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The world lies between doors
Manuela Naveau, curator of the Kunstuni Campus at the Ars Electronica Festival and university professor of Critical Data / Interface Cultures, talks about noisy sliding doors on Linz’s main square—and what this installation has to do with Einstürzende Neubauten, Beyoncé, and Hannah Arendt.
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Cutting Edge: In step with control
In a new issue, Michaela Wimplinger presents a project that shows how fragile self-determination has become in a world controlled by technology.
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The 6th VH AWARD: A Dream That Wanders as If It Were Real
Dream of Walnut Palaces weaves history, Daoist philosophy, and AI imagery into a transformative space where alternative forms of knowledge emerge.
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Expanded 2025: Where animation comes to life
The 13th edition of Expanded focuses on scientific contributions from the fields of animation and interactive art. The emphasis is on innovative audiovisual forms of expression at the interface between art and technology.
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Who needs art in times like these?
Amid global crises and radical upheavals, the Ars Electronica Festival asks what role art can play—as a catalyst for new perspectives, as a space for reflection, and as a driving force for a collectively shaped future.
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Cutting Edge: Running against the virtual wall
In “Run Motherfucker Run,” the body becomes the controller: those who run experience virtual immersion—those who stop fall. A powerful critique of passive consumption in digital worlds.
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A Robot’s Liberation
Guanaquerx by Paula Gaetano Adi, winner in the Artificial Life & Intelligence category 2025, reclaims the Andes as a site of resistance and reimagines robotics as a tool for planetary liberation.
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Words as Weapons
Requiem for an Exit by Frode Oldereid and Thomas Kvam, winner of a 2025 Golden Nica, explores memory, violence, rhetoric, and the unsettling voice of a machine.
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Sound as a living process
This year’s Golden Nica in the category “Digital Musics & Sound Art” goes to media artist Navid Navab and Garnet Willis for their project “Organism.”
Ars Electronica Festival 2025
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Implementing the Green Deal
In response to the climate crisis and pressing societal challenges, the Ars Electronica Festival 2025 invites radical reimagining and cultivates spaces where visionary creativity and sustainable lifestyles can thrive.
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The world lies between doors
Manuela Naveau, curator of the Kunstuni Campus at the Ars Electronica Festival and university professor of Critical Data / Interface Cultures, talks about noisy sliding doors on Linz’s main square—and what this installation has to do with Einstürzende Neubauten, Beyoncé, and Hannah Arendt.
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Ars Electronica – From festival to ecosystem
Launched in 1979 as a daring experiment, Ars Electronica has developed over 46 years into a global ecosystem—characterized by continuous change, collaborative thinking, and the ambition to actively shape the future.
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The role of art in times of change
Art transforms uncertainty into creative energy and opens up new perspectives on society and the future. The Ars Electronica Festival 2025 shows how artistic works reflect technological, social, and ecological upheavals.
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The 6th VH AWARD: A Dream That Wanders as If It Were Real
Dream of Walnut Palaces weaves history, Daoist philosophy, and AI imagery into a transformative space where alternative forms of knowledge emerge.
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Living in a State of Uncertainty
This year, the Ars Electronica Festival is once again focusing on the major crises of our time—and the panic they cause in us. At the same time, it shows how art can help us cope with these turbulent times.
Focus: Media Art
Focus: Artificial Intelligence
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How the Ars Electronica Archive Reflects the Development of Artificial Intelligence
What do an archive of media art and the history of AI have in common? And can these histories perhaps be intertwined in order to gain a better insight into what has fascinated and preoccupied people at different times with the idea of “artificial intelligence”?
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A Fall Down Memory Lane
A trip and a fall down memory lane, tracking the relationship of a couple from middle school into the afterlife. “The Hardest Part” is the winner of the AI in Art Award 2024.
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This was the third ArtScience Residency enabled by Art Collection Deutsche Telekom
We look back to one more year of the ArtScience Residency that was made possible through the support of the Art Collection Deutsche Telekom.
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