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
On 23 September 2023, the “Nuit des Musées” (Museum Night) will take place in Lausanne. The Musée Bolo will host a demo show from 6pm to 10pm: Fred vous montre comment les geeks ont exprimé leur côté artistique des années 80 à aujourd’hu / Fred… 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
After a six-year hiatus and a three-year phase of involuntary delays due to Covid, Switzerland finally has its demoparty back! Invoking the old Buenzli spirit, and reviving the Swiss demoscene, MountainBytes is taking place from February 24th to 26th in Cham, Switzerland. And we have… Read more
Got Papers? has scanned flyers, posts and brochures from Buenzli and Demodays events from the years 2007 trough 2014. All scans were archived on scene.org. Have a look at the scans at https://gotpapers.scene.org/?p=3997. Thank you, Got Papers?, for preserving those awesome paper fragments from our… Read more
Demonights 016 took place on November 26, 2022 at Kinemathek Lichtspiel – quite possibly the most beautiful and nerdy location you can rent in Bern. Movie projectors, plenty of movie references, a great bar and comfy seat. Good sound, the lovely Gong and an adequate… Read more
20 years ago “Echtzeit – Digitale Kultur” was founded (at that time still called “Bünzli Party Organizers”) – it’s time to celebrate it properly: On Saturday, November 26, 2022 there will be the big “Echtzeit” party (aka. Demonights 16) at Kino Lichtspiel in Bern with… 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