Summer Research lab: U-city Songdo IBD, Korea Songdo International Business District (Songdo IBD) is a new smart city or “ubiquitous city” built from scratch on 600 hectares (1,500 acres) of reclaimed land along Incheon’s waterfront. The Songdo International Business District will feature the Northeast Asia Trade Tower and the Incheon Tower. Schools, hospitals, apartments, office
How to organize a pop-up exhibition at a PC-bang (피시방): Make a selection of online games, net.art projects, artistic videos, etc. that you want to share with a wider audience. Choose a PC-bang (피시방) in a good location Select a date and time and promote the exhibition! Create a program in form of a booklet
DIGIMAG JOURNAL ISSUE 75 | SPRING 2017 DIGITAL IDENTITIES, SELF NARRATIVES Identity is becoming a fluid concept, encompassing different domains of the self. How are identities affected by technology and digital tools? What is the role of art in shaping this notion? THE DIGIMAG JOURNAL Digicult Editions is happy to announce the new issue
Expanded Media award for Network Culture Jury Statement: In the category of “Network Culture” the award goes to the project: *“Megacorp.”* (2015) by the team KairUs (Linda Kronman and Andreas Zingerle) from Austria. “Megacorp” provides the public with valuable information on how the global phishing industry operates by appropriating and staging the common
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‣ 2017: Open lecture: Woosong university: Hacking Networks ‣ 2017: 30. Stuttgarter Filmwinter: Megacorp. – Von Scheinfirmen und Internetbetrügerei ‣ 2016: Overdrive conferencee, Girona, Spain: The art of trickery: Social engineering Internet scammers ‣ 2016: DSSITSEC2016, Riga, Latvia: The art of trickery: Social engineering Internet scammers ‣ 2016: Transmedia matters, Basel, Switzerland ‣ 2016: xCoAx,
Neural 54, Making it up + extra: Megacorp interim report by KairUs.org (Linda Kronman & Andreas Zingerle), a printed publication with highlighting key figures on 1000 evil web business. Download the interim report as .pdf from megacorp.kairus.org Supported by:
Signs Over Semiconductors, Sky Petition City, 2012–2013, Will Pappenheimer and Zachary Brady, mobile drawing app and augmented reality, © Will Pappenheimer Index EDITORIAL INTRODUCTION Kevin Hamilton, Editor-in-Chief PANELS NMC SPONSORED PANEL: Augmented Reality: Invention/Reinvention Introduction Chair: Renate Ferro Living on the border between online and offline: exploring augmented reality and artificial life in
Press kit: Andreas Zingerle (bio, photos 72/300dpi) Press kit: KairUs art collective Linda Kronman & Andreas Zingerle (bio, photos 72/300dpi, logo, portfolio) Download the Kairus portfolio 2010-2016 (pdf). Stay up to date with the RSS feed. Selected media coverage 2017 Stuttgarter Nachrichten: Medien- und Netzkunst beim Stuttgarter Filmwinter: Gefangen in Bildern (German) 2016 Die
The installation and performance ‘The Black Money Decoy’ replicates several semi professional laboratory settings that are used for the cleaning process of defaced money. In an internet scam spread through spam e-mails and supported by fraudulent online shops, money has supposedly been dyed black to avoid taxation and custom fees when safely transporting large
Title: Engineering the Future – As part of V&A Digital Design Weekend 2016 Title: “Let’s talk business” and “Megacorp” – Examples of artistic anti fraud activism About the authors: KairUs is a collaboration between two artists Linda Kronman (Finland) and Andreas Zingerle (Austria). Their work focuses on human-computer and computer-mediated human-human interaction with
Title: Faceless Patrons—Scam stories and anti-fraud strategies Author(s): Andreas Zingerle, Linda Kronman Published at: Hyperrhiz14 The End(s) of electronic literature: ELO 2015 Arts program Summer 2016 Abstract Faceless patrons is an installation that documents stories used by Internet scammers in so called “overpayment check scams.” Scammers use scripted stories to reach their victims, yet when
Doctoral thesis: “Artistic anti-fraud activism against online advance fee fraud” by: Mag. Andreas Zingerle supervised by: Univ. Prof. Mag. Gitti Vasicek Viva comission: A. Univ. Prof. Mag. Rainer Zendron, Univ. Prof. Mag. Gitti Vasicek, Reni Hofmüller, Dipl. Ing. (FH) Martin Kaltenbrunner. Abstract: This dissertation investigates the role of vigilante online communities of scambaiters in
