Highlights

Prix Ars Electronica 2020 / Computer Animation: Miwa Matreyek

Miwa Matreyek (US) receives the Golden Nica of the 2020 Prix Ars Electronica for her project "Infinitely Yours". We present this winning project from the Computer Animation category and have a live conversation with the artist.

Science Talk: BioArt with Nature

Creating High-Resolution Prints on Plants with Photosynthesis

In this program, Yoko Shimizu, artist/researcher at the Ars Electronica Futurelab, shows us how to co-create artworks with nature using a biological process - photosynthesis.

Artist Talk: NextComic Goes Live

With the help auf Augmented Reality, students of the Master's School of Communication Design overthrew the role models of the past and let their ideas literally leap from the pages. In today's Artist Talk the students will talk about their creations, their inspirations and their journey towards finding diversity.

Tour: Upper Austrian Panoptikum II

The University of Art and Design in Linz and Ars Electronica have had close ties for many years. As part of the "TIME OUT" exhibition series, for example, the Ars Electronica Center is making space available to young media artists studying "Time-based and Interactive Media" for their artworks. In this tour we will present some of these works.

Concert: finale of the second act of Mozart's Magic Flute by Maki Namekawa and Dennis Russell Davies

Another concert highlight awaits you on this evening: Maki Namekawa and Dennis Russell Davies play the finale of the second act of Mozart's Magic Flute arranged for piano four hands by Alexander Zemlinsky. The concert is accompanied by Cori O'Lan's real-time visualizations. After the concert, you will again have the opportunity to get in touch with the artists! Write us a comment on YouTube or call us via Skype.

Tour: Power to the People II (EN)

This tour focuses on the installation "MegaPixels" of our new "Understanding Artificial Intelligence" exhibition. "MegaPixels" is an independent art and research project that explores the origin and individual impact of image recognition data sets and the related ethics of privacy and its role in the expansion of biometric surveillance technologies. The project aims to provide a critical perspective on machine learning image data sets that might be overlooked by academic and industrially funded AI think tanks. Each dataset presented on this website will undergo a thorough review of its images, intentions and funding sources.

Tour: Power to the People II

Science Talk: Biohacking with Andreas Stürmer (EN)

Biohacking is made up of two words: once from "bio", like biology, and "hacking", the decoding of systems. So biohacking is about deciphering your own body and optimizing it. In this Science Talk, Andreas Stürmer, biologist and infotrainer at the Ars Electronica Center, will give you insights into the world of do-it-yourself biology.

Tour: Power to the People I (EN)

Only educated scientists can do research? Not at all! Non-scientists can also participate in scientific processes and thus become an active part of the knowledge society. At Citizen Science, interested laypersons can help with scientific projects or carry them out completely alone by making observations, taking measurements or evaluating data. In this tour we present this project to you!

Inside Futurelab: Art Thinking - Create your own Compass - Envision the future

"Art Thinking is not a methodology but an attitude," says Ars Electronica Futurelab curator and key researcher Hidaeki Ogawa. Accordingly, Art Thinking can also be cultivated. Create your own compass, imagine the future: That's what the new Art Thinking School, which took place for the first time at the 2019 Ars Electronica Festival, wants. In this issue of Inside Futurelab, Hideaki Ogawa tells us more about it.

Tour: Power to the People I

Press Conference: STARTS Prize

The prestigious STARTS Prize, which comes with a total of 40,000 euros in prize money, honours innovative projects at the interface of art, technology and science (Science, Technology and Arts - STARTS for short). Projects are sought and awarded that successfully rehearse the cooperation between science, technology and arts and have the potential to contribute to economic and social innovation. The competition is part of the STARTS initiative - Innovation at the Nexus of Science, Technology, and the ARTS of the European Commission. In this press conference we will reveal this year's winners.

Concert: Philip Glass by Maki Namekawa and Dennis Russell Davies

As every week we present you a concert of the extra class this Friday evening! In this edition Maki Namekawa and Dennis Russell Davies present a selection of Philip Glass' piano etudes and an intermezzo from the opera "The Voyage", arranged for piano four hands. This week they will again be accompanied by media artist Cor O'Lan and his real-time visualizations.

Science Talk: OCT - A look beneath the surface

Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) is an innovative method for the non-destructive examination of various materials. Developed in the early 1990s, speed, resolution and stability have since been significantly improved. As a result, new fields of application can be opened up continuously. In this interactive presentation, Günther Hannesschläger explains how the method works. Learn more about some important practical examples and find out what exactly the Reserach Center for Non-Destructive Testing in Linz is researching in this area.

Tour: Navigating The Future (Featuring FH AMU Wieselburg)

In this tour we will look at some examples from the "Global Shift" and "Understanding ArtificiaI Intelligence" exhibitions and talk about how mankind is using increasingly advanced technologies to influence not only his own living space but nearly every aspect of life. Students of the FH AMU Wieselburg are also connected via live stream.

Concert: Laurie Anderson, John Cage and Elliot Goldenthal by Maki Namekawa und Dennis Russell Davies

Every Friday evening we present a live concert from the Ars Electronica Center's "Piano Room". This week you can expect music by Laurie Anderson, John Cage and Elliot Goldenthal, played by Maki Namekawa and Dennis Russell Davies.

Deep Space LIVE: Geophysics, Drones, Laserscan ... with Hightech on the track of the Romans

Whether using georadar to take "x-ray pictures" of the ground, recognising features of the terrain using drones or documentation using 3D laser scans - all of these methods are currently being used in the area of the Danube Limes in Upper Austria, among others. On this evening, Roman expert Dr. Stefan Traxler (OÖ Landes-Kultur GmbH) will give you an overview of current projects.

Tour: Bio Art & Science III

The photo studio eye of science is dedicated to visualizing the hitherto unknown and unseen. In this tour we show you that not only art but also science has its images.

Prix Ars Electronica 2020 / Interactive Art +: Lauren Lee McCarthy

Lauren Lee McCarthy receives the Golden Nica of the 2020 Prix Ars Electronica for her project "SOMEONE". We present this winning project from the Interactive Art + category and have a live conversation with the artist who lives and works in Los Angeles.

Tour: New Materials IV

In addition to the aspect of sustainability, new materials should also be as flexible and changeable as possible. New production technologies, such as so-called additive manufacturing, make this possible! Come with us to our MaterialLab. In this fifth issue, our infotrainers give you an insight into the materials research of the future.