Locations

POSTCITY

Waldeggstraße 41, 4020 Linz

The former postal distribution center is located directly at Linz’s main train station. Once again, it will be transformed into POSTCITY, the main location of the Ars Electronica Festival, before a new city district is created here. The impressive parcel chutes, spacious halls, the bunker and the train hall once again provide an impressive backdrop for the festival for art, technology and society.

Attention: Admission stop 30 minutes before closing.
The INFO DESK opens daily at 9:30 AM.

Photo: Flightkinetic / Raffael Portugal

Ars Electronica Center

Ars-Electronica-Straße 1, 4040 Linz

Since 2019, the permanent exhibition “Understanding AI” at the Ars Electronica Center on the Danube has been conveying knowledge about artificial intelligence. Visitors can learn more about neurobionics, biotechnology, new materials and the global changes of our time. During the festival, brand new media artworks and visual highlights will also be presented in Deep Space 8K.

Photo: tom mesic

Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz

Ernst-Koref-Promenade 1, 4020 Linz

The Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz on the opposite side of the Danube is this year’s venue for the Prix Ars Electronica Exhibition. Every year since 1987, this exhibition has offered exciting and up-to-date insights into award-winning media art by international artists.

Photo: Linz Tourismus / Robert Josipovic

University of Art and Design Linz

Hauptplatz 6 + 8, 4020 Linz

Students from local and international art universities are not only guests at POSTCITY, but also in the premises of the University of Art and Design Linz. Located directly at the northern end of the main square, there is plenty of space for exhibitions, conferences and workshops.

Free admission

Photo: Mark Sengstbratl

JKU MED CAMPUS (MED Campus I)

Krankenhausstraße 5, 4020 Linz

The JKU MED Campus of Johannes Kepler University is part of the 2024 Ars Electronica Festival for the first time, where innovative projects showcase the synergy of art and science, including the award-winning Virtual Anatomy room, which sets new standards in the education of medical students.

Free admission

Photo: JKU / Martin Steinkellner

Anton Bruckner Private University Upper Austria

Hagenstraße 57, 4040 Linz

The Anton Bruckner Private University at the foot of the Pöstlingberg focuses on the fields of music, acting and dance. During the Ars Electronica Festival, it opens its doors to immersive worlds of sound with its own program.

Free admission

Photo: Simon Bauer

Atelierhaus Salzamt

Obere Donaulände 15, 4020 Linz

The Atelierhaus Salzamt is a cultural institution for local and international artists. This year, it is home to the “Expanded Play” exhibition by the FH Upper Austria Campus Hagenberg, which shows different perspectives on mixed reality, virtual reality and interactivity.

Free admission

Photo: Ars Electronica / Martin Hieslmair

Mariendom Linz

Herrenstraße 26, 4020 Linz

Once again this year, Austria’s largest church, St. Mary’s Cathedral, will open its doors during the Ars Electronica Festival. On the very first day, the cathedral is transformed into the venue for the festival opening.

Free admission

Photo: Domcenter Linz

Design Center Linz

Europaplatz 1, 4020 Linz

This time, the Prix Ars Electronica Award Ceremony will take place at the Design Center Linz, an attractive venue for major events, trade fairs and award presentations.

Photo: Design Center Linz

Stadtwerkstatt (STWST)

Kirchengasse 4, 4040 Linz

STWST was initiated in 1979 and has helped shape the development of the city of Linz. The former artists’ collective has evolved into several initiatives that are now bundled under the umbrella of STWST. As part of Ars Electronica, STWST offers a varied program directly on the Main Deck of the Ars Electronica Center.

Photo: STWST

Kulturverein Damen&Herrenstraße (DH5)

Herrenstraße 5, 4020 Linz

DH5’s cultural and social program, its infrastructure and the people who work there create a dynamic that promotes diversity in the sense of a liberal, open and feminist society. During the festival, it is the venue for the three-day “Church of Ignorance” happening.

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Extra ticket required, sold on site.

Photo: dh5.space

FIFTITU%

Domgasse 1, 4020 Linz, Galerie WHA gallery

FIFTITU% is a networking center founded in 1998 to promote and support women, trans, inter- and non-binary people in the art and cultural scene. The exhibition “entangled homes” will open here on THU Sept. 5, 2024, 18:00. On FRI Sept. 6, 2024, from 18:00 to 22:00, the performative installation “Lauter laute Fotzen” will be performed on Hauptplatz Linz in front of the Old Town Hall.

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Photo: lauter, laute Fotzen © Violetta Wakolbinger

Innovationshauptplatz Linz PopUp Store

Pfarrgasse 1, 4020 Linz

During the Ars Electronica Festival, Linz’s Innovationshauptplatz will be transformed into the “Chapel of City Voices”, making it a meeting place for people who want to come, talk, share secrets, take part or simply be there.

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Free admission

Jaskaran/trivium, Project WHISPER BLOWING, DIE FABRIKANTEN, photo: Reinhard Winkler

OK Linz

OK-Platz 1, 4020 Linz

The exhibition “RAGE. Nadya Tolokonnikova | Pussy Riot”, haunting works by the artist will be shown that address resistance, repression and patriarchy and with which the founder of the feminist collective “Pussy Riot” artistically processes her traumatic experiences under Putin’s regime.

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Free admission with FESTIVALPASS(+) and DAYPASS

Photo: Florian Voggeneder

Francisco Carolinum Linz

Museumstraße 14, 4020 Linz

The Francisco Carolinum Linz, the museum for photography and media art of the province of Upper Austria, is showing three exhibitions: Sigurður Guðjónsson’s time-based media art, which explores technological achievements and natural elements, and the exhibition “Art of Punk”, which presents a selection of CryptoPunks – one of the first Non-Fungible Token (NFT) collections. Justin Aversano’s “INTRO-SPECTIVE” combines photography with blockchain technology and offers an insight into his artistic development.

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Photo: OÖ Landes-Kultur GmbH

KEBA InnoSpace

Reindlstraße 51, 4040 Linz

In collaboration with Ars Electronica Solutions, KEBA Group AG has created the “KEBA-InnoSpace” in Linz, a showroom that interactively presents the latest innovations from the globally active group of companies.

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Photo: KEBA

Theater Phönix

Wiener Straße 25, 4020 Linz

“KLIMAZONE: reloaded” is a multi-sensory theater installation by Rainer Gutternigg and Manu Mitterhuber based on a concept by Peter Androsch, which makes the climate tangible through sound and physical experience by focusing on sensory experiences instead of spoken theater.

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Introduction in English at the beginning.

Photo: Andreas Kurz

Memphis Art Space

Untere Donaulände 12, 4020 Linz

Since 2014, the Memphis art space in Linz has offered local and international artists and the public a forum for contemporary culture.

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Photo: Kunstraum Memphis