Production Grants

The concept of the digital sparks competition is to support selected and awarded projects through production grants. The works content is based on close cooperation of the grant holder with the [link 01] MARS-Exploratory Media Lab. The Lab supports the award-winners with expertise, knowledge and contacts and enables them to further their work and to develop new projects. The works developed in 2002 have already been presented on media art festivals and conferences and have even won awards.

digital sparks 2001 fellows

Michael Wolf

International School of Design Köln (KISD), Interactive Design
Sponsored project: [link 02] Soundgarten, a tactile interface for children to arrange sounds

Video-documentation about his project "Soungarten":
[link 03] [RealMedia | 4 Min.]

Video about the production grant at the MARS Lab:
[link 04] [RealMedia | 1 Min.]

Video about the Award ceremony:
[link 05] [RealMedia | 4 Min.]

Sascha Kempe

International School of Design Köln (KISD), Interactive Design
Sponsored project: [link 06] Radioskop. das Hören Sehen, an innovative navigation for websites

Tamas Szakal

Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig, Media Art
Sponsored project: [link 07] Phonic Frequencies, a networked mixed-reality installation

Video about "phonic frequencies":
[link 08] [RealMedia | 42 Sek.]

Video about the production grant at the MARS Lab:
[link 09] [RealMedia | 54 Sek.]

Video about the production grant at the MARS-Lab:
[link 10] [RealMedia | 1 Min.]

Martin Schneider

Ilmenau Technical University, Computer Science
Sponsored project: Participation in the development of the [link 11] Semantic Map, interface for visualisation and exploration of semantic relationships

Video about his project "Genius Bodybuilder", Award 2001:
[link 12] [RealMedia | 1Min.]

digital sparks 2002 fellows

Rüdiger Schlömer

Aachen University of Applied Sciences, Design
Sponsored project: [link 13] reverse engineering, a collective reading attempt

Michael Janoschek

Aachen University of Applied Sciences, Design
Sponsored project: [link 14] Flatgames/Taiga, a concept for digital extended games

Florian Thalhofer

The Berlin University of the Arts, Design
Sponsored project: [link 15] 7sons, a nonlinear and interactive documentary

Andreas Siefert

State University of Art and Design Karlsruhe, Media Art
Sponsored project: [link 16] gorin-no-sho, an interactive audio-visual sound performance

Martin Hesselmeier

University of Applied Sciences, Media Design
Sponsored project: [link 17] My World webcam, an installation about the "truth" of images in the internet

digital sparks 2003 fellows

Nora Krug

The Berlin University of the Arts, Design
Sponsored project: [link 18] Please.music works, an interactive website about musicians

Anja Kempe

Academy of Media Arts Cologne, Media Art
Sponsored project: [link 19] G.P.S. (general-personal systems), an installation about individual routes in different cities

Franz Alken

Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig, Media Art
Sponsored project: [link 20] machines will eat itself, II, an Internet project which takes a subversive an ironic look at commercial data mining