2019
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Young Computer Scientists: An Internship at the nexus of Art and Computer Science
The Young Computer Scientists program at Johannes Kepler Universität Linz allows secondary students with an interest in computer science to take part in exciting workshops followed by an internship – at Ars Electronica Futurelab, among other places. We spoke with intern Ivonne Gattringer and initiator Dr. Hanspeter Mössenböck to learn more.
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Kalina Bertin: “ManicVR was part of a deeply healing process”
Kalina Bertin, filmmaker and director of ManicVR, invites us to join her on a journey into the “inner worlds” of her siblings who are diagnosed with bipolar disorder. In 2019, she was awarded the Golden Nica in the Computer Animation category for her work.
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Space to think: Ars Electronica Art Thinking School
“Art Thinking is not a methodology, but an attitude”, says Ars Electronica Futurelab curator and key researcher Hideaki Ogawa. As such, Art Thinking can be cultivated – which is precisely the aim of the new initiative Art Thinking School, premiering at the 2019 Ars Electronica Festival.
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Lots of green and fiery red flowers for the POSTCITY
Corn, grains, sunflowers and beans: We visited the City Gardens Linz to convince ourselves that the plants for the Ars Electronica Festival are growing and flourishing. They are part of the festival architecture and will bring some warmth into the bare halls of the POSTCITY.
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The last Big Concert Night in POSTCITY
It is the prelude to the first ever “AIxMusic Festival” and at the same time one of the last concerts to take place at POSTCITY Linz during the Ars Electronica Festival. We talked to Norbert Trawöger, the artistic director of the Bruckner Orchestra Linz, and Gerfried Stocker, the artistic director of Ars Electronica, about this…
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BR41N.IO Hackathon for Creative Minds: The Direct Wire to the Brain
Connecting the human brain with the specially developed controller – from September 7 to 8, this will become reality for several teams at the Ars Electronica Festival 2019 in POSTCITY Linz. Whether controlling drones by thought or mixing the right cocktail by brain activity, you can now get your place for brainstorming and developing software…
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“We are not alone!”: Bauhaus and Ars Electronica celebrate together
The Bauhaus University Weimar is not only celebrating 100 Years of Bauhaus this year, but students, teachers and alumni are also presenting themselves as a partner university at the Ars Electronica Campus 2019. In exhibitions and panels, they are encouraging: “We are not alone!”
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With OK│CyberArts 2019 on the pulse of time
Every year, the OK im OÖ Kulturquartier exhibition takes on its role as a visionary observatory and uses international media art projects that received awards at the 2019 Prix Ars Electronica to showcase the trends and current developments of our time.
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“Ars Electronica Campus is like a chamber of wonders”
Since 2002, the Ars Electronica Campus at the Ars Electronica Festival has brought international universities to Linz to present their work and exchange ideas. This year, 57 universities will be represented with more than 200 projects both at POSTCITY and at the University of Art and Design Linz.
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Futuristic sounds, danceable pop and a pinch of humor: The Ars Electronica Nightline 2019
Ars Electronica Nightline is an annual highlight of the Ars Electronica Festival program not only for the dance-lovers. The train hall of POSTCITY hosts this late Friday lineup of media art, electronic music and performances.
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Volkmar Klien: Total Optimization and Defiance – About artificial intelligence and musical composition
Volkmar Klien, co-curator of the AIxMusic Festival as well as of the Sonic Saturday at the 2019 Ars Electronica Festival, on the relationship between AI and music.
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Human Limitations – Limited Humanity: The Possibility of Going Beyond Borders
At the 2019 Ars Electronica Festival, artists from all over the world fill the POSTCITY bunker with media art. This year’s projects will be exploring the question of human limitations with different approaches.
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From Chile to the Ars Electronica Festival
After a successful debut at last year’s Ars Electronica Festival, they will be back again this year: Selected media artworks by Chilean artists are again part of an extensive program of guest projects to be shown in Linz from September 5 to 9, 2019.
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Understanding AI – a place to experience artificial intelligence
For the new exhibition “Understanding AI” at the Ars Electronica Center, a team of researchers, artists, and developers from Ars Electronica Futurelab designed installations that explain how artificial intelligence actually works. Learn more about it in this interview.
