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  • Navigating Panic: Notes from Where Panic Becomes a Compass

    Navigating Panic: Notes from Where Panic Becomes a Compass

    As curator in residence of the ARKO-sponsored Curatorial Residency Program, Son Hyerim was on site during the jury weekend of the Prix Ars Electronica. In this guest article, she shares her personal reflections on this experience.

  • Fortify – Comics that Empower

    Fortify – Comics that Empower

    12 powerful stories are being presented by MKD x nextcomic from March 18 to April 27, 2025, bringing a breath of fresh air to the city and to us at the Museum of the Future.

  • Oliviero Toscani: Creativity has to be subversive

    Oliviero Toscani: Creativity has to be subversive

    Oliviero Toscani (1942–2025) used art and advertising to challenge society. His legacy inspires us to rethink the status quo.

  • By us, for us: Shaping Society

    By us, for us: Shaping Society

    Ars Electronica embodies a vibrant community in which art, technology and society merge. For us, society is more than just a concept – it is the dynamic interaction of people who jointly develop visions, find creative solutions and shape the future.

  • Where Technology meets the Future

    Where Technology meets the Future

    From world-famous buildings to a unique composer, the endless depths of the ocean and an Austrian export hit: How Ars Electronica uses innovative technologies to implement artistic ideas.

  • Can art change the world?

    Can art change the world?

    In 2024, Ars Electronica once again used international open calls, exciting collaborations and the festival as a stage to show how art can highlight creative solutions to the pressing issues of our time.

  • Ethical Approaches in Bio Art  

    Ethical Approaches in Bio Art  

    Researcher and curator Eunji Kwon provides insights into her research work as part of the ARKO and Ars Electronica curatorial residency programme.

  • The interconnected world

    The interconnected world

    The new exhibition at the Ars Electronica Center, “Connected Earth”, thematizes how the smallest creatures and powerful tides interact, what changes in biodiversity mean for man-made infrastructures, and what makes the Earth so habitable for millions of species, especially in their interaction.

  • Immerse yourself in the art of the wave

    Immerse yourself in the art of the wave

    Since March 2024, “Planet Ocean” has been inspiring visitors to the Oberhausen Gasometer with its giant ocean projection “The Wave”. Project manager Ina Badics and her team give an insight into the challenges and inspirations that made this unique installation possible.

Ars Electronica Festival 2025

  • Navigating Panic: Notes from Where Panic Becomes a Compass

    Navigating Panic: Notes from Where Panic Becomes a Compass

    As curator in residence of the ARKO-sponsored Curatorial Residency Program, Son Hyerim was on site during the jury weekend of the Prix Ars Electronica. In this guest article, she shares her personal reflections on this experience.

  • The Times They Are a-Changin’

    The Times They Are a-Changin’

    From the uncertainty of the present to the power of art – in conversation with Gerfried Stocker, we shed light on the theme of the Ars Electronica Festival 2025.

Focus: Artificial Intelligence

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