collaborative work with Fabian Kühfuss, Martin Reiche, Raphael Perret, KairUs (Linda Kronman, Andreas Zingerle) using the GeoPULSE system developed by Ars Electronica Solutions. ‘Mapping the Smart World’ examines the life cycles of consumer electronics and network technologies. Starting from the mining of minerals through refining of elements to production of metal alloys, magnets, components
For most of us consumers electronic devices such as smartphones, tablets, notebooks, printers or microwaves are a fundamental and indispensable parts of our daily lives. As a result of rapid growth and constant innovation the electronic industry is the world’s fastest growing industry. The “Internet of things” is increasingly adding electronic devices onto our shopping
„Behind the Smart World“ What is the value of disposed data? Talks, Discussion, Presentations When: Thursday, 21.05.2015 – 19:00 Friday, 22.05.2015 – 17:00 Where: KunstRaum Goethestrasse xtd Goethestr. 30, 4020 Linz In today’s smart world everything is saved, and growing datasets become increasingly hard to manage. Data that has been migrated or not accessed is
Title: Trust Us and Our Business Expands! How Net-activists Take Down Fraudulent Business Websites Author(s): Andreas Zingerle Email: andreas.zingerle (at) ufg.ac.at Published at: xCoAx conference 2016, Bergamo, Italy. Abstract: Internet criminals create fake websites that mimic real websites and use them for advance fee fraud or other criminal activities. Over the last ten years members
‘Forensic Fantasies’ is a series of three artworks dealing with data breaches of private information. In the artworks we use data that was recovered from hard-drives that were illegally dumped in West Africa. Despite international regulations recyclers gain higher profits by selling electronic scrap through informal channels, than properly processing it at advanced facilities in
#3: Found footage stalkers The third artwork of the series takes a closer look at images found on one of the hard-drives. Scanning through the private photos enables very personal insights into the life and habits of the pre-owners of this hard-drive. Through the years we follow them to parties with friends, trips to amusement
#2: Identity theft The second artwork of the series focuses on the phenomena of romance scamming.These scammers conduct identity theft by copying bulks of images of attractive people to create fraudulent profiles on social media platforms or dating channels. The scammers pose to be in love with their victim and after gaining their trust they
#1: Not a Blackmail The first artwork of the series examines the possibility to blackmail a prior owner of a hard-drive. Besides finding sensitive data of the owner it is crucial to be able to contact the person to express ones demands. From one hard-drive we could find out who it had belonged to, further
Repubblica.it Cultura I corsari della letteratura, ecco perché pubblichiamo nel dark web Nelle profondità della Rete non si muovono solo trafficanti di armi, droga e informazioni rubate. Ci sono anche poeti, artisti e scrittori che credono nella lettura anonima. E che adesso hanno una rivista culturale, “The Torist”. Le interviste ai protagonisti di STEFANIA PARMEGGIANI
Title: Revealing passwords: Using Social engineering methods to monitor scammer email communication Author(s): Andreas Zingerle Email: andreas.zingerle (at) ufg.ac.at Published at: Analyzing Art, Communication and Design Technologies Abstract This chapter addresses three social engineering techniques that digilante online communities of scambaiters use for ‘Inbox diving’: an act of gaining access to Internet scammers email accounts.
Title: Towards a categorization of scambaiting strategies Author(s): Andreas Zingerle Email: andreas.zingerle (at) ufg.ac.at Published at: International Journal of Art, Communication and Design Technologies The mission of the International Journal of Art, Culture and Design Technologies (IJACDT) is to promote an interdisciplinary research approach to understand cutting-edge theories and practices arising from the influence of
Issue 52 features a report of the xCoAx conference 2015 in Glasgow. Our artwork ‘Let’s talk business’ is featured as well.
