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  • Experience Hope, Shape Change

    Experience Hope, Shape Change

    Hope is not a substitute for action. Rather, it is a basis for action that we consciously choose – in the midst of cynicism, ignorance and indifference. An invitation to feel, to act, to touch and to be touched.

  • Ars Electronica Festival: A stage for music & experiments

    Ars Electronica Festival: A stage for music & experiments

    Music is a central component of the Ars Electronica Festival. From September 4 to 8, visitors can expect a diverse program ranging from classical to digital music

  • From Hope to Action

    From Hope to Action

    This year’s theme symposium will focus on people who inspire others through their creativity, empathy and courage, and who create hope for a better future.

  • Art Thinking Lounge: A Hub for Creative Innovation

    Art Thinking Lounge: A Hub for Creative Innovation

    The Art Thinking Lounge is a platform for transformation through art that offers companies, artists, scientists, activists and citizens a space to explore and discuss future visions through art.

  • Artistic resistance and social resilience: State of the ART(ist) 2024  

    Artistic resistance and social resilience: State of the ART(ist) 2024  

    State of the ART(ist) in 2024 demonstrates how art can flourish under extreme conditions and reflect social issues.   

  • When Science and Art Come Together: The JKU Linz at the 2024 Ars Electronica Festival 

    When Science and Art Come Together: The JKU Linz at the 2024 Ars Electronica Festival 

    Science and art are joining forces to find innovative solutions to current crises. Eight joint projects by JKU scientists and artists will be presented at the Ars Electronica Festival in Linz.

  • Interdisciplinary and practice-based learning 

    Interdisciplinary and practice-based learning 

    The IT:U programme of the Ars Electronica Festival 2024 addresses societal challenges through interdisciplinary innovation, bringing together experts from a variety of fields, including technology, art, science and design, to work together on effective solutions.

  • The new Ars Electronica Platform Europe 

    The new Ars Electronica Platform Europe 

    The European Platform for Digital Humanism has been relaunched as Ars Electronica Platform Europe to foster collaboration for tech-driven change through art and to advocate for healthy democracies on the continent and beyond.

  • From Taiwan to Austria: Expanding artistic horizons 

    From Taiwan to Austria: Expanding artistic horizons 

    Projects arising from the collaboration with TAICCA and other Taiwanese partners bring AI reflection and artistic innovation to the Ars Electronica Festival. 

Ars Electronica Festival 2024

Focus: Artificial Intelligence

  • A Fall Down Memory Lane

    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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