Ecology
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Futurelab – Prototype of a think-and-do tank
Cuba visits Linz: A delegation from the Cuban Computer Science Union finds inspiration in the Ars Electronica Futurelab’s unique concept.
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It’s about trying out things
In this interview, Gerfried Stocker explains why it takes more than virtual meetings to get people talking and how the Ars Electronica Festival is trying to become sustainable and resource-conserving.
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Change is needed when there is no way out
From the hopelessness of the climate crisis to the thinking space of art – in this conversation with Gerfried Stocker, we take a closer look at the theme of the 2022 Ars Electronica Festival.
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“Welcome to the Sound of Planet B”
What is Julie Andrews doing in the Aral Sea with VR goggles? Gerfried Stocker, Artistic Director of Ars Electronica, explains the thoughts behind the festival subject “Welcome to Planet B” and tells us how the image was created.
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Deep Space EVOLUTION: Welcome to Planet B
What lifestyle changes are you willing to make to reduce your greenhouse gas emissions? Challenge your choices!
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Circular Records for Circular Futures
Can records be made from biomaterials? Artists Kat Austen and Fara Peluso think so and will work on developing a low-carbon alternative to vinyl during their S+T+ARTS Residency.
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Is it really worth the effort?
Outside is winter, inside we harvest our own grain. Three months we have struggled, spent more than 400 euros, but harvested less than 800 grams of barley.
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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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Circular economy instead of throwaway society
To counteract climate change, plastics must be handled differently. Design, life cycle, recycling on the one hand, industry, society and politics on the other hand are needed for this.
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Globally connected combating global climate change
How can a global communication tool like the Internet help to mobilize even more people to act together against climate change?
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Deck 50: New Science Communication Platform at the Vienna Natural History Museum
By the means of Citizen Science, a new laboratory and workshop area, interactive research stations and immersive worlds in Deck 50 awaken the researcher’s instinct in visitors and invite to engage.
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Where science meets society
Deck 50 at the Vienna Museum of Natural History: In a world facing great challenges, we should all understand that science affects the whole of society — and it has to motivate people.
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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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STARTS Prize 2021: New products from food scraps
720 tons of food are thrown away in a single day in Catalonia. It is figures like these that have prompted Anastasia Pistofidou, Marion Real and The Remixers of Fab Lab Barcelona, IaaC, to take action.
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Inside Festival 09
The ninth episode of “Inside Festival” is all about sustainability and ecology. Christl Baur and Laura Welzenbach present three projects from our Festival Gardens and give us a sneak peek into one youth perspective of “Create your World”.
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STARTS Prize 2021: The condition of the oceans and how high the stakes are
The world’s oceans not only reflect light, they also reflect the effects of the Anthropocene, the age of humankind.
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Prix 2021: “Cloud Studies” – When clouds tell stories
Clouds have been telling us all kinds of stories for ages. With the project “Cloud Studies”, the collective “Forensic Architecture” once again looks up to the sky and uses technological tools to re-read clouds of smoke, poison and gas.
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Some people think 2°C is no big deal…
…others go to Ars Electronica. We present you a selection of projects and gardens that deal with questions around the topic of ecology.
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Community Project: Taste your SOIL
Art, society, technology and science sees itself expanded by a conceptuality – nature. “Taste your SOIL” stands for the urgent need of making the digital a part of our cultural identity and for restoring our lost cultural awareness of the earth.
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How Digitization Moves Mountains
If we use smartphones for an average of only two years, then the resulting mining of raw materials should give us pause for thought. (German language)
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The World is not Enough
We humans have left traces on this blue planet – in the water, on the earth, in the air, but also in outer space.
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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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The Invention of Sustainability
New technologies have increased the pace of consumption of our resources – but even the raw material wood used to bring problems. (German language)
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Challenging the Human Perspective
How to address the biodiversity and climate crisis through collaborative and innovative art-driven approaches.
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BIO AUSTRIA: Back to the Regional
The Regional has recently experienced a new upswing as a result of the Corona crisis, especially when it comes to food. The BIO AUSTRIA Farmers’ Market once again invites visitors to the Ars Electronica Festival in Linz to taste these regional products.
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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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Future Humanity – Our Shared Planet: Is this the future?
In November 2018, Ars Electronica and Hyundai Motor Group will open three exhibitions around the world on the theme of “Future Humanity – Our Shared Planet”. The shows at Hyundai Motor Studios in Moscow, Seoul and Beijing will artistically examine what it means to be human in the future. We found out more in this…
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aqua_forensic: The Invisible Danger in the World’s Oceans
Invisible and yet threatening. The EMAP/EMARE project “aqua_forensic” by Robertina Šebjanič and Gjino Šutić is investigating human pollution in the oceans. It is the result of their residency at Ars Electronica. The second Open Call for a EMAP/EMARE residency runs until December 3, 2018.