Book: Behind the Smart World – saving, deleting and resurfacing of data as part of the AMRO Research Lab 2015 edited by: Kairus.org – Linda Kronman, Andreas Zingerle published by: servus.at | process coordinator: Us(c)hi Reiter layout by: lafkon.net with essays by Fieke Jansen (Tactical Tech), Ivar Veermäe, Emilio Vavarella, Leo Selvaggio, Marloes de Valk,
New Materialism springerin 1/16 An increased focus on materialist, realistic or object-oriented approaches has emerged over the last few years. The common denominator in all of these sometimes diverging theories lies in their attempt to depart radically from the paradigm of the “linguistic turn”. For some time now greater emphasis has been placed
Title of the talk: “Megacorp. – Trust us and our business will expand!” by: Linda Kronman, Andreas Zingerle presented at: 32C3 Chaos Communication Congress, Hamburg/Germany. About: The lecture outlines strategies by the “Artist against 419” online community that uses open source intelligence to gather data and file reports about fraudulent websites. The lecture presents the
Title: “Disruptive anti-fraud artivism – Digital art exposing Internet scammers” Author(s): Andreas Zingerle, Linda Kronman Email: mail@andreaszingerle.com, linda@kairus.org Published at: The Torist Journal About The Torist Journal: The Torist is a new online journal, planned for a biannual release, which is dedicated to deepening the relationship between technology and the humanities. In particular, we
A workshop investigating fake on-line businesses and global corporate conglomerates “The difference between reality and fiction is that fiction needs to be credible.” -Mark Twain Past workshops: Oct 2015: esc medien kunst labor Graz/Austria as part of the Steirischer Herbst 2015. Abstract: In the workshop the artwork “Megacorp.” is used as an entrance
“Megacorp.” is a corporate conglomerate inspired by its equally powerful counterparts in science fiction. The artwork is based on a collection of fake websites scraped from internet by the artist duo KairUs. These companies exist only virtually and are used by cyber criminals for phishing attacks or to support scam stories. The “Megacorp.” exists therefore
With this boxes and pouches I want to cover the essential tools one might need for hands-on physical computing activities like creating and testing your prototypes or setting up your artworks at exhibitions. Often students are unsure which tools they should buy or might need and how to store them. This pouch is inspired by
Title: ‘Scambaiters, Human Flesh Search Engine, Perverted justice, and Internet Haganah: Villains, Avengers, or Saviors on the Internet?’ Author(s): Andreas Zingerle Email: andreas.zingerle (at) ufg.ac.at Published at: ISEA 2015, Vancouver, Canada. Abstract: In recent years, Internet users have been increasingly participating in so called digilantes or cyber-vigilante communities, becoming self-appointed avengers of justice who wade through
Title: ‘Let’s talk business’ – Narratives used in email and phone scams Author(s): Andreas Zingerle Email: andreas.zingerle (at) ufg.ac.at Published at: xCoAx conference 2015, Glasgow, UK. Abstract: 16th century ‘face to face’ persuasion scams adopted to letters, telephone, fax and Internet with the development of new communication technologies. In many of today’s fraud schemes phone
‘Let’s talk business’ is a multi-channel audio installation that enables the visitor to listen to Internet scammers who try to lure potential victims into advance fee payments. Their phone numbers were extracted from a Scam Email database, analysed by country, and categorized by scam scheme. Once calling up, they had the chance to tell
The artwork is a visualization of 274 e-mail replies that an internet scammer received during a period of 3 months (92 days). The scammer impersonates an U.S. diplomat currently based in Benin, West Africa who seeks assistance to transport a trunk box of money out of Benin and to the United States. People who would
This workshop will be offering the participants both a theoretical and practical introduction to computer recycling strategies in Westafrican countries. The suburb area of Agbogbloshie in Ghana’s capital Accra has become the world biggest electronic waste dumping ground. In Western countries old computers have to be disposed in an environmentally responsible manner which can
Title: Remain anonymous, create characters & backup stories: online tools used in Internet crime narratives Author(s): Andreas Zingerle Email: andreas.zingerle (at) ufg.at Published at: ICIDS – International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling 2014, Singapore. Abstract: This research takes a closer look at online tools that anti-scam activists use when in contact with Internet scammers.
