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.

Inside Futurelab: Immersify (The translucent St. Stephen’s Cathedral)

With more than 20 billion laser points the cathedral church of St. Stephen in Vienna was measured. In this unique level of detail they correspond to a data volume of almost 400 gigabytes and form the basis of the translucent St. Stephen's Cathedral.

Inside Futurelab: Immersify (The Great Pyramid in 3D)

The Great Pyramid in 3D, From the BBC Series Ancient Invisible Cities explores the possibilities of virtual archaeology by scanning and digitally displaying historical architecture - in this case the Pyramid of Cheops in Giza.

Inside Futurelab: Immersify (8K Live Streaming)

In September 2019, during the Ars Electronica Festival, real-time transmission of 8K content in the immersive environment of Deep Space 8K succeeded for the first time. In collaboration with PSNC, there will now once again be an 8K live stream from Poznan in Poland to Deep Space 8K.

Science Talk: zusammen_ziehen with Manuel Selg

In this Science Talk, Manuel Selg (molecular biologist and head of the Department of Chemistry and Biology at the Upper Austrian University of Applied Sciences, Campus Wels) will provide insights into the CRISPR-Cas9 gene scissors, with which the genetic material of any living being can be altered at any desired location - and is freely available on the Internet.

Ars Electronica Mix: Prix Preview – Kategorie Digital Communities

The Prix Ars Electronica Jury Weekend has just taken place - we're talking about first impressions from the "Digital Communities" category.

Science Talk: Kulturelles Erbe - Stefan Traxler

When you think of archaeology, you usually have images of classical excavation sites in your head. But nowadays there are already some methods that go beyond the typical excavation. During this Science Talk, the Roman expert Dr. Stefan Traxler (Upper Austrian Provincial Museum) will give you an overview of current projects.

Ars Electronica Mix: Inside Futurelab

Matthew Gardiner, researcher at the Ars Electronica Futurelab, focuses his research on "Folding as a Programming Strategy for Materials".

Science Talk: Corona news with Bernd Lamprecht

Prim. Priv.-Doz. Dr. Bernd Lamprecht, Director of the Department of Pulmonary Medicine at the Kepler University Hospital, informs about the dangers of COVID-19 for the lungs.

Science Talk: Erich Meyer's Milky Way - of dust and stars

In this Deep Space presentation, you will first explore our home galaxy - the Milky Way. Then we experience a gigantic gigapixel image of the Milky Way panorama, in which we zoom in on the smallest grains of the so-called galactic dust.

Ars Electronica Mix: Prix Preview - Category Computer Animation

The Prix Ars Electronica Jury Weekend has just taken place - we're talking about first impressions from the "Computer Animation" category.

Ars Electronica Mix: Inside Futurelab
AI meets Music

At "Ars Electronica Mix LIVE: Inside Futurelab" you can take a live look behind the scenes at the Ars Electronica Futurelab. In this issue, Ali Nikrang, artist and scientist at the Ars Electronica Futurelab, talks about whether Artificial Intelligence can be creative.

Ars Electronica Mix: Museum of the Future - School of the Future

Our team is constantly developing new formats and offers for extracurricular learning. Here we give you an insight into the educational part of our museum.

Ars Electronica Mix: Prix Winners - Category u19

The Prix Ars Electronica Jury Weekend has just taken place - we're talking about first impressions from the "u19 - create your world" category.

Ars Electronica Mix: Mission Statement of Ars Electronica

Formulated in 1979 for the first Ars Electronica Festival, the "Art, Technology and Society" approach has lost nothing of its programmatic focus. Within four decades, Ars Electronica has created an ecosystem for innovation that encompasses a wide variety of activities.