Society
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The Times They Are a-Changin’
From the uncertainty of the present to the power of art – in conversation with Gerfried Stocker, we shed light on the theme of the Ars Electronica Festival 2025.
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By us, for us: Shaping Society
Ars Electronica embodies a vibrant community in which art, technology and society merge. For us, society is more than just a concept – it is the dynamic interaction of people who jointly develop visions, find creative solutions and shape the future.
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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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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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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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Preserving Heritage in the Digital Age
The Balot NFT democratizes digital cultural ownership and aids in reclaiming stolen land, using NFT technology as a decolonization tool in a new restitution model.
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From Blue Marble to Bioplastic Record
“Smoke and Mirrors” by British artist Beatie Wolfe visualises 50 years of climate data and contrasts it with advertising slogans from the oil industry. She has now been awarded the Golden Nica of the Prix Ars Electronica for her work.
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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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Rethinking clothing with knitting, origami, and Magic Girls
Material research meets design: Lingxiao Luo shows how programmable, sustainable clothing interacts with its wearers.
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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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Creative and playful learning for the future
AI, robotics, programming, and more: “missimo” brings basic digital education to rural elementary schools throughout Austria.
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Unveiling the biodiversity crisis through auditive art
An immersive audiovisual experience by the Ars Electronica Futurelab makes the loss of biodiversity tangible in an impressive way.
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Climate change as an immersive hell painting
Creativity meets scientific data: Artist Akira Wakita showed Mother Earth at the Ars Electronica Festival as an imposing entity beyond humankind.
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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.
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Discoveries beyond the surface: social dynamics, data visualisations and alternative realities
Creative changes of perspective are thematised in the fourth chapter of the Fall Term. The Fall Term is part of the FOUNDING LAB, a collaborative prototype of a new university.
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Watch the best of Futurelab 2023
Exciting and innovative, playful and informative: 2023 has marked another year of unique projects for the public by the Ars Electronica Futurelab and its partners.
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Playful AI for collective transformation
Trust through transparency: AI start-up Godot and the Ars Electronica Futurelab showcase the humane use of AI.
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Future stories to bridge generations
The quick card game Bridge 2040 by the Ars Electronica Futurelab serves as a playful approach for future discourse between young and old.
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FOUNDING LAB Fall Term: Interdisciplinarity as a New Expertise
25 students and 21 fellows are currently testing jointly developed visions for the university of the future in Linz. The focus is on interdisciplinary and project-based work.
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Jury honors anatomy education of the future
Following international success: Upper Austrian Prize for Innovation goes to “Cinematic Virtual Anatomy” by Ars Electronica Futurelab, JKU and Siemens Healthineers.
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Soft Wars – Data, code and models that shape our lives
The second chapter of the Fall Term focused on data and coding. The Fall Term is part of the FOUNDING LAB, a collaborative prototype of a new university.
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Of digital systems, colonialist implications, and sustainable solutions for technology.
In the first chapter of the Fall Term, Fellows and students together address infrastructures of digital systems. The Fall Term is part of the FOUNDING LAB, a collaborative prototype of a new university.
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Equipped for the future?
Basic digital education is the examination of the mechanisms of technology, its ethical aspects and social contexts.
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On the Art of Reinvention: A University Begins
As part of FOUNDING LAB, Ars Electronica and the Institute of Digital Sciences Austria commissioned 75 students from around the world to imagine a new university.
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Behind the Manifesto for Creative Producing – FOUNDING LAB Student Interview
In addition to participating as one of the selected 75 students in the FOUNDING LAB, Maria Kuzmina (IL) also facilitated a workshop within the frame of the Ars Electronica Festival 2023.
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The Transformation of Gender Binarism – FOUNDING LAB Student Interview
Mar Osés (ES) – one of the 75 FOUNDING LAB students – presenting a theoretical contextualization of the downfall of the gender system.
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A New University Starts – FOUNDING LAB
As kickoff event of the FOUNDING LAB Forum and insightful reflection on the FOUNDING LAB Summer School, this conference provides an initial impulse for the direction that the brand-new university will take.