Title: The Art of Trickery: Methods to establish first contact in Internet scams Author(s): Andreas Zingerle Email: andreas.zingerle (at) ufg.ac.at Published at: xCoAx conference 2014, Porto, Portugal. Abstract: Internet scammers use fictional narratives to gain the trust of potential victims. These narratives are often pre-scripted, get send out by individual scammers or scam-groups and
Title: How to obtain passwords of online scammers by using social engineering methods Author(s): Andreas Zingerle Email: andreas.zingerle (at) ufg.at Published at: Cyberworlds conference 2014, Santander, Spain. Abstract: This paper addresses three social engineering techniques that vigilante online communities of scambaiters use for ’Inbox diving’: an act of gaining access to internet scammers email
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Title: Faceless patrons – an augmented installation exploring 419-fictional narratives Author(s): Andreas Zingerle, Linda Kronman Email: andreas.zingerle (at) ufg.ac.at, linda (at) kairus.org Published at: Proceedings of International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling, Bahçeşehir University, Istanbul, Turkey. Abstract: ‘Faceless patrons’ is an installation that documents stories used by Internet scammers in so called ‘overpayment check
Title: Re: Dakar Arts Festival – exploring transmedia storytelling methods to document an Internet scam Author(s): Andreas Zingerle, Linda Kronman Email: andreas.zingerle (at) ufg.ac.at, linda (at) kairus.org Published at: Proceedings of International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling, Bahçeşehir University, Istanbul, Turkey. Abstract: With the “Re: Dakar Arts Festival” project we present an alternative way
Password: * * * * * * reveals popular email-passwords of internet scammers. The passwords are arranged typographically in six stars, each star containing most popular word combination with the words: ‘good’, ‘love’, ‘money’, ‘mother’, ‘jesus’, ‘bless’. Email services like Gmail, Yahoo Mail or Outlook are used by scammers to create fake identities and
Title: ‘Humiliating entertainment or social activism? Analyzing Scambaiting Strategies Against Online Advance Fee Fraud’ Author(s): Andreas Zingerle Email: andreas.zingerle (at) ufg.ac.at Published at: Cyberworlds 2013, Keio University, Yokohama, Japan. Abstract: Scam baiters are individuals in online information communities specializing in identifying, documenting and reporting actions of so-called ‘419 scammers’. A qualitative research approach was applied
Workshop: ‘Revisiting the spam folder’ – Using 419fiction for Interactive Storytelling The workshop is organized by Andreas Zingerle and Linda Kronman (kairus.org). Past workshops, lectures and presentations: 08/15: ISEA conference, Vancouver/Canada. 08/15: Workshop at Electronic Literature conference, Bergen/Norway. 02/15: Workshop at Digital Culture Research Group, University of Bergen, Norway. 11/14: Workshop at Internet research
Here is a list of writing, research, productivity and online collaboration tools, focusing on FOSS and FLOSS, most of it running cross-platform. Operating Systems Linux Mint Linux Mint is a Linux distribution based on Debian and Ubuntu,[4] with an alternative Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE) based purely on Debian. Mint provides full out-of-the-box multimedia support
‘Faceless patrons’ is an installation that documents stories used by Internet scammers in so called ‘overpayment check scams’. Scammers use scripted stories to reach their victims, yet when correspondence continues story worlds start to evolve. We wanted to take a closer look on these ‘419-fiction’ cybercrime stories, ‘419’ relating to the criminal code in
Title: Transmedia storytelling and Online representations – Issues of trust on the Internet Author(s): Andreas Zingerle, Linda Kronman Email: andreas.zingerle (at) ufg.ac.at, linda (at) kairus.org Published at: Cyberwolds 2011, Banff Center, Alberta, Canada. Abstract: In this paper we present an alternative way to raise awareness about online advance-fee fraud scams, by exploring the extent
We approach the theme of “opening museums” from a point of view where digital technologies can be used as tools to facilitate vistor-museum and visitor-visitor interaction. We look at “interaction”, as in how to encourage visitors to become interactive participants, following the theory that human communication is based on dialog and exchange. On the other
Samalu, 2011, Andreas Zingerle, Linda Kronman (kairus.org) Samalu is an artistic installation about mountain myths from Austria and Korea. Mountainous countries like Korea and Austria have a special relationship to their mountains. In Austria wise woman called the “Salige”, with knowledge of the mountains and special powers over the weather used to help hikers in
Transmedia storytelling, Cybercrime, Trust, Artscam. The “Re: Dakar Arts Festival” documents an art festival scam practice, that can be followed in an interactive installation and online through social media channels. In this transmedia story both fiction and reality blends, when swiss artist Heidi H. and gallerist Peter prepare for the “Dakar Arts Festival”. The installation,
“Traces of HMI”, 2010-2012 DVD PAL Videoinstallation, Binaural audio. Duration: 35min, Series of 5 Exhibition: June 1-3, 2012: C.A.R – Contemporary Art Ruhr, Ruhr/Germany.
