A comparing account of a journey performed in two different ways, as for our load on the environment: fuel consumption, air pollution and waste production. The unit of this account is the "ecological footprint". Some researchers of Kitchen Budapest traveled the distance between Budapest and Helsinki in mid-March. Some arrived in the festival Pixelache Helsinki 2008 by plane, others
by minibus. On the way they were documenting their environmental expenses, by taking pictures and making notes. For the birthday exhibition of Kitchen Budapest the project is summarized in a presentation.

KIBU's six projects (Animata, Animobil, ArbourLight, autoCut, Mllamp, No copy paste) are invited by the famous european festival of electronic art and subcultures Pixelache in Helsinki between 13-16th of March.

What?

Kibu.Projects.Social is an event where all active Kitchen Budapest projects are presented at our lab and we invite professionals, researchers, artists, scientists to come and comment on the works.

Application process for this year has been closed. Successful applicants will be notified by 18 March 2011.

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Kitchen Budapest invites artists, engineers, and other creative professionals working in the fields of new media, art&technology, interaction design, and related areas to apply to KIBU’s 2011 International Residency Program. Applications are accepted from professionals from all countries and backgrounds, presently residing outside Hungary. Residencies may last two to four months.

AniMobil is animation software which utilizes mobile phone cameras to make stop-motion animation. The result can be saved as an animated gif and uploaded, as an avatar or, as a simple video to be used for example on YouTube.