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“Ars and the City”: In the City, with the City, for the City
What has Ars Electronica done in the city, with the city and for the city? The exhibition “Ars and the City” at the LENTOS Kunstmuseum will explore these questions during the festival on the occasion of this year’s 40th anniversary of Ars Electronica.
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AI x Music Festival: A look ahead
Music is probably the most emotional art form of all. If we observe people talking about music, recalling their experiences and memories, a difference to their usual style quickly becomes apparent. They touch their hearts, lower their voices, look inside, let their emotions run free. Music is an art form that expresses our feelings in…
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“The PERI elements are like Lego”
To build an 80,000 square metre abandoned industrial area with structures that enable media art. The architects Jürgen Haller and Christoph Weidinger are once again taking on this seemingly unsolvable task this year at the Ars Electronica Festival 2019 in POSTCITY.
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Gender, Virtual Reality and playfulness at the Ars Electronica Animation Festival 2019
The best of 835 Prix Ars Electronica submissions in the Computer Animation category will be presented at the Ars Electronica Animation Festival. In an interview, curator and director Jürgen Hagler talks about what visitors will be able to expect this year, what trends the industry is currently experiencing and what he personally looks forward to…
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“Today they would be called programmers”
Since June 25, the Ars Electronica Center has been hosting the new “AI X Music” exhibition, which deals with the interaction between artificial intelligence and music as well as the encounter between human creativity and technical perfection. In this interview, Marianne Kneidinger and Gertraud Koblmiller from the Mechanische Klangfabrik Haslach explain the role played by…
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“I train pedestrians”: Transport careers of the future
The Ars Electronica Futurelab has carried out a comprehensive study for the Austrian Road Safety Board regarding how mobility and logistics careers in the transport sector could change by 2050. In this interview, we take a look into the future.
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“What does exploitation smell like?”
Sweat and work are inseparably linked in Paul Vanouse’s installation LABOR. In an interview, the winner of the Golden Nica explained to us how odours develop and why he recreates this process in the laboratory.
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“Technology is nothing without the human intention behind it”
Claire B, one of the two artists behind the exhibition Mirages & miracles, talks in this interview about technologies, stones, poetics and the relationship between these elements. The new exhibition at the Ars Electronica Center opened on June 25 and continues until March 2020.
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netidee promotes innovative projects that make the Internet better
No more entries can be submitted for the Prix Ars Electronica 2019, the winners have been announced and the Golden Nica awards are planned. However, you can still apply for the netidee call 14. We’ll introduce you to a few projects and explain how you can apply.
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Gaming meets racing: Rotax MAX Dome
In the old slaughterhouse in Linz, e-carts will be making their rounds in the new Rotax MAX Dome from today on – on a racetrack that offers not only sharp bends but also games, virtual worlds and digital technologies. What does the Ars Electronica Futurelab have to do with it? That’s what we found out…
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Ingrid Kurz, moon-landing interpreter: “It was unbelievably thrilling and exciting!”
July 21, 2019, will be the 50th anniversary of the moon landing. As part of a special theme weekend, Ars Electronica is commemorating this great moment in science from different viewpoints. As an interpreter, Ingrid Kurz was close to the action when the first man walked on the moon.
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Life gets better through Artificial Intelligence
It is the second most densely populated metropolis and one of the three most visited cities in Europe: Barcelona. The Innovation Bureau 300,000 Km/s, which was awarded the STARTS Prize 2019 for the “Ciutat Vella’s Land-use Plan” project, shows how new technologies can help to make urban space a place worth living in.
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The power of thought: Interview with Christoph Guger
With an EEG hood on your head, a BCI, you can control a drone, drive an excavator or operate a fire engine. Or the system can be used for the rehabilitation of stroke patients and for working with coma patients, as Christoph Guger, founder and managing director of g.tec, explains.
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“Humans can determine their own evolution”
With innovative tools such as CRISPR/Cas9, humans can dive deeper into the development of life ever before and change it according to their own ideas. Manuel Selg from FH OÖ Campus Wels will talk about what this is all about and what has happened since the first BioLab was set up at the Ars Electronica…