Florian Hufsky
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Florian Hufsky was an Austrian new media art
ist, political activist, founder and former board member of the Pirate Party of Austria
. He studied graphic design
at the University of Applied Arts Vienna
, but committed suicide before he could finish his studies.
Furthermore Hufsky was a founding member of both the Graffiti Research Lab Vienna and soup.io. He also created the Super Mario
derivate "Super Mario War
", was a member of the programming and design group "72dpiarmy" and of Vienna's hackerspace Metalab
. In cooperation with Michael Zeltner he enhanced the open source laser graffiti software of the Graffiti Research Lab
(GRL) in New York, and participated at the Ars Electronica Festival in Linz
as well as at the 2007 DigiTaika in Helsinki
.
Hufsky also organized the first international conference of the pirate parties
. At the PPI
general assembly 2011 Rickard Falkvinge
honoured Hufsky's involvement in helping to start the international movement by dedicating his closing keynote to him.
New media art
New media art is a genre that encompasses artworks created with new media technologies, including digital art, computer graphics, computer animation, virtual art, Internet art, interactive art, computer robotics, and art as biotechnology...
ist, political activist, founder and former board member of the Pirate Party of Austria
Pirate Party of Austria
The Pirate Party of Austria is the Austrian section of the Pirate Parties International movement which fights for freedom of information and the protection of privacy....
. He studied graphic design
Graphic design
Graphic design is a creative process – most often involving a client and a designer and usually completed in conjunction with producers of form – undertaken in order to convey a specific message to a targeted audience...
at the University of Applied Arts Vienna
University of Applied Arts Vienna
The University of Applied Arts Vienna is an institution of higher education in Vienna, the capital of Austria. It has had university status since 1970.-History:...
, but committed suicide before he could finish his studies.
Furthermore Hufsky was a founding member of both the Graffiti Research Lab Vienna and soup.io. He also created the Super Mario
Super Mario
Super Mario may refer to:*Mario , a video game series by Nintendo- Video games :*Mario, the star character of Nintendo's Mario series...
derivate "Super Mario War
Super Mario War
Super Mario War is a freeware platform-adventure video game released on December 16, 2006 for PC. The game centers on players fighting each other by one player jumping on the other player's head, or by making use of items which can be picked up during gameplay.-Gameplay:The main Single-player...
", was a member of the programming and design group "72dpiarmy" and of Vienna's hackerspace Metalab
Metalab
The Metalab is a hackerspace in Vienna's central first district.Founded in 2006, it is a meeting place of the Viennese tech community, hosting events from culture festivals to user groups....
. In cooperation with Michael Zeltner he enhanced the open source laser graffiti software of the Graffiti Research Lab
Graffiti Research Lab
Graffiti Research Lab, founded by Evan Roth and James Powderly during their fellowships at the Eyebeam OpenLab, is an art group dedicated to outfitting graffiti writers, artists and protesters with open source technologies for urban communication. The members of the group experiment in a lab and in...
(GRL) in New York, and participated at the Ars Electronica Festival in Linz
Linz
Linz is the third-largest city of Austria and capital of the state of Upper Austria . It is located in the north centre of Austria, approximately south of the Czech border, on both sides of the river Danube. The population of the city is , and that of the Greater Linz conurbation is about...
as well as at the 2007 DigiTaika in Helsinki
Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...
.
Hufsky also organized the first international conference of the pirate parties
Pirate Parties International
Pirate Parties International is the political international of the Pirate Party movement. It was formally founded in 2010 at the PPI conference in Brussels, Belgium.-Aims:The PPI statutes give its purposes as:...
. At the PPI
Pirate Parties International
Pirate Parties International is the political international of the Pirate Party movement. It was formally founded in 2010 at the PPI conference in Brussels, Belgium.-Aims:The PPI statutes give its purposes as:...
general assembly 2011 Rickard Falkvinge
Rickard Falkvinge
Rickard ”Rick” Falkvinge , born Dick Augustsson on 21 January 1972 in Gothenburg, is a Swedish IT entrepreneur known as the founder and first party leader of the Swedish Pirate Party. He is currently a political evangelist with the party, spreading the ideas across the world...
honoured Hufsky's involvement in helping to start the international movement by dedicating his closing keynote to him.