Hybrid Concepts
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On the track of innovation
What do jackets made of orange peel, parasites for smart home devices and the monitoring of our oceans have in common? That’s right! They all characterize the enormous thematic scope of the S+T+ARTS Prize.
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A Network of Collaboration: The Ars Electronica Gardens
This year, Ars Electronica Garden Partners will not only be on display online, but will be invited to actively contribute their perspectives and projects to the Festival’s core program, which will take place in Linz.
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The slightly different café
This year, the Golden Nica in the Digital Communities category goes to Ory Yoshifuji, Co-founder CEO, Ory Laboratory Inc. for his project Avatar Robot Cafe DAWN ver.β.
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New technologies as part of law studies
Law students rarely deal with new technologies – that’s what the Future Thinking School and the JKU want to change.
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“Sustainability begins with the mind”
A new workshop format encourages people to question their own thinking about sustainability and thus initiate change. Let’s take a closer look!
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Community Project: Symphony of Absence
A “Symphony of Absence” in the Keplerhall is meant to remind of all those celebrating their own festivals outside of Linz.
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Virtual Worlds
Innovative concepts for hybrid environments
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Teaching Sustainability – But in a Playful Way
For the new NAWAREUM hands-on museum, Ars Electronica Solutions is developing two game tables that make it possible to experience energy supply through renewable energies and resources in an interactive, strategic and playful way.
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Networked archives and a glimpse into the future
Coronavirus, home office and a hacker attack. What followed was a project of increased collaboration, a dedicated conference at the Ars Electronica Festival and, for the first time, a virtual room in Mozilla Hubs. 2020 was an exciting year for the Ars Electronica archive, which is now available again in its online version, strengthened.
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About disappearance
In 2020, Wolfgang Fadi Dorninger receives the City of Linz’s Art Appreciation Award in the category of Media, Product and Communication Design and defy the event-free times with a performance on December 1 in the Ars Electronica Center’s Deep Space 8K that will be broadcast on Home Delivery. A different kind of awards ceremony.
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Virtual Christmas
The Christmas story is probably one of the best known and most frequently recited stories in the world. It is not only the story of biblical expectations for the future, but also the story of the origin of our society. This year, it’s becoming virtual reality in the crypt of the Mariendom in Linz and…
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Events in times of pandemic? Is this possible?
Events in times of Corona are a much discussed topic – to which we also have something to contribute.
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We also deliver to schools and companies now
What do we deliver? Ideas and visions of our future. And where do we deliver them? Directly into your living rooms, but also to schools and companies. Here’s an overview of our new Ars Electronica Home Delivery offer for you!
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Challenge accepted! Ars Electronica Futurelab challenges with creative questions
Two speakers, a moderator (catalyst), a visualizer and a challenge. During the 2020 Ars Electronica Festival, viewers of the Ars Electronica Selection Channel were able to experience the innovative potential that unfolds when thinkers from different disciplines and backgrounds attempt to work together to consider complex interrelationships, on the basis of a central, creative question…
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Ars Electronica Solutions Stages the Fire Truck of the Future
Clouds of fog, flashing blue light, spotlights shining through the evening sky and a pulsating LED façade: On Wednesday evening, September 23, there was a lot going on in front of and inside the Ars Electronica Center…
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Special Times Require Special Measures
What does a museum visit to the Ars Electronica Center currently look like? Can I hold an event and if so, what are the conditions? We have all the information you need on how you can safely visit our program and events at the Ars Electronica Center.
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Home Delivery Conference: About Minecraft Universities and Digital Museums
On the Thursday of the festival, the Home Delivery Conference will be dedicated to the cultural aspects of digital space, presenting projects such as the first Minecraft University, the Museum of the Future and a dedicated domain for the art world. This is just one of the numerous thematic focuses in our wide range of…
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Travel Tips For Ars Electronica 2020 / Part 2
Welcome to the other side of the “Pacific Ocean” and the second part of our journey around the world! Welcome to the “New World”, more precisely on the west coast of the USA, in the 70 kilometre long and 30 kilometre wide Santa Clara Valley. Don’t you know it? Yes, but under a different name…
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Manuela Macedonia: Ten Years “Brain For All” In Special Times
What does sport have to do with the brain and what percentage of our brain do we really use? These and similar questions have been addressed by Dr. Manuela Macedonia for 10 years now in her lecture series “Brain for All” at the Ars Electronica Center. Today she’s celebrating her premiere at Ars Electronica Home…
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A Combination of Real and Digital Life
“If you can’t come to the Museum of the Future, the museum will come to you” is the motto of the new Ars Electronica Home Delivery format. What content awaits us? Who is it intended for and what does it mean in terms of interaction with visitors?
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The future under the pillow
Of course we realize that we do not understand integral calculus better if we put the textbooks under the pillow on which we sleep. But it doesn’t do any harm, does it?
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The world stands still – the whole world?
There is no talk of social distancing here, there are enough reasons to leave the house and hygiene is a permanent topic anyway – not only in exceptional cases. Our beekeeper Harald Wohlschlager visited the colony of bees on the roof of the Ars Electronica Center in times of the corona pandemic.
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Drones as Media Tool: Mixed Reality Drone Racing
What’s still just a construction site in Kapfenberg, Austria will soon be the world’s most modern stainless steel mill. One of the highlights of the groundbreaking ceremony for voestalpine’s new work was a spectacular mixed reality drone race staged right above the building site by Ars Electronica Solutions. We found out more in this interview.