March 2nd, Winterkongress of Digitale Gesellschaft at Stadtcasino Winterthur: Shana and Psykon will present some of the best and latest demos on some of the most unusual platforms: from Teletext to pharmacy signs, a C64 demo without a C64, and of course the signature compo… Read more
In the wake of the UNESCO successes, the Demoscene is currently on an outreach extravaganza! With Finland, Germany, Poland, the Netherlands, and Switzerland recognizing our beloved scene as intangible cultural heritage of mankind, we are constantly arousing more interest. Especially also those communities who are… Read more
The Vintage Computer Festival Zurich is dedicated to the revival and preservation of historic computers and technologies. It offers visitors the opportunity to travel back in time to the beginnings of computer technology and experience the development of computers up close. In the talk “Demoscene… Read more
The Swiss Federal Office of Culture (FOC) declared in its 22nd August 2023 media release that the Demoscene has been added to the national Inventory of Living Traditions, as one of only four new national traditions, under the title “Demoscene – Digital Creativity”. After its… Read more
On Thursday 15 June after 6pm, Andre Kudra will give a presentation at the ICE Conference entitled “Demoscene: From Underground Digital Culture to UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage” including a live Q&A. Andre is a long-time and active member of Echtzeit – Digitale Kultur. The ICE… Read more
Already for the third time, we have the pleasure of being invited to PlayBern! And on top of that, we can finally bring even more: our friends from and around the Cookie Collective! Instead of a Demonights as in previous years, we’ll try something new:… Read more
As most of you already know, Gargaj and Gloom handed over the production and editing work of the ZINE-podcast to a new team. And Echtzeit is happy to be on board! The podcast is now being produced by Shana, to continue bringing you monthly news,… Read more
A few days ago, our member André “kudrix” Kudra has been invited to Piksel21 in Bergen (Norway), to present the demoscene especially in the light of it’s UNESCO Cultural World Heritage anointment. André “took the opportunity to explain the festival participants more about our culture,… Read more
Important update for the planned event by Echtzeit, Cookie Collective and SceneSat at DA-Z 2021: We regret to inform you that we, Echtzeit and the Cookie Collective, cannot present the Demoscene and Shader exhibition. The festival administration was unfortunately unable to provide us with the… Read more
Great news from our partner project “Demoscene – Art of Coding”. The German UNESCO chapter replied to the application positively, announcing the demoscene as Immaterial Cultural Heritage. With this, Germany is the second country after Finland that recognizes not just the artistic, but also the… Read more