Pioneers
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Directors Talk – 25 years Ars Electronica Futurelab and beyond
We all shape future – constantly. In the process, we are confronted with major challenges, from the climate crisis to digital transformation.
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The Art of Swarms
The Spaxels were just the beginning of a long journey into the future of the Ars Electronica Futurelab
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Poetic Systems
How art can make complex structures tangible
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Computation and Beyond
How can we inspire people to actively design our common future?
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25 years Ars Electronica Futurelab
The past, present and future of the lab in eight episodes on Ars Electronica Home Delivery
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Joachim Sauter on Reflections and Kinetics
To commemorate the pioneer of media art, we are showing an excerpt of the lecture he gave at the 2017 Ars Electronica Festival.
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Who was Isao Tomita?
He not only laid the foundations of the synthesizer boom, but also pushed boundaries and influenced numerous sound artists.
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Hannes Leopoldseder: A Life Lived for the Future
He was a co-founder of the Ars Electronica Festival, invented the Prix Ars Electronica, initiated the construction of the Ars Electronica Center and, as a longstanding member of the Supervisory Board, helped shape the development of Ars Electronica to the end. Hannes Leopoldseder passed away at the age of 80 on February 12, 2021.
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Get the camera ready, we’re going to Mars!
Cliff diving on comets, opulent refractions of light in the ice crystals of Saturn’s rings or the gigantic mountain worlds of Mars: Gernot Grömer, Director of the Austrian Space Forum, is probably the most unusual travel guide in the country. The destination of his journey is the solar system, first stopover the Red Planet. All…
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Christine Schöpf: “40 Years Are Enough!”
Christine Schöpf has accompanied Ars Electronica since its founding in 1979. Now, on the occasion of the 2020 Prix Ars Electronica, she says “40 years are enough” and takes leave of her official posts.
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All the best, Hannes!
At the end of the 1970s, Hannes Leopoldseder set out to create a festival for art, technology and society. Today, on the occasion of his 80th birthday, we look back on four decades of digital change with excerpts from his texts and historical photos of the co-founder of Ars Electronica.
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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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Sound, Light and Pick-up Sticks: Waltraut Cooper
The “Waltraut Cooper. Light and Sound” exhibition co-produced by the Ars Electronica Center is running until January 21, 2018 at Landesgalerie Linz. We spoke with media artist Waltraut Cooper about media art in the 1980s, her fascination with light, and her works on display at Landesgalerie.