Ars Electronica Center, Deep Space 8K

  • Imagine

    Imagine

    Hsin-Chien Huang (TW), Ulli Ullmann (AT), Wen-Chieh Chang (TW), Billy Yi-Chun Chang (TW)

    In a tribute to John Lennon’s song ‘Imagine’, dancers embody peace amid turmoil, reflecting on the 2023 Russo-Ukrainian War, Israel-Palestine conflict, and Taiwan Strait tensions.

  • UniversEye

    UniversEye

    Yu-Teng Huang (TW), Elena Sofia Bisci (IT), Matteo Cogliandro (IT), Katharina Illnar (AT), Pavel Povrazník (CZ), Nicole Stroh (DE), Pedro Tayette (BR), S. Arthur Sicilia (US), Elisa Lodolini (IT), Ilia Dergousoff (US), Angelica Mattiazzi (IT), Ariathney Coyne (GR/US), Lynn Mayya (SY), Emilia Vogt (DE)

    The choreographer Yu-Teng Huang and media artists Ariathney Coyne, Lynn Mayya and Emilia Vogt have jointly developed the performance UniversEye through the fusion of digital images, sound and the movements of the dancers. Starting points are relationships, touches and interactions.

  • It was

    It was

    Matteo Cogliandro (IT), Pedro Tayette (BR), Elena Sofia Bisci (IT), Mischa Hall (AU), Yu-Teng Huang (TW), Katharina Illnar (AT), Pavel Povrazník (CZ), Lorenzo Ruta (IT), Nicole Stroh (DE), Hinako Taira (JP), Fleur Wijsman (NL), Alex Villard (MX), Noayama / Affine Records (DE)

    The piece It was is about the flow of one’s own individual and collective identity. The title includes a hint of change and movement, a transformation that resembles a metamorphosis. Something was, something is and begins, but both are always mutually dependent.

  • mukayu

    mukayu

    Hinako Taira (JP), Mischa Hall (AU), Lorenzo Ruta (IT), Fleur Wijsman (NL), Carlotta Borcherding (DE), Holunder Heiß (AT)

    Mukayu more or less translates to “everything is nothing,” a concept of “richness in the void” inspired by Zen philosophy. In the audiovisual dance performance, choreographer Hinako Taira and media artists Carlotta Borcherding and Holunder Heiß, together with three dancers of the company, dynamically shape the stage space through movements influenced by minimalist light plays.

  • State of Play: شهر بازی

    State of Play: شهر بازی

    Tara Habibzadeh (IR), Harriet Davey (GB), Mati Bratkowski (PL)

    You will experience art and nothing else. State of Play: شهر بازی is a deconstructed interpretation of seven labors of Rostam, the lonely warrior of Shahnameh (Book of Kings), the long epic poem written between 977-1010 CE by the Persian poet Abul-Qâsem Ferdowsi Tusi. State of Play: شهر بازی deconstructs the conventions of the game…

  • ShapeQuest

    ShapeQuest

    Jennifer Ye (AT), Richardo Serban (AT)

    Many people struggle with the perception of how simple lines can form 2D shapes. and, subsequently 3D shapes. This project aims to enable players of all ages to gain an understanding of how basic shapes combine to form everyday objects.

  • Deep Space Selection

    Deep Space Selection

    At Deep Space Selection we present several times a day a selection from our varied program, which we have been continuously developing since 2009.

  • Peter, Paula & Panini

    Peter, Paula & Panini

    Lina Alea Roth (DE/AT), Damián Cortés Alberti (AR/ES), Ilona Roth (DE), Astrid Safron (AT), Liivo Safron (AT), Ravel Safron (AT), Jung In Lee (AT/KR), Samer Alkurdi (SY), Elisabet Bort Giramé (ES)

    After the success of the Klimatheater project, Lina and friends created the climate fairytale Peter, Paula & Panini, later adapted into a dance theater piece. The project, which premiered in Linz and featured children’s drawings enhanced by AI, will evolve with a new AI-assisted workshop for the Ars Electronica Festival 2024. Results will be presented…

  • Nocturnal Fugue

    Nocturnal Fugue

    Jiabao Li (CN), Matt McCorkle (US), Amber Botao Hu (CN)

    “What is it like to be a bat?”—Experience the world of bats in Nocturnal Fugue, where bat vocalizations transform into evocative spatial music set to digital recreations of their habitats.

  • Illuminated Canvases

    Illuminated Canvases

    David Szauder (HU)

    Illuminated canvases is both a visual delight and a reflective journey, emphasizing the role of innovation in the stewardship of cultural treasures.

  • Notre-Dame Immersive

    Notre-Dame Immersive

    Ars Electronica (AT), Iconem (FR), Histovery (FR)

    After the devastating fire in 2019, Notre-Dame de Paris rises from the ashes as an immersive experience. In collaboration with French start-ups Iconem and Histovery, the Ars Electronica Futurelab is bringing the cathedral into Deep Space 8K. Visitors can explore a vast 3D model and discover the architecture and works of art from new perspectives.…

  • WHAT IS REMAINING

    WHAT IS REMAINING

    Holunder Heiss (AT), Joachim Smetschka (AT), Roma Janus (PL) Elena Sofia Bisci (IT), Mischa Hall (AU), Yu-Teng Huang (TW), Katharina Illnar (AT), Pavel Povrazník (CZ), Lorenzo Ruta (IT), Nicole Stroh (DE), Hinako Taira (JP), Fleur Wijsman (NL), Matteo Cogliandro (IT), Pedro Tayette (BR), Ilia Dergousoff (CA), Angelica Mattiazzi (IT), Elisa Lodolini (IT), S. Arthur Sicilia (US), Alex Villard (MX), Noayama (DE), Ariathney Coyne (GR/US), Emilia Vogt (DE), Carlotta Borcherding (DE), Holunder Heiss (AT), Joachim Smetschka (AT), Roma Janus (PL)

    WHAT IS REMAINING is at the same time the title of, and a question concerning a multidisciplinary cooperation between TANZ LINZ and the department of Time-Based and Interactive Media Arts at the University of Arts Linz.