Title: Collaboration models in Big South Lab Author(s): Anne Nigten, Lars Kynde, Andreas Zingerle, Tyler Freeman Email: anne(at)patchingzone.com, larskynde(at)hotmail.com, andreas.zingerle(at)ufg.ac.at, tyler(at)odbol.com Published at: ISEA conference 2011, Istanbul, Turkey. Abstract: This paper highlights the co-creation processes of two electronic art and design works in the Big South Lab; the VJacket coordinated by Andreas Zingerle and
Title: Enabling the VJ as performer with rhytmic wearable Interfaces Author(s): Andreas Zingerle, Tyler Freeman Email: andreas.zingerle (at) ufg.ac.at, tyler@odbol.com Published at: ISEA conference 2011, Istanbul, Turkey. Abstract: The VJacket is a wearable controller for live video performance. It is worn by the performer or visual artist to control video effects and transitions, trigger
My work has been presented at several academic conferences, festivals, museums and galleries in Europe, Asia, Australia, North and South America. I try to document and archive my activities in several ways: ‣ Blog post on KairUs.org ‣ Download the program/catalog ‣ Link to Book/Paper/Poster publication ‣ Download the Presentation/Slides If
Books ‣ Kronman, L., Zingerle, A. “Behind the Smart World“, servus.at, January 2016 ‣ Kronman, L., Zingerle, A. “Testrun Revolution“, November 2012. ‣ Kronman, L., Zingerle, A. “Opening museums – New Interaction Methods for future museum experiences“, ISBN 978-1-4710-1530-4. January 2012. Chapters in Books ‣ Kronman, L., Zingerle, A. ‘”Let’s talk business” and “Megacorp.” –
Wearable controller, performance, VJing, image manipulation. The VJacket is a wearable controller for live video performance. Built into the jacket are bend, touch and hit sensors which you can use to send OpenSoundControl or MIDI messages wirelessly to the VJ program of your choice, letting you control video effects and transitions, trigger clips and
Future cities, social development, Expo Shanghai 2010, V2 R’dam. The 3rd I project presents in an interactive media art exhibit, future visions for buildings and places in the sister cities Rotterdam and Shanghai. Students and professionals in two national teams researched and debated about their urban environments and visualized the results in maquettes. The scaled
Headbang Hero is a music/dance videogame for testing and improving your headbanging prowess. You are awarded points for your personal headbanging choreography… but you should be aware that your health is at risk! To stress this point Headbang Hero also analyses how hazardous your performance is. Using a wireless motion-sensing wig as game interface, anyone
Research, interface archeology, wearables for animals. “Der Ueberflieger – Wearable Interfaces for spy pigeons” is an experimental mediaart project that combines the medium of the homing pigeon with modern drone technologies such as GPS and digital photography. It allows the user to follow the flightpath of a pigeon from its place of release back
Interdisciplinary artist, researcher, lecturer ‘KairUs Art+Research’ with Linda Kronman Research Assistant Professor SIMA – Media & Communication Arts Woosong university, Daejeon, Korea Contact: mail[at]andreaszingerle[dot]com Talk with me via skype or jitsi: World clock meeting planner. Email me first. Current: KST (UTC +9) Dr. Andreas Zingerle In Sep. 2016 he completed his Ph.D. studies
GFI 5314 Feijenoord is an urban game design that consists of 4 different playing fields in Rotterdam South area (Feijenoord/Noordeeiland, the ‘Roffa hood’). The fields consist of ordinary paving tiles that are equipped with pressure sensors and RGB LEDs so that the players can interact by stepping and dancing on the playing fields with their
A series of Solargrafica* photographs and sound recordings were made in the city of Graz, Austria. Over the time period Feb to July 2009, over 30 cameras were positioned in and around the city of Graz. Four photographs were selected and combined with processed field recordings using Real-time Granular Synthesis. The result is a video
In the 1920’s, David Sarnoff (Chairman of the board of RCA) and Dr. Vladimir Zworykin (Vice President of RCA (Hon.), Techn. Consultant of RCA) started dreaming on mass production of broadcasting moving images by electronic devices. The short sequence is looped and the audiovisiual quality decreases constantly due to the fact of a lossy data
Solargrafica records the paths of the sun by using a lensless camera with exposure times from 1 day to 6 months. 5 camera modules are mounted on tripods. Inside the camera modules you see one photograph. A loudspeaker is mounted in the bottom of the module. A soundscape of recorded and with a granular
Thoughts and feeling like happiness, grief, security and loneliness influence and change our breathing. In these hectic times in which people are under incessant pressure to perform, checked by constraints and harried by fears, most of us don’t even notice what a state of distress our breathing is in. The purpose of this installation
“Wild West Reloaded” is an ironic found footage collage about the image of american history that media presents to the public. The genocide and disappropriation of the native Americans are compared to the war in Iraq. The original uncutted audio of a CNN broadcast is mixed with images of a classic John Ford Western movie.
‘Testrun revolution’ documents folkloristic festivals where the ritual of “throwing things” at each other has a central role in the act of the celebrations. Normally, this would be considered as an aggressive attack to someone, but for the time of the festivity it transforms to a playful and fun activity that most people enjoy. The
