This year Ars Electronica has been very special for many aspects. Not only because of the presence of Toshio Iwai as featured artist (great guy) and the wonderful excursion at the amazing St. Florian Monastery, but because I had finally the opportunity to meet in person one of my gurus and, from last year, favorite teacher John Maeda (who knows him knows that he doesn’t come so often in Europe), and I have been with so many interesting people. Starting from my trip mate Chris and his friends Nako, Ruairi, Seulki and Stefan, passing by friends I didn’t see for a while like Andy, Golan, Marius and Paolo, ending with people I really hoped to meet and I did, like Joel Baumann (Tomato) and Massimo Banzi (IDII). I don’t think that it could have been a more grateful social experience than this.
But what about the festival itself? You can start watching my pictures and videos from there and if you want to know more, you have to wait the detailed article I will write soon for idearium.

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