Ars Electronica Festival
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Who owns the world?
Some people think Alexa and Siri only listen when they’re supposed to. Others go to Ars Electronica.
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Festival University – Studying (in) the Future
In the course of this year’s Ars Electronica Festival, the Festival University will be organised for the first time in cooperation with the JKU.
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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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Ars Electronica Festival 2021: A “New Digital Deal” is Needed! (1/2)
From Festival University to Pre-Opening to Innovation Day: these are the highlights of the first days of the Ars Electronica Festival 2021 – A New Digital Deal!
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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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Joachim Sauter on Reflections and Kinetics
To commemorate the pioneer of media art, we are showing an excerpt of the lecture he gave at the 2017 Ars Electronica Festival.
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The Winners of the 2021 STARTS Prize
We present the Grand Prizes at the intersection of science, technology and art: “Remix el Barrio” and “Oceans in Transformation”.
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From Atakama to Araucanía: Chile at the Ars Electronica Festival 2021
Endless landscapes, the cycle of life and the language of trees: these artists and institutions will represent their home country of Chile at the Ars Electronica Festival 2021.
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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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Hannes Leopoldseder: A Life Lived for the Future
He was a co-founder of the Ars Electronica Festival, invented the Prix Ars Electronica, initiated the construction of the Ars Electronica Center and, as a longstanding member of the Supervisory Board, helped shape the development of Ars Electronica to the end. Hannes Leopoldseder passed away at the age of 80 on February 12, 2021.
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Networked archives and a glimpse into the future
Coronavirus, home office and a hacker attack. What followed was a project of increased collaboration, a dedicated conference at the Ars Electronica Festival and, for the first time, a virtual room in Mozilla Hubs. 2020 was an exciting year for the Ars Electronica archive, which is now available again in its online version, strengthened.
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Future Ink: Where is my soul?
Future Ink is the result of a mutual inspiration between art and science, with the aim of exploring the creative potential of “ink”. In a process of multiple steps consisting of the implementation of the innovative concepts for Space Ink, AI Ink, Bio Ink, Mind Ink and Body Ink, Space Ink research opens new accesses…
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Home Delivery Conference: About Minecraft Universities and Digital Museums
On the Thursday of the festival, the Home Delivery Conference will be dedicated to the cultural aspects of digital space, presenting projects such as the first Minecraft University, the Museum of the Future and a dedicated domain for the art world. This is just one of the numerous thematic focuses in our wide range of…
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Ars Electronica Gardens: EUROPE Part 2
Human life in the uncertainty of the days: It seems impossible to understand the world in its complexity, as every action, no matter how inconspicuous, influences life on the other side of the world. The thing with the butterfly effect…
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Strolling Between the Disciplines
The JKU campus as a place of encounter and as a place for projects that can only be discovered by strolling through the park and looking attentively into the air. JKU LIT @ Ars Electronica as well as the Garden Exhibition in Kepler’s Garden on the JKU Campus feature playful projects that combine various disciplines.
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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 WILD STATE
A prairie in the Wild West, a futuristic pirate island on the ocean, people dancing at Burning Man – what images emerge in front of your inner eye when you hear THE WILD STATE?
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A Look at the Civil Society of the Future
Civil society engagement is crucial for our pluralistic, open and solidary society. The ULF symposium on Saturday of the Ars Electroncia Festival 2020 will be all about the future of this very civil society.
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Ars Electronica Gardens: EUROPE Part 1
And our festival journey continues! Not too far away from Austria there are countless exciting exhibitions: in the city of love – Paris, the coastal city – Liepāja, the ancient metropolis – Athens, or the central heart of the EU – Brussels! Welcome to the gardens of Europe!
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Ars Electronica Gardens: ASIA
Part 2 of our trip around the world, during which we’d like to introduce you to some of the Ars Electronica Gardens and their programs, takes us to the east, towards the rising sun: It’s off to Asia!
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Meinhard Lukas: From the Postcity into Kepler’s Gardens
It was the site of the old post distribution center at the main train station, where the magicians of Ars Electronica transformed an analog yesterday into a digital tomorrow. In no other place and in no other time has Linz ever been more urban and international than in the Postcity.
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“When innovation meets sustainability”
Since 2019, Ars Electronica has been equipped with IT devices by AfB – Arbeit für Menschen mit Behinderung. At this year’s festival, too, they’re supporting us with PCs and other equipment. Find out more about how this cooperation was established in this blog post!
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Deep Space 8K – Festival Program
A breathtaking piano piece, a virtual and real performance or a journey back to Roman times, this year’s Deep Space 8K festival program offers all this and much more. Let’s take a closer look into it!
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„Look beyond the boundaries of our own organization“
What do a plastics manufacturer and a festival for art, technology and society have in common? A lot, as the long-standing successful cooperation between Greiner AG and Ars Electronica proves.
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CyberArts 2020: The latest trends in media art
For over three decades, the Prix Ars Electronica has been one of the world’s most coveted awards for digital media art. With the CyberArts exhibition, the OK, as part of the newly founded OÖ Landes-Kultur GmbH, will once again devote itself to the award-winning works of international artists during the 2020 Ars Electronica Festival in…
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Travel Tips For Ars Electronica 2020 / Part 2
Welcome to the other side of the “Pacific Ocean” and the second part of our journey around the world! Welcome to the “New World”, more precisely on the west coast of the USA, in the 70 kilometre long and 30 kilometre wide Santa Clara Valley. Don’t you know it? Yes, but under a different name…
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Ars Electronica Gardens: AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND
Ars Electronica has a long-term and intensive relationship with the other end of the world. Not only do employees, researchers and friends from there keep coming back to the company and the network, a ” satellite office ” has even been established – Ars Electronica Australia. Here as there, the vision is to support the…
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These Are The Travel Tips For Ars Electronica 2020
The starting point: Kepler’s Garden in Linz, Austria. The destinations: 120 locations around the globe. The duration of the journey: 9 to 13 September 2020.