Web Genesis – The Escape Room on the History of the Web
Overview
Intro
Inside a protected archive, participants reconstruct key moments in the birth of the Web at CERN and take part in a timed challenge.
About the event
Web Genesis is a free escape room for groups of 2 to 4 people. Participants enter a protected archive and reconstruct the origins of the World Wide Web through clues, historical documents and analog objects.
The experience
An artificial intelligence has taken control of the Web and is rewriting its history. The mission is to preserve the memory of the network and piece together key moments in the birth of the Web at CERN.
Further information
- Available in Italian and English
- Maximum duration per session: 30 minutes
- The fastest team wins a trip to CERN in Geneva
The initiative is part of the Agora "Once Upon a Time in the Web" project, promoted by the Istituto di Media e Giornalismo (IMeG) of the Università della Svizzera italiana and the Istituto Design (IDe) of SUPSI, with support from the Swiss National Science Foundation.
Participation
| Contact address |
barced@usi.ch
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| Location |
Largo Franco Zorzi 6600 Locarno Switzerland |
| Event Homepage | https://www.storiadelweb.ch/ |
| Price |
Participation
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Event dates
- čtvrtek 6. srpna 2026
- pátek 7. srpna 2026
- sobota 8. srpna 2026
- neděle 9. srpna 2026
- pondělí 10. srpna 2026
- úterý 11. srpna 2026
- středa 12. srpna 2026
- čtvrtek 13. srpna 2026
- pátek 14. srpna 2026
- sobota 15. srpna 2026