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Ars Electronica: a European Platform for Digital Humanism
Within the framework of the European Platform for Digital Humanism the Ars Electronica Festival 2023 will once again display works created in collaboration with partner organizations and realized with funding from the European Union.
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In Search of Truth between Polarized Spheres
Massive Binaries by Andy Gracie, winner of the Randa Art|Science residency, illustrates two different narratives of opposing spheres orbiting each other.
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As an International Collective Towards the Future
In the anniversary year of the University of Arts Linz, the Campus Exhibition once again invites visitors to reflect and admire many international contributions and original, contemporary as well as inspiring works.
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Old habits and new experiments
To find out how POSTCITY as a venue affects the exhibition concept of Prix Ars Electronica and S+T+ARTS, read on.
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Invisible Journeys in a Fictitious World
In 2023, the Golden Nica in the Prix Ars Electronica category New Animation Art went to South Korean artist Ayoung Kim for her project “Delivery Dancer’s Sphere”.
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#Let’s Swab – Science for Citizens and Citizens for Science
In Isala scientists and citizens join forces to study the vaginal microbiome and create a database that challenges the social and medical bias surrounding the female body and intimate self-care.
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The World of Animation – A Tectonic Shift
In this guest article Juergen Hagler elaborates on the development of the animation category and talks about the theme of animation as an important part of the Ars Electronica Festival 2023.
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Breaking the Silence of Suppressed Voices
This year’s Golden Nica in the category Artificial Intelligence & Life was awarded to Winnie Soon for their Unerasable Characters Series.
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Masakhane – “We build together”
This year’s Digital Humanity Award winners are the grassroots organisation Masakhane, which specialises in bringing African languages closer to the technology industry.
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“Pollinator Pathmaker” – living art for insects
“Pollinator Pathmaker” by Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg is this year’s winning project in the Artistic Exploration category of the STARTS Prize.
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Digital Innovation in Education
The Music Middle School Eggenburg wants to prepare its students for a technological future by using the latest technology.
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Reflection on the Prix Ars Electronica Jury Weekend
Suhun Lee has been selected as the first curator in residence for the Curatorial Residency Program enabled by ARKO. In this guest article, she describes her personal impressions of the Prix Ars Electronica Jury Weekend.
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Silent Sound
The project “Verblassende Stimmen” encourages reflection on how to remember the voices of deceased people who were once close.
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Soundscapes of the Andean plain
This year’s Golden Nica in the category “Digital Musics & Sound Art” goes to the collective Atractor + Semántica Productions, for their project A Tale of Two Seeds: Sound and Silence in Latin America’s Andean Plains.
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Reimagining Human Habitats
In an interview with artist Dorotea Dolinšek, we discover the secrets of the microbiome and how our symbiotic relationship with microorganisms affects our well-being.
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The question of truth
Digitization is not only changing our definition of truth, but also the question of what ownership means in today’s digital world.
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Prix Jury Weekend at the Ars Electronica Center
Experts from around the world met in Linz to agree on the Golden Nicas of the Prix Ars Electronica 2023.
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Ars Electronica 2023 is asking: Who Owns the Truth?
Ownership and truth in the age of artificial intelligence – the Ars Electronica Festival 2023 will explore this spectrum of topics and the questions they raise.
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Via algorithm into a virtual parallel reality
With “Horst Schlager,” the Ars Electronica Center infiltrates a media art figure into Facebook’s extremist underground in order to understand and communicate political grievances.
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An alternative to Twitter
Mastodon as the perfect alternative to Twitter? Find out why we chose the platform and whether we agree here.
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Inclusive education for the future of work
The WeSTEAM project demonstrates how artistic thinking and creative skills in the fields of mathematics, computer science, science and technology lead to new ways of thinking and promote a sustainable future.
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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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What about AIxxNOSOGRAPHIES?
For the third round of the ArtScience Residency Rainald Schumacher met artist Špela Petrič, the winner of the 2023 edition, for an interview.
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Knowing more together
The European Union Prize for Citizen Science recognizes the achievements of Citizen Science initiatives in Europe, but what exactly is being sought and why is Citizen Science so important? Find out more here!
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This is our Year in Review 2022
The year 2022 is coming to a close, and that means it’s time once again to look back on the Ars Electronica Themes 2022.
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Room for artistic freedom
In the second part of our Year In Review, we turn our attention not only to art, but also to the exciting stories of the people behind it.
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The energy changer
Citizen Science has many faces, Elias Silber is one of them: His commitment optimized the energy balance of Ars Electronica within a minimum of time.
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That’s why we are so fascinated by technology
We experiment, develop and tell stories with technology. The first part of Ars Electronica’s 2022 Year in Review shows how.