Deep Space 8K
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Long Night of Churches 2025
As part of the Long Night of the Churches 2025, the Ars Electronica Center invites you to a unique journey of discovery in Deep Space 8K. On this special evening, you will experience a fascinating combination of art, architecture and state-of-the-art 3D technology that presents churches and their history in a new light.
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Deep Space Lecture: St. Stephen’s Cathedral – The Secrets of a 300-Year Construction Site
How do you build a cathedral without interrupting church life? St. Stephen’s was a construction site for over 300 years – and at the same time the heart of Vienna. Experience with Dr. Barbara Schedl and immersive 3D images, which building secrets and creative solutions are behind this century project.
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Deep Space Lecture: Kaiserschild Art Defined – Pieter Claesz Still life
In July, the Kaiserschild Foundation is showing still lifes by Pieter Claesz at the Ars Electronica Deep Space in Linz and at the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna.
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Deep Space Experience: Fascinating Mariendom – Austria’s Largest Church
Experience the architectural beauty and intricate details of the Mariendom with master of ceremonies Mag. Clemens Pichler. On an immersive flight through the fascinating masterpiece, you will marvel at photometric representations of the altar and gigapixel images of the breathtaking glass windows.
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Deep Space Special: Though the Galaxy with Tardigrades
A tardigrade doesn’t need a spacesuit to survive! We borrow its superpowers and travel virtually through space. We visit the International Space Station (ISS), a Mars rover on Mars and fly to distant solar systems.
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Deep Space Experience: Art Motion Lab: Immersive Interactive Movement Narratives
On this evening, experience a creative, collaborative dance narrative that combines modern myths with sensual, visual and sonic impressions.
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Deep Space Lecture: Anatomy for everyone
Experience this unique virtual anatomy room of the future! Get to know the human body layer by layer – from the surface of the skin to the deepest interior to the blood vessels, bones and organs.
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Deep Space Special: Data Art – Data Visualization between Art and Research
Can we use data artistically to make social problems visible? Our daily lives generate huge amounts of data – which makes it all the more important to question who owns it, how it can be visualized in an understandable way, and how we can use it to solve social problems.
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Deep Space Experience: Pixel, Bytes + Film
In cooperation with the Ars Electronica Deep Space 8K, the BMWKMS film funding program ‘Pixel, Bytes + Film’ presents a selection of outstanding works from recent years.
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Deep Space Experience: Little giants: Microbes and their power over life
The fundamental principle of nature is: life is diversity. The more diverse a habitat is, the healthier it is. And this diversity also includes the smallest among us: microorganisms. Microorganisms are everywhere: in the air, in the soil and in the water. Every plant, every animal and every human being is also a habitat for…