
come from; the longing to endow our existence 
with meaning and to establish our place in a 
comprehensive model of the universe. The 
satisfaction we derive upon getting to the bottom 
of these things, explaining them, describing 
them, expressing them. These absolutely 
quintessential elements of what it means to be 
human constitute the shared source of art and 
science. They are the driving forces from which 
innovation emerges.


Origin - How It All Begins

In cooperation with CERN, an institution in which 
more than 8,000 scientists from many countries 
are at work expanding the boundaries of our 
knowledge of the laws of nature in an effort to 
understand the genesis of the universe and the 
origins of all matter, we are dedicating the 2011 
Ars Electronica Festival to the fascinating world 
of leading-edge research on the basic principles 
of the cosmos. And in doing so we'll also be 
taking a fresh look at the true significance of 
places and facilities like CERN. It could very 
well be that they are not only models for spaces 
conducive to perception and invention that are 
indispensible for scientists, but also for the 
development of designs for a viable, sustainable 
society that humankind needs so urgently now.


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