Ars Electronica Festival · 1999
Hamster - Symbiotic Exchange of Hoarded Energy
by Christoph Ebener, Frank Fietzek, Uli Winters
🏆 Honorary Mention · Prix Ars Electronica 1999
“Hamster - Symbiotic Exchange of Hoarded Energy” by Christoph Ebener, Frank Fietzek and Uli Winters received a Honorary Mention in the Interactive Art category of the Prix Ars Electronica 1999.
Our project aims to establish a symbiosis of a population of hamster and a group of vehicles with intelligent steering units. The Hamsters For the experiment we use common golden hamsters. We pick mostly female individuals to prevent territory fights.
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