2020 is a truly blasted year for the art industry, as available resources were concentrated first and foremost in politics and health care to overcome the crisis. And so the ice was getting thinner and thinner for the art business, and it became clear that a new assessment of the situation was necessary – and…
For the third time in 2019, the Gallery Spaces Program will bring numerous international galleries and collections with their different positions on digital art to the Ars Electronica Festival, September 5-9. With its ongoing work and experience in the production and presentation of media art and digital art, Ars Electronica is the ideal environment for…
Kalina Bertin, filmmaker and director of ManicVR, invites us to join her on a journey into the “inner worlds” of her siblings who are diagnosed with bipolar disorder. In 2019, she was awarded the Golden Nica in the Computer Animation category for her work.
The Uniview visualization software used in Deep Space at the Ars Electronica Center takes visitors on interactive 3-D flights through the entire known universe in breathtaking images. Never-before-seen dimensions of outer space make up the itinerary of this mind-blowing trip.
We are all astronauts. The new exhibition “Spaceship Earth” at the Ars Electronica Center in collaboration with the ESA is dedicated to the fascinating and revealing satellite images of our planet.
ARTSAT1: Invader, the world’s first art satellite, blasted off into outer space on February 28, 2014. The 2015 Prix Ars Electronica jury honored the ARTSAT: Art and Satellite Project with an Award of Distinction in the Hybrid Art category.
María Ignacia Edwards is the recipient of an extraordinary opportunity under the aegis of Art & Science: a residency at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in Chile and at the Ars Electronica Futurelab in Linz. We accompanied her on her pre-visit in Chile.
The title met the program: During the “Long Night of Research” on FRI April 4, 2014, the Ars Electronica Center and the Ars Electronica Futurelab in Linz opend their doors late into the night for a highly interested audience from young to old.
Newcastle, Australia. Beijing. Singapore. Linz. Four cities, seemingly selected at random, will coalesce into a single integrated concert hall on November 30, 2012. The International Space Time Concerto brings together musicians all across the face of the Earth. Together with a chorus, they’ll perform nine pieces using instruments as well as iPhones and iPads.
Human and virtual dancer in a duet of self-realization: an expressive dance performance in Deep Space 8K.
When humans and industry threaten the planet: a dystopian performance as an immersive experience in Deep Space 8K.
Experience spectacular gigapixel images from the Sistine Chapel of the Vatican Museums in Rome up close in the Deep Space 8K.
It is our great pleasure to announce that once again this year, one of the world’s most famous works of art will embellish our Deep Space 8K screen during the Ars Electronica Festival: the Mona Lisa!
Works of art, buildings, paintings – all these are pieces of the Europa puzzle that can be put together collectively in one place in the Ars Electronica Center’s Deep Space 8K.
Analog music generates digital visualizations: Maki Namekawa, Cori O’Lan and Rubin Kodheli in a timeless night performance at Deep Space 8K.
Embedded in a technical, symbolic and metaphysical universe, the audiovisual performance [ˈdaːzaɪn] by media artists Arno Deutschbauer and Micha Elias Pichlkastner alias “Sective” immersed the packed Deep Space 8K in a reloaded atmosphere.
An extraordinary artwork, created in an extraordinary period. Nocturne brings the time of the Pandemic in the Deep Space 8K.
For the 25th anniversary of the Ars Electronica Futurelab, filming is currently taking place in Deep Space 8K.
Elektro Guzzi play hypnotic techno sound with guitar, bass and drums in Deep Space 8K to the visuals of Eyup Kuş.
While the Trio Verve lets classical music sound in deep space, the visuals of Monocolor underline the musical description of a landscape.
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.
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…
With 2020 being the 500-year anniversary of the artist’s death, Magister Art has created a new cultural project titled Magister Raffaello which will be presented in Deep Space 8K at the Ars Electronica Center on Friday, September 11.
You understand nothing when it comes to quantum physics? Don’t worry, you’re not alone! The Quantum Travelers are using artistic means to get to the bottom of this difficult matter with their Deep Space project “Quantum Logos” at the Ars Electronica Festival.
On August 28, 2019, Deep Space 8K at the Ars Electronica Center will be the venue for a real world premiere: This is where the first intercontinental 8K Live Stream will take place via a public link from Japan to Linz. In the interview, we found out what challenges this entails.
Impressive mountain vistas, breathtaking videos and tales of adventure: the duo of Marlies Czerny and Andreas Lattner, climbing enthusiasts and storytellers, came to Deep Space 8K at the Ars Electronica Center for the premiere of their mountaineering presentation “4000ERLEBEN.” Marlies, the first Austrian woman to visit all the Alpine four-thousanders, tells us more in this…
The 3-D short film entitled “Physicians’ Colleague, Patients’ Helper: The Cognitive Computer” will be running in Deep Space 8K at the Ars Electronica Center beginning in May. This film explains how deep neural networks can facilitate the evaluation of medical data, and how this is changing both the physician’s role and the doctor-patient relationship.