Program

Cooperative Aesthetics: The Village of Forbidden Dreams

You come together to build an autonomous village – a village where living beings of different kind and kind live together, in unison with the land.

Deep Space LIVE: Fireworks of the Universe

Gigantic stellar explosions, one supernova after another, thousands of light years away from us, take place every day in the universe.

Update: PCR – how a polymerase chain reaction works

The term PCR is the latest buzzword – but what actually happens when a PCR test is performed?

At the Center with... Birgitt Schäffer: Red Gold

In the MaterialLab Birgitt presents a sustainable material made of an unusual substance.

What is dementia and how do we protect ourselves against it? with Dr. Manuela Macedonia

Will I also have to develop Alzheimer's disease? Does it really affect us all, or can I prevent dementia? Dr. Manuela Macedonia tells us how.

Cooperative Aesthetics: Monster Tinder

Use the variety of quirky eyes, mouths, noses and so on to create the Monster Lovers of your wildest dreams, and use the Love Test to see if they are the perfect fit for each other.

Inside Futurelab: Deepandemia

An interactive simulation of infection chains as an impressive example of how social cooperation and individual actions can change the world for good or for bad during a pandemic.

Experimental: Bach x AI

When music meets AI, magical things can happen – and by that we don't just mean the Bösendorfer grand piano that plays by itself as if enchanted.

Cooperative Aesthetics: Hidden Figures

Who or what am I? Do we recognize ourselves as a whole?

At the Center with... Birgitt Schäffer: The Rooster

A very special animal is hiding in a dark cave in the Ars Electronica Center: the rooster.

Tutorial: The Joy of AI Painting

Is there anything more relaxing than watching Bob Ross paint landscapes? What if you could paint beautiful natural sceneries yourself with a few digital brush strokes?

Update: TOC ONE by Moritz Simon Geist – Music Robot System for Education, Recording & Sound Art

Mario will give you insights into this new exhibit that can be used to squeeze sound and rhythms out of almost everything.

Cooperative Aesthetics: Flowery Meadow

Together with everyone else, create a flowery meadow that will become a biotope for butterflies and other insects.

Experimental: Chopin x AI

When music meets AI, magical things can happen – and by that we don't just mean the Bösendorfer grand piano that plays by itself as if enchanted.

At the Center with... Johannes Stürzlinger: Be(e) in Space

From the metaphorical deck of a ship to a beehive to outer space – Johannes takes you on a philosophical journey.

Inside Futurelab: Behind the scenes of the virtual nativity scene

Inside Futurelab offers an overview of the project and technical insights into how the digitization of one of the world’s largest nativity scenes was achieved.

Concert: Philip Glass performed by Maki Namekawa and Dennis Russell Davies

On Christmas Eve, we present the magnificent piano concert of Philip Glass pieces with Maki Namekawa and Dennis Russell Davies.

Concert: Beethoven, Bach & Pärt

With a great concert from the piano room, we bid farewell to a turbulent year.

Cooperative Aesthetics: Bezier Curves

Bezier Curves explained in an easy and playful way. With Bezier Curves by Guggenberger Thomas you will learn the meaning and purpose of this specific curve.

At the Center with... Christoph Kremer: Besondere Vorzeichen

As managing director, Christoph Kremer knows the Ars Electronica Center inside and out down to the smallest detail – and he noticed a very special omen in one of our gigapixel images in the Deep Space.