Cooperation & Innovation
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The Art of Knowledge Transfer
Science is complex, science is slow. Projects that do not preach data and figures but stage experiences show how it can still be made exciting.
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Can art change the world?
In 2024, Ars Electronica once again used international open calls, exciting collaborations and the festival as a stage to show how art can highlight creative solutions to the pressing issues of our time.
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Ethical Approaches in Bio Art
Researcher and curator Eunji Kwon provides insights into her research work as part of the ARKO and Ars Electronica curatorial residency programme.
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The interconnected world
The new exhibition at the Ars Electronica Center, “Connected Earth”, thematizes how the smallest creatures and powerful tides interact, what changes in biodiversity mean for man-made infrastructures, and what makes the Earth so habitable for millions of species, especially in their interaction.
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Immerse yourself in the art of the wave
Since March 2024, “Planet Ocean” has been inspiring visitors to the Oberhausen Gasometer with its giant ocean projection “The Wave”. Project manager Ina Badics and her team give an insight into the challenges and inspirations that made this unique installation possible.
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Challenging Power and Space Through Digital Art
Borders, technology, and power—Enar de Dios Rodríguez challenges us to rethink the spaces we live in through her award-winning, thought-provoking audiovisual essay, Ecotone.
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A record: More than 112,000 visits to Ars Electronica 2024
Once again, the Ars Electronica Festival has shown what it is all about: creating space, time and an atmosphere in which people can exchange ideas and inspire each other.
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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.
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STARTS 2024 Exhibition: Art as a Catalyst in the Innovation Process
How can we foster a culture in which art, science, and technology thrive as interrelated and mutually enriching methods of exploration, knowledge, and discovery? For a more sensitive and determined approach to the pressing issues of our time. Let’s embark on a journey into a world of possibilities. A world of new solutions.
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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.
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A Festival for Artists
What is the role of art festivals like Ars Electronica? What do they have to do and for whom? For good reason, the vast majority of answers to these questions focus on the audience. However, another key target group is often overlooked: the artists themselves.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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A circular model for the future
The Label4Future project aims to develop sustainable solutions together with companies – supported by digital transformation and innovative approaches from cultural and creative industries.
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create your world festival: From hope to action. Between yesterday and today.
What does it really mean to shape the world? How do you find confidence in your ability to influence? What role does our mental health play in society? Who takes responsibility? Will we turn the tide?
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Ars Electronica Features: Beacons of Hope from Around the World
The Ars Electronica Features combine art and technology in close collaboration with partner institutions to showcase artistic programs and perspectives from around the world that initiate change.
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Bridging past, present and future: media art from Latin America
Artists honoured with the CIFO x Ars Electronica Award address environmental problems and present innovative projects.
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Artistic Explorations in Science
Arts at CERN, the arts programme of CERN in Geneva, has invited artists since 2012 to explore fundamental scientific questions alongside physicists.
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Taking Back Power: Patchwork Girl
The winner of the Digital Humanity Award sets an example against online exploitation and for women’s rights in the digital age.
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Immersive Journeys Through Time
Ars Electronica is the future, cultural heritage is the past. Both tell of disruptive interrelationships at the intersection of art, technology and society. In Deep Space 8K, they enter into a unique symbiosis.
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Fostering Plant Diversity Through Community Participation
The INCREASE project helps protect plant genetic resources by involving citizens in growing and tracking different types of beans, which boosts biodiversity and supports sustainable farming.
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“Waltz Symphony”: Of humans and machines
Artificial intelligence and classical music merge seamlessly in the Waltz Symphony project. Composition students develop innovative orchestral pieces in dialogue with the AI application Ricercar.
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Borderline of Hope
Eunji Kwon has been selected as the second curator in residence for the Curatorial Residency Program enabled by ARKO. In this guest post, she reflects on the Prix Ars Electronica jury weekend from her personal perspective.
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Beacons of hope in a changing world
Under the title HOPE, the Ars Electronica Festival 2024 will focus on the people who give us cause for optimism.
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Intersections of Technology, Society, and Environment in Mobility
In the sixth and last chapter of the FOUNDING LAB Fall Term, students delve into the intersection of technology, society, and policy through the lens of mobility
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Disinformation, manipulation and the art of storytelling
In the fifth chapter of the FOUNDING LAB Fall Term students examine the incentives, tactics, and mechanisms of online news construction and dissemination.
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Ars Electronica Recap 2023: Unveiling Truths, Shaping Society and Innovating Education
As the year draws to a close, we look back on twelve months of intense social experiences, challenges, inspiring moments and exciting projects.