2018
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The Year in Review 2018
At the end of the year, we take some time to look back on the past twelve months. But it’s not just the Ars Electronica Festival with its more than 100,000 visits that we remember. We have organized exhibitions from Linz to Beijing with many cooperation partners, asked jurors from all over the world to…
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Deep Space LIVE: The Star of Bethlehem
Theological legend or astronomical celestial event? The Bible story about the Star of Bethlehem and the Three Wise Men is widely discussed. At our Deep Space LIVE “The Star of Bethlehem” on December 13, 2018, astronomer Peter Habison brings light into the darkness.
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Future in a Nutshell: Creative Robotics
What could the future of robotics look like? As part of the “Future in a Nutshell” lecture series organized by Ars Electronica Export for the plastic producer Greiner, Johannes Braumann, head of the Laboratory for Creative Robotics at Linz Art University, spoke about his work. He also shared some impressions with us in this interview.
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nobody gets involved: Marianne.von.Willemer Prize 2018
Viennese artist starsky has won the 2018 Marianne.von.Willemer Prize for digital media with her guerilla projection tour “niemand mischt sich ein” (“nobody gets involved”). In this interview she tells about her activist and feminist work.
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Interactive and time-based: TIME OUT .09
When Professor Gerhard Funk and his students are increasingly to be found in the Ars Electronica Center instead of at the Art University of Linz, it can only mean one thing: TIME OUT is making its way into the Museum of the Future again. The latest edition of the exhibition opens on November 15, 2018…
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Future Humanity – Our Shared Planet: Is this the future?
In November 2018, Ars Electronica and Hyundai Motor Group will open three exhibitions around the world on the theme of “Future Humanity – Our Shared Planet”. The shows at Hyundai Motor Studios in Moscow, Seoul and Beijing will artistically examine what it means to be human in the future. We found out more in this…
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aqua_forensic: The Invisible Danger in the World’s Oceans
Invisible and yet threatening. The EMAP/EMARE project “aqua_forensic” by Robertina Šebjanič and Gjino Šutić is investigating human pollution in the oceans. It is the result of their residency at Ars Electronica. The second Open Call for a EMAP/EMARE residency runs until December 3, 2018.
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“If you make a mistake, you’re not coming home”: 4000ERLEBEN
Impressive mountain vistas, breathtaking videos and tales of adventure: the duo of Marlies Czerny and Andreas Lattner, climbing enthusiasts and storytellers, came to Deep Space 8K at the Ars Electronica Center for the premiere of their mountaineering presentation “4000ERLEBEN.” Marlies, the first Austrian woman to visit all the Alpine four-thousanders, tells us more in this…
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Solutions in Leoben: A mine tour, a wire-rolling mill, and a beer museum
From an adventurous trip in a Hauly through the Erzberg mine to an interactive tour of the world’s most modern wire-rolling mill – the Ars Electronica Solutions projects in Leoben could hardly offer more variety. Get an overview in this interview.
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Hard Rock, Unplugged, in Deep Space 8K: Sergeant Steel
On October 25, 2018, Deep Space 8K at the Ars Electronica Center will turn into a concert hall once again: the hard rock band Sergeant Steel is celebrating their tenth anniversary by playing unplugged with audiovisual accompaniment. We interviewed them to find out exactly what to expect.
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Guest Article: Artificial Intelligence – The next frontier
After his visit to the Ars Electronica Festival, Roberto Viola, Director General of DG CONNECT (Directorate General of Communication, Networks, Content and Technology) at the European Commission, talks in this guest article about how important it is to involve art in the further development of AI technology.
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Silent Night 200: The anniversary exhibition
For the exhibition “Silent Night 200“ at the Salzburg Museum, Ars Electronica Futurelab has created three media installations. In this interview you can find out what to expect at the exhibition.
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More Media Art for Leoben!
From a park bench that likes to chat to a gigapixel image on the Maßenburg observation platform—Ars Electronica Solutions developed several installations for Kunsthalle Leoben that connect the museum to the surrounding cityscape. We found out more in this interview.
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Deep Space LIVE: Inspired by Bruegel
On October 4, 2018, the delegation from Flanders, the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien and Ars Electronica will be showing high-resolution gigapixel images and exciting background information by and about the masterful Flemish painter at Deep Space LIVE “Inspired by Bruegel”. Find out more in this interview.
