Ecology
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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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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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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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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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Discussing Truth in a Digitized World
The conferences held during the Ars Electronica Festival bring international personalities on stage to examine contemporary issues from a range of perspectives.
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(Co)Owning More-than-Truth: on a Quest for the Truth
The Theme Exhibition of Ars Electronica 2023 invites you on a journey between truth, reality and shaping the future.
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From Ownership to More than Planet
Exploitation and destruction as a mortgage for the next generations? “More-than-Planet” unites several festival projects that want to question and revolutionize the way we deal with nature.
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Embracing Circular Creativity: Enter the Transformation Lounge
The Transformation Lounge offers a space for discussion and introduces innovative approaches of companies to tackle global challenges and move forward to a more sustainable future.
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From OpenAI to AI Regulation
Artificial intelligence and ChatGPT are part of the question “Who owns the truth?” that this year’s Ars Electronica Festival is addressing.
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Dawning of a New Era: Nature, Technology and the Shaping of Our Future
This year, the Ars Electronica Festival is addressing questions about nature and the concept of ownership in addition to the question “Who owns the truth?”
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Is technology the answer?
What role does technology play in future life on this planet? To highlight Earth Day, Our Earth VR fuses 3D animation and sound to create a moving VR experience.
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In digital fight for justice
Cyber tools against environmental crimes: For those who love the truth, we make digital investigation methods available at Citizen Science Days.
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Society? That’s us!
It’s the third pillar of Ars Electronica, and we’re all a part of it: In part three of our annual review, we’ll tell you what the “Society” in our name stands for.
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Spot and the mobility of future generations
Finding new ideas for sustainable mobility, with AI and Boston Dynamics’ robot: A unique event in Japan included experts and families alike.
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Experience how the climate affects the Großglockner
Immerse yourself in the Glockner.Luft.Raum by the Ars Electronica Futurelab: an experience in the new kärnten.museum.
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Earth4All: It is not too late
50 years after “The Limits to Growth” Club of Rome with “Earth4All” warns about the consequences of social inequality for our planet: A Survival Guide for Humanity
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The court which the future calls for
As part of the Festival University 2022, the International Environmental and Climate Court was created – a place for information, storytelling and discussion.
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On four wheels into the future?
BMW, Supersense and Ars Electronica Futurelab focused on the automobile in the midst of the climate and energy crisis.
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Directors Talk: Facing crises creatively
How can creativity and art help society face crises in a resilient way? The Ars Electronica Futurelab is looking for answers.
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Dataspace: Global Impact of Russia’s War on Ukraine
What does this war mean for each of us? A visualization of facts and figures explains the consequences of an invasion.
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Plan B Day: Creating Future Together
The Saturday of the festival awaits you with numerous inspirations for jointly taking steps towards a future in which we meet inevitable challenges as a global community.
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Treetop Talks: (Eye) Level Reinterpreted
Finding common ground through a new perspective? During the Ars Electronica Festival, a meeting zone of a different sort is created in the form of the treetop talks.
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Creating Awareness for a more Sustainable Festival
From energy, water and sanitation to the technical equipment and venue: for the next part of our Sustainability Series, we take a look at what it takes to host a festival as sustainably as possible.
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The cycles of Ars Electronica
How sustainably will you be able to eat at this year’s Ars Electronica Festival, and what happens to all the waste that’s created in the process? Martin Honzik CCO and Head of Festival/Prix/Exhibitions gives us an insight.
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Sustainable to the Ars Electronica – is that possible?
How can a festival that attracts thousands of people to Linz every year be sustainable? Christl Baur, Head of Ars Electronica Festival, confronts the many questions of mobility.
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“What happens in Antarctica does not stay in Antarctica”
What does the melting of Antarctica have to do with the future of planet Earth? A lot – and that’s exactly why Giulia Foscari and UNLESS, in the work “Antarctic Resolution”, awarded the STARTS Prize 2022, have called for saving Antarctica and say: “Speak up for Antarctica now!”
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Center Story: April 2022
With our new “Center Stories” format, we’re telling you what’s going on behind the scenes at the Ars Electronica Center. In the first story, we want to introduce you to our plant offspring and recall a past exhibition.