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Team EcoSat in the Azores: European CanSat Competition 2018
With their homemade mini-satellite, Team EcoSat came out on top at the first Austrian CanSat competition in April 2018. Over the summer, they had the privilege of flying to the Azores to take part in the Europe-wide competition. Find out all about the experience the Austrian team and their teacher had on the island in…
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Innovation Lab: Digital Innovations in the Construction Industry
In cooperation with the Upper Austrian Economic Chamber, the Ars Electronica Futurelab organized an intensive Innovation Lab for firms in the construction industry. In this interview, Maria Pfeifer of the Ars Electronica Futurelab told us about how this seminar went and some of the leading-edge technology that will be changing how building will be done…
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This was the Ars Electronica Festival 2018!
What a festival: 5 days, 12 locations, 614 events and 1,357 artists, scientists, technologists, entrepreneurs and activists from 54 countries made the Ars Electronica Festival from September 6 to 10, 2018 a truly extraordinary experience. With the theme “Error – the Art of Imperfection”, the media art event brought visitors from near and far to…
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Day 5: The 2018 Ars Electronica Festival comes to an end
We’ve seen media art, marveled at performances, listened to lectures, talked to artists, programmed, crafted, hacked, danced and learned a lot – but even the biggest media art festival has to come to an end at some point. The best impressions of the fifth and last day can be found here.
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Day 4: Sumo Robot Fights and the Big Concert Night
The weekend at the 2018 Ars Electronica Festival ended with a bang: The Big Concert Night with the Bruckner Orchestra, performances and a dancing robot was once again one of the absolute highlights. The rest of the day was equally impressive – learn why here, with the best impressions of festival day four.
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Day 3: In the middle of the Ars Electronica Festival hustle and bustle
Saturday at the Ars Electronica Festival was packed with an exciting program: Emergency Error Battle, Expanded Animation, Prix Forums, ZusammenHelfen Conference, Sonic Saturday – and hundreds more events, exhibitions and performances! Here, you can find some of the best impressions.
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Day 2: Between STARTS Day and Error Conference
The second day at the 2018 Ars Electronica Festival was full of lectures, panel discussions and keynotes, showed excellent media art throughout the city and ended in the evening with the roaring party that is the Ars Electronica Nightline. A few impressions of the Festival Friday can be found here.
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Day 1: The Ars Electronica Festival 2018 has started!
Finally: The months of waiting have come to an end. The Ars Electronica Festival 2018 took off on Thursday, September 6, 2018, with the theme “Error – the Art of Imperfection. Here, we show you the best impressions of day one at the festival.
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Swarm Control: The Future of Firefighting
Rosenbauer and Ars Electronica Futurelab take a look into the future of the fire brigade: Together with artists, scientists and designers of the laboratory, the fire-fighting equipment supplier is now conducting research into the swarm control of autonomous vehicles.
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Touring the Festival with the WKOÖ UBIT
It’s the second time that WKOÖ UBIT – the Economic Chamber’s group for business consultants, accountants and IT specialists – has taken over the patronage of WE GUIDE YOU tours at the Ars Electronica Festival. The chairman Markus Roth talks about why they are here again and how he deals with mistakes in his area.
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Levers and Buttons: The Virtual Way to the Golden Nica
With their video game, the four youngsters Lorenz Gonsa, Martin Hatler, Samuel Stallybrass and Vincent Thierry made it to the Golden Nica: They received the the prize for “Levers and Buttons” in the u19 – CREATE YOUR WORLD category. This year’s Prix Ars Electronica will be awarded in Linz on September 7, 2018.
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The Bien: Absence in Wax and Concrete
“The Bien” by Stefan Mittlböck-Jungwirth-Fohringer portrays an extinct bee colony—doing so in terms of its absence. The work will be on display in Linz’s Mariendom cathedral during the Ars Electronica Festival September 6-10, 2018. Find out more in this interview.
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The best festival tips for: Scientists
The 2018 Ars Electronica Festival is not only an event for media art, technology and society – a wide variety of sciences are also represented at over 500 events, lectures, workshops and open labs. Find the best festival tips for scientists here.
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Human and Machine, Dancing: SILK Fluegge
At the Ars Electronica Festival’s Big Concert Night on September 9, 2018, Silke Grabinger and two members of her SILK Fluegge troupe will dance to Symphonie Fantastique performed by the Bruckner Orchestra in the Gleishalle of POSTCITY Linz. Find out more in this interview.